Transferring an active domain name entails changing the company that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific TLD extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more domain name registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to register your domain name. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default the moment they are registered.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is incredibly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our cloud hosting plans, and will require literally two clicks. All your domain names will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll notice the current status of the domain. Click again and you will alter its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer straight away.