Transferring an active domain name entails switching the domain registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS resource record modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails a few necessary procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more domain name registry operators. It’s a default feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to take your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you get a cloud web hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domains registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a tiny padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you wish to transfer it, you will just have to click for the second time and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to log in and out of different admin dashboards.