Transferring an already registered domain name entails switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS resource record updates through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most universal and country-specific top-level domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name 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 registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain name. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

If you buy a Linux shared website hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a mini padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click for the second time and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to sign in and out of different interfaces.