Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar company that handles the domain registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS updates through the new registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code TLD extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The lock is a security option, which is being embraced by more and more domain registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain is locked, it will not be possible to start a transfer procedure, so nobody can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

With a cloud web hosting from us, you will exert full command over your domain names through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, on the condition that the specific top-level domain name extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock logo that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once more will permit you to edit that status. If you would like to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can initiate the procedure without any delays. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantaneously, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to follow the very same steps.