Transferring an existing domain entails changing the domain name registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry modifications through the new domain name registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several necessary steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It is a default feature supported by all generic Top-Level Domains. If a domain name is locked, it will not be possible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to register 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 Semi-dedicated Servers
Administering your domain names with our company is amazingly easy and the registrar lock option makes no exception. If you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to manage the domain names registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be listed in alphabetical order and on the right-hand side you will see a padlock icon if the given domain name supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you’ll find out whether the particular domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to alter this status by clicking again. The status will be updated immediately and you’ll be able to start the domain name transfer process without the need to wait for the change to be shown on WHOIS lookup websites or for us to do anything on our end.