All generic top-level domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to prevent unsolicited transfers of existing domains. Lots of domain registry organizations that manage country-code top-level domain names that do not support this feature are in the process of introducing it for the sake of security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a person who has been granted access to the account with the current registrar company can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature enabled deliberately, so as to stop any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for controlling the transfer of existing domains between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is exceptionally easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our shared web hosting service, and will require literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain name’s current status. Click once again and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect instantaneously without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer process right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just several mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can initiate the domain name transfer procedure straight away. The change will propagate immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.