All generic top-level domain name extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to block unsolicited transfers of active domains. Many domain name registry organizations that manage country-code TLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current registrar company can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled deliberately, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrar companies that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared web hosting plan that we offer, will grant you full control over your domains. You’ll see all domains registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the current status by clicking again – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer procedure right away. The change will take effect instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.