All generic extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to hinder unsolicited transfers of existing domains. Lots of domain name registry organizations that manage country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this feature are in the process of adopting it for greater 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 access to the account with the current domain name registrar can accomplish that. New domains are registered with the lock option activated intentionally, so as to stop any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through us is unbelievably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux web hosting, and will require literally two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be shown alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like symbol. Click on it once and you’ll notice the domain name’s current status. Click again and you’ll change its status. The change will propagate instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can initiate the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a few mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can start the domain name transfer procedure right away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.