All generic domain extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to prevent unauthorized transfers of active domain names. Many domain registry operators that supervise ccTLDs that do not support this feature are in the process of introducing it for greater security and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature activated intentionally, so as to block any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domain names between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is astonishingly easy. This can be accomplished through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux cloud website hosting packages, and will take exactly two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like sign. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain’s present status. Click again and you will alter its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can proceed with the transfer process straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you want 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 ready with just several clicks. All your domain name registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can continue with the transfer process straight away. The change will propagate instantly, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.