All generic domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to stop unwanted transfers of active domains. Lots of domain registry organizations that oversee country-code TLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name 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 domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled on purpose, so as to impede any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

With a shared web hosting from our company, you’ll exert full command over your domains through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you would like, including locking/unlocking any of the domains registered through our company, provided that the particular Top-Level Domain extension supports this feature. Clicking on the padlock symbol that you’ll find next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking on it for the second time will allow you to update that status. In case you want to transfer a domain name to another registrar company, you can initiate the process without any delays. Since unlocking a domain through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect immediately, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just have to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with only several 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-like icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update 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 transfer procedure straight away. The change will take effect momentarily, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.