All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to prevent unsolicited transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain registry operators that manage ccTLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of introducing it for better safety 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 person who has been given access to the account with the current domain registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature activated deliberately, so as to stop any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for controlling the transfer of active domains between registrar companies that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will give you full authority over your domain names. You will see all domain names 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 mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You won’t need to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d 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 name ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can go ahead with the transfer procedure straight away. The update will propagate instantaneously, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.