All generic domain name extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to hinder unapproved transfers of active domains. Many domain name registry operators that manage country-code Top-Level Domains that don’t support this feature are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been granted access to the account with the current registrar can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature activated intentionally, so as to block any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the safety measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is truly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our web hosting, and will take literally two mouse clicks. All your domain names will be displayed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain name’s current status. Click once more and you’ll change its status. The change will take effect immediately without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer procedure straight away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with just a few mouse clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can continue with the transfer right away. The update will propagate momentarily, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.