All generic domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to stop unsanctioned transfers of active domain names. Many domain registry organizations that oversee ccTLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for greater security and for the convenience of the domain owners. 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 registrar company can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled deliberately, so as to block any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domain names between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Hosting

If you purchase a Linux hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a few mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock logo. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it, you will just have to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the exact same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different user interfaces.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock-like icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can start the domain name transfer procedure straight away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.