All generic extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to stop unapproved transfers of active domain names. Lots of registry organizations that manage ccTLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of introducing it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has access to the account with the current domain registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature activated deliberately, so as to stop any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you absolute command over your domain names. You will see all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can change the current status by clicking once more – the procedure 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 instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the information that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you would like to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only a couple of mouse clicks. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain 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 our company will need to do, so you can start the domain name transfer procedure right away. The update will propagate instantaneously, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.