All generic extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to stop unauthorized transfers of existing domains. Many domain registry operators that supervise country-code TLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain name can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only an individual who has been given access to the account with the current registrar can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled on purpose, so as to impede any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is unbelievably easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux shared services, and will require exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll notice the present status of the domain. Click for the second time and you’ll alter its status. The change will propagate momentarily 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 proceed with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If 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 name ready with just a couple of mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can continue with the domain name transfer process straight away. The change will propagate immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.