All generic domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose function is to hinder unauthorized transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain registry organizations that manage 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 name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been given access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock option is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Web Hosting

If you order a web hosting plan from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a tiny padlock sign. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it away, you will just need to click once more and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same place as the hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different Control Panels.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you want to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only several clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer procedure right away. The update will propagate instantly, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.