All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to impede unsolicited transfers of existing domain names. Lots of registry operators that oversee country-code top-level domain names that do not support this feature are in the process of adopting it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been granted access to the account with the current registrar can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to prevent any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock option 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 Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer, will grant you absolute command over your domain names. You will find all domain names registered through our company neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the specific domain is locked or unlocked and you can modify the present status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You will not need to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’d like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name 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 domain names will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can continue with the domain transfer straight away. The update will propagate immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.