All generic domain extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to stop unapproved transfers of existing domain names. Lots of registry operators that oversee country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for the sake of security and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has been granted access to the account with the current registrar company can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to impede any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared web hosting plan that we offer, will grant you complete authority over your domains. You’ll find all domain names registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain name 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 change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock icon. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can initiate the transfer right away. The change will take effect immediately, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.