All generic domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to impede unapproved transfers of existing domain names. Many registry organizations that supervise country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this feature are in the process of introducing it for better security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a person who has access to the account with the current domain name registrar can accomplish that. New domains are registered with the lock feature activated intentionally, so as to block any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrar companies that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud web hosting package that we offer, will give you full control over your domains. You will find all domain names registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking once again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect immediately, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a few mouse clicks. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can continue with the domain name transfer right away. The change will take effect instantaneously, so you will not have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.