All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to hinder unapproved transfers of active domain names. Many domain registry operators that manage country-code top-level domain names that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for better 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 a person who has been given access to the account with the current domain registrar can do that. New domains are registered with the lock feature activated on purpose, so as to hinder any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for controlling the transfer of active domain names between registrar companies that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you order a shared plan from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of mouse clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a mini padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different admin dashboards.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with just several clicks of the mouse. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you will manage your hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD 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 update the status by clicking once more. 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 process straight away. The change will propagate instantly, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.