All generic domain name extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to hinder unsolicited transfers of active domains. Many registry operators that supervise country-code Top-Level Domains that don’t support this feature 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 a registrant who has access to the account with the current registrar company can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to prevent any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for regulating the transfer of existing domain names between domain registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you order a cloud web hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a mini padlock icon. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you will just have to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different admin panels.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you wish to transfer a domain from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only a few mouse clicks. All your domain name registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific 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 modify 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 initiate the domain name transfer procedure straight away. The change will propagate immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.