All generic top-level domain name extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to block unsanctioned transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain name registry organizations that oversee ccTLDs that do not support this feature are in the process of adopting it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to hinder any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domains between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is remarkably easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our shared website hosting plans, and will take literally two clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be shown alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you will see the domain’s present status. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The change will propagate immediately without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can go ahead with the transfer right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Locking or unlocking any domain name registered through our company is very easy and can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You will see all your domain names in the Registered Domains section and those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon on their right. You can unlock any domain name by clicking on its icon and since the update will take effect instantaneously, you’ll be able to start the domain transfer without the need to wait for the registrar lock status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites. If you change your mind and decide not to transfer the domain away from our company, locking it once again will be just as easy and will not require more than a couple of clicks of the mouse in your hosting Control Panel.