All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to impede unapproved transfers of active domains. Many domain registry operators that oversee country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this option 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 if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to prevent any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for controlling the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared hosting plan that we offer, will give you total authority over your domains. You’ll find all domains registered through us neatly displayed 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 is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect momentarily, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with just 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 will administer your hosting account. If a given generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will have to do, so you can go ahead with the transfer process straight away. The update will propagate immediately, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.