All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to hinder unwanted transfers of active domains. Lots of domain registry operators that oversee ccTLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has access to the account with the current domain registrar can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to prevent any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between registrar companies that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you purchase a Linux shared hosting from our company, you will be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just several clicks. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you will just need to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the exact same location as the web hosting account itself, you won’t need to sign in and out of different tools.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you wish to transfer a domain 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 several clicks of the mouse. 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 generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain name 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 we will need to do, so you can continue with the transfer process right away. The update will propagate instantaneously, so you will not need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.