All generic domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to block unwanted transfers of existing domain names. Many registry operators that supervise country-code TLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature activated deliberately, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domain names between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every shared website hosting plan that we offer, will give you complete command over your domain names. You’ll find all domains registered through our company conveniently displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a small padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the current status by clicking again – the process is as straightforward as that. You won’t 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 notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another registrar company and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only several clicks. All your domain registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a specific generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, 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 update the status by clicking again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can start the transfer process right away. The change will propagate momentarily, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.