All generic domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to impede unapproved transfers of existing domains. Many domain registry operators that manage country-code TLDs that do not support this option are in the process of adopting it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled intentionally, so as to impede any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrar companies that have been introduced over the years.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared hosting package that we offer, will give you full authority over your domain names. You’ll see all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the present status by clicking again – the process is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they show.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you have a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a few clicks of the mouse. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can start the domain name transfer process straight away. The update will propagate instantly, so you won’t have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites.