All generic domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose function is to prevent unauthorized transfers of existing domains. Many domain registry organizations that manage 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 owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been given access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled intentionally, so as to block any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is among the security measures for controlling the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every website hosting package that we offer, will grant you total command over your domains. You will find all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once more – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You won’t need to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect immediately, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the details that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you have registered a domain through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock-like icon on the right side of each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then continue and initiate the transfer right away without waiting for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.