All generic extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to block unapproved transfers of existing domain names. Many registry organizations that oversee country-code Top-Level Domains that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for the sake of security and for the convenience of the domain registrants. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has access to the account with the current registrar company can do that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled on purpose, so as to prevent any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrars that have been introduced over the years.
Registrar Lock in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every hosting package that we offer, will grant you absolute command over your domain names. You will see all domains registered through our company conveniently 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 on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can modify the current status by clicking once again – the procedure is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the status change takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ 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 several clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll see a padlock-like icon. You can see whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify 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 proceed with the domain transfer procedure straight away. The change will propagate instantly, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.