All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to prevent unwanted transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain registry operators that supervise country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain 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 registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled intentionally, so as to prevent any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you buy a shared hosting from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a few mouse clicks. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you would like to transfer it away, you’ll just have to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the very same location as the hosting account itself, you won’t need to log in and out of different admin panels.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you wish 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 name ready with just several mouse clicks. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can find out whether the domain 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 our company will need to do, so you can proceed with the domain name transfer process straight away. The update will propagate instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.