All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to stop unwanted transfers of existing domain names. Many domain registry operators that manage country-code TLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been granted access to the account with the current domain registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled on purpose, so as to stop any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between registrar companies that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is truly easy. This can be done through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our Linux cloud web hosting packages, and will require exactly two clicks. All your domain names will be listed alphabetically in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll see the domain name’s present status. Click once more and you will alter its status. The update will take effect instantly without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can continue with the transfer procedure right away.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Locking or unlocking any domain registered through us is amazingly easy and can be achieved through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel – the one via which you administer your semi-dedicated server. You’ll see all your domains in the Registered Domains section and the ones whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a padlock-like icon next to them. You can unlock any domain by clicking on its icon and since the update will propagate instantaneously, you will be able to proceed with the domain transfer procedure without waiting for the lock status to be changed on WHOIS websites. If you reconsider your decision and decide not to transfer the domain away from us, locking it again will be just as easy and will not take more than a couple of clicks of the mouse in your hosting Control Panel.