All generic TLD extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to impede unsolicited transfers of active domains. Lots of registry organizations that supervise country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this option are in the process of introducing it for better security and for the convenience of the domain registrants. A domain name can be transferred only on the condition that 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 option activated intentionally, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

With a Linux shared hosting from us, you will have full control over your domains through our custom Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered here, as long as the specific gTLD or ccTLD extension supports this feature. Clicking the padlock logo that you will notice next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking it once again will allow you to edit that status. In case you would like to transfer a domain to another registrar, you can initiate the process right away. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you’ll just have to follow the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you wish to transfer a domain from our company to another domain registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a few clicks. All your domain name registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will see 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 for a second time. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can start the domain transfer right away. The change will propagate instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.