All generic domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to hinder unwanted transfers of active domain names. Many registry operators that oversee country-code Top-Level Domains that don’t support this feature are in the process of introducing it for greater security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current registrar can accomplish that. New domains are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to block any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will grant you full authority over your domains. You will see all domains registered through our company neatly listed in alphabetical order in a separate Control Panel section. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a tiny padlock icon on their right. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the specific domain 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 instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the information that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain name through our company and you’d like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then go ahead and start the domain name transfer straight away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.