All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to hinder unwanted transfers of active domains. Lots of domain registry organizations that manage ccTLDs that do not support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to block any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every shared website hosting package that we offer, will grant you complete control over your domain names. You’ll see all domain names registered through us conveniently displayed 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 the icon, you can see if the given domain name is locked or unlocked and you can alter the present status by clicking once again – the process is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the update to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something different on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to update the info that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain through us and you would like to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a small padlock icon next to each domain there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then proceed and initiate the transfer procedure straight away without the need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.