All generic domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to prevent unwanted transfers of active domains. Lots of registry operators that manage country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this feature are in the process of introducing it for greater security 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 do that. New domains are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to impede any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between domain registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you absolute authority over your domain names. You will find all domains registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can see if the particular domain is locked or unlocked and you can alter the current status by clicking once more – the process is as simple as that. You will not have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantaneously, even if you notice something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such websites to update the info that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have registered a domain through our company and you want to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a tiny padlock icon on the right side of each domain there, provided that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it once more. You can then go ahead and start the domain name transfer process straight away without having to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will take effect instantly without you or us having to do anything else.