All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to prevent unsanctioned transfers of existing domain names. Many registry organizations that oversee country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to stop any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Website Hosting

With a Linux shared website hosting package from us, you’ll have absolute control over your domain names through our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered through us, as long as the specific generic or country-code domain name extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock sign that you’ll notice next to any domain name registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its current status and clicking it for the second time will allow you to edit that status. In case you’d like to transfer a domain to another registrar, you can initiate the procedure instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain name through your Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation period or any action on our end will be required. Locking a domain is just as easy – you will just need to follow the exact same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with just a couple of clicks. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a particular generic or country-code TLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will notice a padlock-like icon. You can see if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can change the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can proceed with the transfer process right away. The update will propagate immediately, so you won’t need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites.