All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to impede unapproved transfers of existing domains. Many domain registry operators that manage country-code top-level domain names that do not support this feature are in the process of introducing it for the sake of safety 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 person who has been given access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled intentionally, so as to block any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for controlling the transfer of active domains between domain registrars that have been adopted over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every cloud hosting plan that we offer, will give you absolute control over your domain names. You will see all domain names registered through us conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a mini padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can find out if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once more – the procedure is as simple as that. You won’t have to wait for the change to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect momentarily, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you’d like to transfer a domain name 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 only several mouse clicks. All your domain names will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once more. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can start the transfer straight away. The update will propagate immediately, so you won’t have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.