All generic extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to stop unapproved transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain name registry organizations that oversee ccTLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of introducing it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has access to the account with the current domain name registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature activated on purpose, so as to hinder any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domains between registrar companies that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

With a Linux shared package from us, you’ll exercise total control over your domain names through our custom Hepsia Control Panel. You’ll be able to do anything you would like, including locking & unlocking any of the domains registered through us, provided that the particular Top-Level Domain extension supports this option. Clicking the padlock sign that you will find next to any domain registered in your Hepsia Control Panel will show you its present status and clicking on it once again will allow you to edit that status. If you wish to transfer a domain to another domain registrar, you can start the procedure instantaneously. Since unlocking a domain name through your Hepsia Control Panel will take effect instantly, no propagation interval or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain name is just as easy – you will just have to complete 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 only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see a padlock-like icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking for a second time. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can proceed with the transfer process straight away. The change will take effect instantaneously, so you will not have to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.