All generic top-level domain name extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to hinder unwanted transfers of existing domain names. Lots of registry operators that manage country-code Top-Level Domains that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled on purpose, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domains between registrars that have been adopted over the years.
Registrar Lock in Website Hosting
If you buy a Linux website hosting plan from our company, you will be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with only several clicks. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you’d like to transfer it, you will just have to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different admin consoles.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you would like to transfer a domain from our company to another domain registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain ready with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you’ll manage your hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock option, you will notice a padlock icon. You can find out whether 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 our company will have to do, so you can go ahead with the domain name transfer procedure straight away. The change will take effect instantly, so you will not have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.