All generic domain name extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose function is to hinder unsolicited transfers of active domains. Lots of domain name registry organizations that oversee country-code TLDs that do not support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. 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 activated deliberately, so as to impede any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is among the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domain names between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

With a Linux cloud hosting from our company, you’ll have total command over your domain names through our in-house created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You will be able to do anything you’d like, including locking/unlocking any of the domain names registered here, provided that the particular generic or country-code domain extension supports this option. Clicking on 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 it once again will enable you to alter that status. If you want to transfer a domain name to another domain name registrar, you can initiate the procedure right away. Since unlocking a domain through your Control Panel will take effect momentarily, no propagation period or any action on our end will be needed. Locking a domain is just as easy – you’ll just need to go through the very same steps.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you’ve registered a domain through our company and you’d like to transfer it, you can quickly unlock it through the same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll notice a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain there, as long as its extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see whether the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the current status by clicking on it again. You can then continue and initiate the domain name transfer right away without needing to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the change will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.