All generic extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to hinder unapproved transfers of existing domains. Lots of domain name registry operators that oversee country-code TLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant 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 on purpose, so as to impede any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domain names between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting
Locking and unlocking a domain registered through our company is very easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with our cloud web hosting service, and will take literally two clicks. All your domains will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you will see a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll notice the current status of the domain. Click for the second time and you’ll alter its status. The update will take effect momentarily without the need for you or for our company to do anything else for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup sites, so you can proceed with the transfer right away.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you wish to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain name registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain name ready with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain name registrations will be listed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will administer your web hosting account. If a specific gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you will see 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 for a second time. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or we will need to do, so you can start the domain transfer process straight away. The change will propagate instantaneously, so you will not need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites.