All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to prevent unwanted transfers of existing domains. Lots of registry operators that manage country-code top-level domain names that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for the sake of safety and for the convenience of the domain 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 achieve that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature enabled intentionally, so as to impede any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between registrar companies that have been adopted over the years.
Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting
If you order a shared hosting service from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you want to transfer it away, you’ll just need to click once again and you will be all set. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different admin dashboards.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you have registered a domain through our company and you want to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the exact same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on this icon and alter the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and initiate the domain transfer process right away without having to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate immediately without you or us having to do anything else.