All generic domain name extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to hinder unwanted transfers of existing domains. Lots of domain registry organizations that oversee country-code top-level domain names that do not support this feature are in the process of introducing it for greater safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has been given access to the account with the current registrar can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock feature enabled deliberately, so as to impede any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the safety measures for controlling the transfer of existing domains between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every website hosting plan that we offer, will grant you full command over your domains. You will find all domain names registered through our company conveniently listed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the registrar lock option will have a tiny padlock icon next to them. By clicking on the icon, you can see if the particular domain name is locked or unlocked and you can change the present status by clicking once again – the procedure is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the update to take effect or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect momentarily, even if you see something different on WHOIS lookup websites. After all, it takes time for such websites to ‘refresh’ the information that they display.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain through us and you’d like to transfer it, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to manage your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in your account and you’ll notice a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain there, on the condition that its extension supports the registrar lock option. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and update the present status by clicking on it once again. You can then proceed and start the transfer process straight away without the need to wait for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the change will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.