All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and several country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to impede unauthorized transfers of active domains. Many registry organizations that supervise country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this option are in the process of adopting it for greater security 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 access to the account with the current domain name registrar can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature enabled on purpose, so as to impede any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for controlling the transfer of existing domains between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with each and every cloud hosting package that we offer, will give you full authority over your domain names. You’ll find all domain names registered through us neatly displayed in alphabetical order in a separate section of the Control Panel. Those whose extensions support the domain lock option will have a small padlock icon next to them. By clicking the icon, you can see if the given domain is locked or unlocked and you can update the current status by clicking once more – the process is as straightforward as that. You will not have to wait for the change to propagate or for our company to do anything, as the change of the status takes effect instantly, even if you see something else on WHOIS lookup sites. After all, it takes time for such sites to ‘refresh’ the details that they show.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing your domains with us is astonishingly easy and the registrar lock option is not an exception. In case you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to administer the domain names registered through our company using the very same Control Panel via which you’ll administer your hosting account. For your convenience’s sake, the domain names will be displayed alphabetically and on the right-hand side you’ll see a padlock icon if the particular domain supports the registrar lock feature. If you click the icon, you will find out whether the given domain name is locked or not and you’ll be able to update this status by clicking again. The status will be updated momentarily and you’ll be able to initiate the transfer without having to wait for the change to be displayed on WHOIS lookup sites or for our company to do anything on our end.