All generic extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to hinder unsolicited transfers of active domain names. Lots of registry organizations that supervise ccTLDs that don’t support this feature are in the process of adopting it for better security and for the convenience of the domain registrants. A domain can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given 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 unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock option is among the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.
Registrar Lock in Cloud Hosting
If you buy a cloud hosting plan from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Hepsia Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a mini padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain name is locked and you’d like to transfer it, you will just need to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain is just as easy and since the domains are administered in the same place as the web hosting account itself, you won’t have to sign in and out of different admin dashboards.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have registered a domain name through our company and you would like to transfer it away, you can easily unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain name registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you will see a tiny padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, provided that its extension supports the registrar lock feature. 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 more. You can then proceed and initiate the domain name transfer procedure right away without having to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will propagate momentarily without you or us having to do anything else.