All generic domain name extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock option whose purpose is to prevent unauthorized transfers of existing domains. Many registry operators that oversee country-code TLDs that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for the sake of security and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name 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 registrar company can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock option enabled on purpose, so as to hinder any unauthorized transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain registrars that have been adopted over the years.
Registrar Lock in Web Hosting
If you purchase a Linux web hosting from our company, you’ll be able to manage all domain names registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only several clicks. All registrations will be shown in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will see a small padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it, you’ll just have to click once more and you will be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are managed in the very same location as the web hosting account itself, you will not have to sign in and out of different Control Panels.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you want to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only several clicks. All your domain registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the exact same tool via which you’ll manage your web hosting account. If a particular gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can alter the status by clicking once again. That’s all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can start the domain transfer right away. The update will propagate immediately, so you will not need to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup websites.