All generic top-level domain name extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to stop unsolicited transfers of existing domains. Lots of domain name registry operators that supervise country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this option are in the process of adopting it for the sake of security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only an individual who has been given access to the account with the current registrar company can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature activated intentionally, so as to stop any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.
Registrar Lock in Shared Web Hosting
If you purchase a Linux shared web hosting service from our company, you’ll be able to administer all domain names registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with just a couple of clicks. All registrations will be displayed in alphabetical order in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll see a mini padlock icon. 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 will 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 won’t need to log in and out of different Control Panel tools.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you’d like to transfer a domain name from our company to another domain registrar and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you’ll be able to get the domain ready with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All your domain registrations will be displayed in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the same tool via which you will manage your web hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll see a padlock icon. You can find out if the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can modify the status by clicking once more. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will have to do, so you can initiate the transfer procedure right away. The update will propagate momentarily, so you will not need to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites.