All generic domain extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock feature whose function is to hinder unwanted transfers of active domain names. Many domain name registry operators that supervise country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this feature are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to impede any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock feature 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 Shared Hosting

Locking and unlocking a domain name registered through our company is amazingly easy. This can be achieved through the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our Linux shared hosting packages, and will require exactly two clicks of the mouse. All your domains will be shown in alphabetical order in the Registered Domains section of the Hepsia Control Panel and next to those whose extensions support the domain lock option, you’ll notice a padlock-like icon. Click on it once and you’ll notice the present status of the domain. Click once again and you’ll change its status. The update will take effect immediately without the need for you or for us to do anything else for the status to be ‘refreshed’ on WHOIS lookup websites, so you can initiate the transfer straight away.