Registrar Lock

Find out how the Registrar Lock method functions and also how it can help you protect your domain.

All generic domain extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose function is to stop unsolicited transfers of existing domain names. Lots of domain name registry organizations that supervise ccTLDs that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been granted access to the account with the current domain registrar can do that. New domain names are registered with the lock option activated on purpose, so as to hinder any unsanctioned transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for controlling the transfer of existing domain names between registrars that have been introduced over the years.

: Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you’ve registered a domain name through our company and you wish to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it through the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be shown alphabetically in your account and you will notice a small padlock icon on the right side of each domain there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can see if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and modify the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then continue and start the domain name transfer process right away without waiting for the status to be updated on WHOIS lookup websites, as the update will take effect instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.