All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock feature whose purpose is to block unwanted transfers of active domains. Lots of registry operators that oversee country-code Top-Level Domains that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been granted access to the account with the current domain name registrar can do that. New domains are registered with the lock feature activated deliberately, so as to impede any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock feature is among the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domains between domain name registrars that have been introduced over the years.

Registrar Lock in Shared Hosting

If you buy a Linux shared hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia Control Panel and you’ll be able to unlock any of them with just several mouse clicks. All registrations will be listed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you will notice a tiny padlock sign. Clicking it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you wish 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 domains are administered in the same place as the hosting account itself, you will not have to sign in and out of different Control Panels.