Protection from theft

What is domain theft ?

Each registrar offers the possibility of transferring one domain name from another registrar in order to manage it. The transfer is a delicate operation that requires great care and it is the registrar requesting the transfer to take them into account. Example check that the transfer has really been requested by the domain's contacts ...

The registrar, who is losing the management of the domain, cannot check whether the transfer has been requested in compliance with this rule and therefore, once the transfer request is launched, the transfer can be completed (if for example you are on vacation and you cannot refuse the transfer).

What is the protection from theft ?

To protect the domain from theft, we systematically change the domain, during registration or the end of a transfer, to a status in which transfers cannot be made. If another registrar requests the transfer of this domain, it will be refused immediately by default. If you wish to transfer the domain to another registrar, you must then disable the domain's protection. At this point in time, the domain is not protected and another registrar can make the transfer request.

When carrying out a Whois search on a domain name, this status is indicated:
status: REGISTRAR-LOCK for .com and .net domain names
status: CLIENT LOCK for .info domain names
status: clientTransferProhibited for .biz domain names
status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED for .org domain names

   Characteristics of protection from theft

• Free service with a domain name registration or a transfer
• Only available for generics domain names
• Online management in your customer account
• Application of a change within minutes, change visible in Whois within 24 hours