Name protection shall prevent unwanted registrar transfer, reseller transfer, DNS change and domain name deletion. This shall always ensure your domain name status will not be changed without prior getting your approval.

If Name Protection option is active, Name Protection works instantly and automatically upon every successful domain name registration and transfer:

14th April 2003: .com/.net/.cc

29th September 2003: .org/.biz/.info/.name/.us/.cn/.tw To know about your Name Protection Status, please login to Web Address Manager, or contact us at domain@ikeys.net for more information.

If Name Protection option is active, Name Protection works automatically upon successful registration or transfer. The domain name will be protected automatically by system. However for domain name registration or transfer before date mentioned above, or Name Protection option is inactive, you need to contact your domain name provider to protect your domain name. . To know about your Name Protection Status, please login to Web Address Manager, or contact us at domain@ikeys.net for more information.

As the Name Protection service start on date mentioned above, therefore the domain name registered/transferred before the date will not be protected automatically. You need to contact your domain name provider to protect your domain name.

You will be able to know the status by login to the Web Address Manager. You will be able to view your status by selecting option Name Protection. There are 2 statuses:

Protect: Enable the Name Protection and the domain name will not be able to change DNS, transfer and deletion.

Active: Disable the Name Protection and domain name is active for DNS changes, deletion and transfer.

As customer, you are unable to change the status of your domain name. You need to contact your domain name provider to change the status for you.

No, when a domain name is protected, you are unable to transfer your domain name to other registrar or within reseller. Please activate your domain name before transfer.

No, when a domain name is protected, you are unable to delete your domain name. Please activate your domain name before deletion.

No, you are unable to change the DNS setting when your domain name is protected. Please activate your domain name before deletion.

Not necessary. Name Protection will not affect renewal process. You may continue your renewal even though domain name is protected. However, it is advise that you should always activate your Name Protection to protect your name.

Name Protection is not apply to renewal. You still able to renew the domain name even though the domain name is Protected status. It is advise after renewed your domain name, you should activate the Name Protection. Domain name renewal will not be protected automatically after success renewed.

Others than DNS change, other domain name contact information such as name, address, email address etc will still active for changes even though the name is protected.

Except .info, domain names with extension .com/.net/.cc/.org/.biz/.info/.name/.us/.cn/.tw can be protected under this new service.

If Name Protection of your domain name is active, you will find the WHOIS information shows status as below:

.com/.net/.cc: REGISTRAR-LOCK

.org/.biz/.info/.name/.us/.cn/.tw: UpdateProhibited, TransferPorhibited, DeleteProhibited