Apart from enabling / disabling Theft Protection for domain names individually, you may use the Bulk Theft Protection tool to enable / disable Theft Protection for multiple domain names belonging to your Customers and / or Sub-Resellers. You may need to enable Theft Protection for domain names in order to ensure that your domain names remain safe from illegal domain name Transfers.
Features of Domain Name Theft Protection
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A Transfer [Away] Request for this domain name to another Registrar will fail at the Registry itself and will not be allowed.
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Theft Protection cannot be enabled / disabled at any level for a Suspended domain name.
Bulk Theft Protection feature is not supported for domain names under the following extensions:
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Due to restrictions imposed by the Registry Operator:
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.AU
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.ES
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.EU
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.NL
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.NZ
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.UK
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Due to other restrictions:
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.WEB.IN
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Instructions for Customers
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Login to your Customer Control Panel. See details
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Here, you have two options:
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Select domain names from a list:
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In the Menu, point to Manage Orders and then click List/Search Orders. This would list all Orders under your Customer Account.
NoteYou may choose to search for specific domain names to enable / disable Theft Protection, by selecting one or more of the following parameters and clicking the Search button:
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Name / Order ID: You may choose to view Orders associated with a domain name. Mention the domain name / Order ID here.
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For Product: Select Domain Registration from the drop-down menu.
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With Status: Select the status as Active or Suspended.
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Expiry: You may choose to list domain names based on their Expiry status. Select Any, Expired or Expiring in certain number of days.
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Set to Auto-Renew: You may choose to list domain names for which Auto-Renewal is enabled.
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Purchased between: You may choose to list domain names based on their purchase date. Select the Start Date and End Date to search within this date range.
NoteYou may quickly list Orders by selecting any of the below mentioned Auto Filters:
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List all Orders: This will list all Orders.
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Orders Expiring in next 30 days: This will list all Orders expiring in the next 30 days.
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Expired Orders: This will list all expired Orders.
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Orders set to Auto-Renew: This will list all Orders for which Auto-Renewal is enabled.
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Select the domain names you wish to enable / disable Theft Protection for and then click the / button.
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You may also provide a list of domain names / Order IDs in the Bulk Actions page, which can be reached by clicking the icon in the List of Orders page.
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In order to enable / disable Theft Protection for more than 50 domain names, you need to increase the number of domain names listed per page from the Results/Page drop-down menu.
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Enter a list of domain names:
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In the Menu, point to Manage Orders -> Bulk Tools and then click Bulk Theft Protection.
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Enter a list of Domain Names or Order IDs. You can mention upto 1000 Domain Names or Order IDs on separate lines.
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Click the / button.
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You would be displayed a Bulk Theft Protection Summary view, alongwith the total number of Orders in the Bulk Theft Protection Action.
NoteInvalid Orders or Orders not found under your Account will be segregated from your list. Such Orders can be viewed through the appropriate link(s) displayed on the Bulk Theft Protection Summary page.
Invalid Orders include:
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Orders of TLDs (extensions) for which Theft Protection is not supported
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Orders of Product types other than Domain Registration
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Inactive Orders
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Suspended Orders
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Locked Orders
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Orders under Redemption Period
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Theft Protection enabled Orders included in the Enable Theft Protection list or Theft Protection disabled Orders included in the Disable Theft Protection list
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Click the Enable / Disable button to place a Bulk Theft Protection Action.
Tracking your Bulk Theft Protection Action
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You can track the status of your Bulk Theft Protection Action from the Running Bulk Actions page.
Additional InformationListing all Bulk Actions that are currently running in your Account
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You will receive a detailed report of your Bulk Theft Protection action once the process completes.
At any point of time, you can add upto 2 Bulk Actions. This implies that you would not be able to add another Bulk Transfer / Renewal / Name Servers Modification / Contacts Modification / Theft Protection / Privacy Protection Action, if 2 Bulk Actions are already running. You will encounter the below error message in case you try to do so:
You already have the maximum allowed number of Bulk Operations running. Please wait for at least one to complete before starting another.
You will be able to add another Bulk Action once one of the earlier actions has been processed completely.