Transferring an already registered domain name entails changing the domain registrar that handles the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS entry updates through the new company. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain name entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry operators. It is a default feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to start a transfer procedure, so no one can even try to snatch your domain name. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered in the first place and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.