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