Transferring an existing domain involves switching the domain name registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS modifications through the new company. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic top-level domain names. If a domain name is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so nobody can even try to snatch your domain. The lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this feature are locked by default when they are registered.