Transferring an existing domain entails switching the registrar that handles the registration service, so after the transfer, you will have to manage things like renewal fees or DNS entry modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process itself is standard with most generic and country-code top-level domain name extensions. Some country-code extensions are more specific and involve different steps, but in the general case transferring a domain entails several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain name. The domain lock is a safety feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry operators. It’s a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain name is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so nobody can even try to register your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this functionality are locked by default the moment they are registered.
