Transferring an active domain name involves changing the domain registrar that provides 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 registrar. The transfer procedure itself is standard with most generic and country-code domain extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and involve different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic steps and one of them is unlocking the domain. The lock is a safety option, which is being adopted by more and more registry organizations. It’s a standard feature supported by all gTLDs. If a domain is locked, it won’t be possible to initiate a transfer process, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be annulled only through the account where the domain is registered and all new domains that support this option are locked by default the moment they are registered.