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Enable and Disable Domain Auto-Renewal

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Auto-renewal reduces the risk of a domain expiring by renewing the domain automatically days before expiration. When auto-renewal is turned on for a domain, we will attempt to renew it automatically prior to expiration. We will bill your credit card if the renewal is successful.

Note

Most auto-renewals begin a few days before a domain’s expiration date. About two months before an auto-renewal, DNSimple emails your account’s notification email to say the domain will renew soon. You still receive the ICANN-required expiration notices from our upstream partner while auto-renewal is on.

Warning

Refunds are not possible once the auto-renewal process has started.

Enabling auto-renewal

You can enable auto-renewal when you first register a domain, with the option, or any time after the domain has been registered.

Newly registered domains are set to auto-renew by default. If you turned off auto-renewal and want to re-enable it for your domain, follow these steps:

To enable auto-renewal for a domain
  1. If you have more than one account, select the relevant one from the account switcher in the top-right corner of the screen.
  2. On the header click the tab. Click the relevant domain name to access the domain page.
  3. On the tab, in the section, click . Domain auto-renewal section with auto-renewal off and an arrow pointing to Auto-renew for $14/year

Auto-renewal is now enabled on your domain.

Disabling auto-renewal

Warning

Auto-renewal cannot be turned off if the auto-renewal is being processed.

To turn off auto-renewal for a domain, follow these steps:

To disable auto-renewal for a domain
  1. If you have more than one account, select the relevant one from the account switcher in the top-right corner of the screen.
  2. On the header, click the tab. Click the relevant domain name to access the domain page.
  3. On the tab, in the section, click . Domain auto-renewal section with an arrow pointing to Disable auto-renewal

Auto-renewal is now disabled on your domain.

Have more questions?

If you have any questions about or need assistance with auto-renewal for your domains, just contact our support team, and we will be happy to help. You can also read more about domain registration at DNSimple.