How to renew a domain name when it expires

A domain name is one of a business's most valuable assets, and it is a key part of the success of any system new online sales channel the company runs. A good brand domain that is attractive, memorable, meaningful and safe is what connects the company with its customers. However, domains cannot be used forever. It is registered for a fixed period, and when it expires you need to complete the steps to domain renewal before you can keep using it.

Renewing a domain keeps website alive and protects the interests of both buyer and seller from these problems. But how do you renew a domain when it expires? To answer that, I'll walk you through how to renew a domain in the quickest way once it expires, in the article below. Let's MONA Media find out in the article below.

What happens if you don't renew a domain

For some reason you may miss the renewal date. That means the domain's new life cycle has begun. Specifically:

Within 35 days of the expiry date, the domain owner can still renew the domain and use it as normal.

The domain keeps working as normal for 1 to 5 days after expiry

From day 3 to day 35, the domain is suspended

From day 36, the domain moves to "pending delete". It can no longer be renewed and will be released within no more than 20 days from day 36.

Once it is free again, any agency, organization or individual that wants it can register it and take ownership. Worse still, the domain is removed from the DNS national system.

The damage from forgetting to renew a domain

If a website is a house, the domain is its front door. If you don't renew the domain on time, everything on that website has to stop. In other words, missing the renewal puts at risk the brand domain you have spent so long building for your website.

What's more, the next owner of the domain may try to use your business's existing reputation for personal gain, or even to harm the business you have built and kept running.

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Vietnamese domain life cycle

A domain has a term that depends on the period the customer registered. For example, if you registered a domain for 1 year from 2 September 2020, it expires on 2 September 2021. You then need to renew it right away if you don't want the DNS to be locked, because visitors would no longer be able to reach your website. If you still don't renew after that, anyone can register the domain.

When you register a Vietnamese domain, you pay 2 fees in the first year: a setup fee and a maintenance fee. From the second year you only pay the maintenance fee.

You can pay for a single renewal of up to 50 years at most.

International domain life cycle

Every domain goes through 5 main stages:

• Available for registration: At this stage the domain has not been registered, so anyone can register it.
• Registered: At this stage the domain has been registered and you have full rights to use it.
• Expired: The domain has expired. For 0 to 45 days you must stop all activity on the website, but you can still renew the domain during this period.
• Redemption period: The domain has truly expired and all its information is removed from the system. You can still renew it during this period, but you must pay a fee to redeem it.
• Pending delete: At this point your domain can no longer be renewed. After 5 days it is deleted automatically and returns to the free state, ready to be registered and start a new life cycle.

So it is best to renew your domain before it expires, to avoid losing it.

Rules for renewing a domain

• Businesses should pay attention to the exact dates to domain renewal. To be sure, you can check the details and expiry date on domain lookup websites
• For a domain suspended because it is overdue, the customer has 30 days (counted from the day the domain was suspended) to renew it and restore the website and domain.
• You can renew a domain at any time in its life cycle, except when it is being released or is in the process of transferring to another registrar.
• You can renew for at least 1 year, or longer depending on your business needs.
• After a domain is assigned, the customer must pay a fee every year to keep it active.
• Paying this maintenance fee is the responsibility of the domain owner, and it is handled by the registrar that manages the domain.

How to renew a domain

Here are the steps:

• Step 1: The customer contacts the provider that manages the domain to renew it
• Step 2: The provider handling the renewal then:
  • Receives the request from the customer
  • Checks the information related to the domain
  • A domain can only be renewed if it does not violate any terms. The registrar then renews it on the system right away.
• Step 3: The registrar then tells the customer the result of the renewal
• Step 4: Finally, the customer checks the exact expiry date of the domain with a lookup tool.

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Domain renewal costs

The renewal cost varies with the registrar and the type of domain you own.

• Renewing an international .com, .net or .biz domain usually costs 200,000 to 400,000 VND a year.
• Renewing a Vietnamese domain such as .vn or .com.vn usually costs more, from 250,000 to 500,000 VND.

For exact renewal prices, check the registrar's website for the yearly maintenance fee.

This article shows how much domain renewal matters for a business's operations. On the other hand, if you really don't need the domain, renewing it is a waste and keeps it from others who might want it. Think it through before you restore an expired domain. If you don't follow the deadlines in your contract, you may also pay a fee, often called a "penalty", for renewing the domain.

That covers how to renew a domain when it expires, in as much detail as we can. We hope this guide helps you handle a renewal with confidence. 

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