Consequences, Common Causes, and Recommendations for Failing to Renew Domains in Time
Published: 2022-07-11
I. If a domain name is not renewed in time, it will lead to the following serious consequences
1. If renewal is not made before expiration, the domain will not be able to be used normally, affecting your website access and normal operation of business;
2. If renewal is not made within the renewal grace period, the domain will enter the high-price redemption period, and redemption requires a high fee (1500 yuan/domain). (Special note: the renewal grace periods for various suffixes are not uniform, CM domains are deleted immediately upon expiration, View the specific domain deletion deadline description)
3. If redemption is not completed during the redemption period, the domain will be reopened for registration after entering the deletion period. If the domain is registered by someone else, it can almost only be recovered by purchasing it at a high price.
4. After the domain owner information changes, the domain ICP filing access will be cancelled. Even if the domain is recovered, the ICP filing still needs to be re-processed according to the procedure, which requires a lot of time and effort.
II. Common main reasons why domains are not renewed in time
Email notifications are sent 30, 15, and 5 days before domain expiration respectively. SMS/WeChat notifications are sent 5 days before expiration (if WeChat is not bound, an SMS will be sent; if WeChat is bound, a WeChat message will be sent). It is recommended to check accordingly and avoid risks in advance. View 《West.cn Business Renewal Notification Rules》
1. The email address or mobile phone number under the account has been changed or stopped being used
2. After contact changes, you have not logged in to our platform to update the contact information
3. Departing employees, feeling dissatisfied, maliciously conceal it
4. Notification emails and SMS messages are judged as spam and intercepted
5. You do not have the habit of checking emails or SMS messages
6. You are too busy and forget to perform renewal
III. Based on our company's years of operating experience and many real customer cases, we strongly recommend that you:
1. For domain names currently in use by enterprises, it is strongly recommended to renew them for 3~5 years at a time. This can effectively reduce the probability of forgetting to renew the domain and avoid losses caused by failure to renew the domain in time.
2. After changing contact methods or contacts, please promptly log in to our platform to update them, ensuring that the contact information under the account is usable.
3. Bind WeChat. WeChat accounts are not easily changed and the message delivery rate is high. Bind now>>
4. Employees should complete handover work before leaving and return account management rights.
5. Set automatic renewal for important domain names, and recharge the corresponding amount into the account to ensure automatic renewal upon expiration.
6. Add our company's notification emailnoreply@west263.net to your email "whitelist".
