When Does Your Domain Expire?

If you don’t know the answer to that question, then you really (no, SERIOUSLY) need to log into the site where your domain is registered and check the expiration dates of any and all domains you may have. Too many people let their domains expire, only to have them snatched up by someone else, or having to pay a lot more money (sometimes hundreds of dollars!) to renew them than they would have had they not let it expire.

Many domain sites, GoDaddy for example, allow you the option of automatic renewal, so that you never have to worry about your domain expiring. But they also will at least send you a notice before your domain expires so that you can renew it before it does. If your domain provider does not have one of these options, then you should seriously consider moving the domain to one that does! I see folks letting their domains expire all the time, and it just makes no sense to me when it is totally preventable. Can you just imagine having a five-year-old website, letting the domain expire, and then having to rebuild the site–and your business and reputation–all because of the expired domain?! It happens!

So do yourself a favor…right now…log into your domain account(s) and check the expiration date. And if you see an option for automatic renewal, save yourself some future worry and use it. Better safe than sorry.