Domain Registration: The Life Cycle of a Domain
The Domain Life Cycle
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Active - Domain Life Cycle
While your domain is Active, you can modify its settings and contact information. Keeping an active domain is essential for keeping your website online and your email working. Here are a few articles that will help you understand how to customize your domain:
- Domain Management: How To Update Nameservers
- DNS Management: How To Update DNS Records
- Domain Management: How To Update Domain Contact Information
Domains have a minimum registration/renewal period of one year, though some domains may require more. Domains can be registered and renewed for up to a total of 10 years at a time. To help you keep your domain registered and active, we provide you with an easy way to renew your domains and strongly encourage you to participate in our automatic domain renewal service! Here are a few articles that help you understand how to register your domain and keep it registered:
Some country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) must be renewed before their expiration dates. The table below outlines the renewal deadlines for each domain extension, as specified by the respective registries.
Important: Failure to renew your registered domain name before its expiration date (according to the timeline below) may result in losing your registered domain name. We are not liable for the loss of domain name registrations due to failure to renew services.
# of Days Before Expiration that the Domain Must be Renewed | Top-Level Domain Extensions |
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Up to the date of expiry | .ca, .cn, com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn, all regional .cn extensions, .co, .cx, .gd, .gs, .im, .in, .co.in, .firm.in, .gen.in, .ind.in, net.in, .org.in, .me, .ms, .tc, .tw, .com.tw, .org.tw, and .vg |
26 days | .ac, .am, .be, .de, .eu, .fm, .io, .nl, .sh, .co.uk, .me.uk, .org.uk |
57 days | .at, .ch, .cz, .es, .com.es, .nom.es, .org.es, .jp, .li, .mx, .com.mx, .nu, .co.nz, .net.nz, .org.nz, .pl, .ru, .sg, and .tk |