You Should Renew Your Domains Before They Expire
Due to what I assume there was a problem with someone’s company card, Samsung forgot to renew the potentially dangerous domain, leaving it to be bought out by Anubis Labs’ CTO and good guy Joao Guveya. According to Motherboard , the ssuggest.com domain associated with Samsung’s S Suggest app was seemingly abandoned, giving Guveyya (or any hacker) the option to buy it.
I remember the first domain that expired. I bought areyoucool.cool after hearing about Sesame Street using the domain name in an episode. Redirected to my personal page as a joke. Cultural ephemera aside, when it was time to renew, I hesitated to pay $ 20. You, like Samsung, know what happened next.
In short, after archiving a few pesky emails about it, I lost my totally awesome domain. What I didn’t know was that I could get it back even a few days after it expired. If you miss the domain renewal deadline, don’t fall on your knees in despair, cursing God for your memory lapse. Thanks to ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, you have a few days to get your domain name even after it expires. You will be fine.
Set a reminder
It’s simple. Every time a domain is registered, add an item to your calendar to-do list one year later with your domain name in it. If you’re not overly religious during your meetings, your email address will work the same way. Domain registrars usually send you email reminders when your domain expiration date approaches. In fact, ICANN requires:
Registrars must send renewal reminders 30 and five days before (and five days after) domain name expiration. Registrar shall display on its website how these notifications are sent.
Buy more years
Of course, you can always just shell out a few more bucks and get it all out of your head. Your domain registrar may offer registration options for several years, so if you have vowed to use something like, oh, I don’t know samsung.com, you can just buy in bulk and keep going.
Avoid redemption
In total, you have 70 to 75 days to restore your expired domain. But be careful. The longer you wait, the more expensive it can be.
After your domain expires, it enters a so-called auto-renewal grace period, where you can easily renew your domain for up to 45 days. This does not mean that your domain is working (it will not), but it does mean that no one can take it away from you until you decide if you want to renew it.
All domains after expiration enter a 30-day grace period when you can re-get your expired domain name. However, domain registrars may charge a ransom fee for the service (GoDaddy charges $ 80 and Hover charges $ 175). When they charge a ransom fee, it also varies depending on the registrar.
Each domain registrar handles domain renewal details differently, although they all follow similar basic rules. All domains must be renewed through the original registrar, and they must all renew domains so that they do not violate the Expired Registration Recovery Policy. In this case, you should complete the ICANN Domain Renewal Complaint Form to begin the process of returning your domain.