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How does that even happen? My domains get renewed automatically.

• UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  Many domain registrars design their systems in such a way so that you either pay a higher price if you auto-renew (e.g. GoDaddy) or so that it is easy for auto-renew to switch off (e.g. CC expired) so they can charge you a "fee" to recover it once you realise it has been suspended. Frankly it is in registrar's best interests to let your domain expire. You'll still pay them the renew fee either way, but additional fees loaded on top of that too.
• EwanToo 14y ago
  There was a story on here the other day which basically revolved around people removing their credit card details immediately after purchasing domains, to prevent auto-renewals - they managed to mishandle removing their details, and deleted the domain involved. Some people are odd!
  • UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
    You're mis-remembering that story. GoDaddy (their registrar) charges more for auto-renew than for manual renew. So people wishing to save money disable auto-renew for that registrar. GoDaddy's interface is really bad, and somehow when you remove your CC information it also asks you if you want to remove the domains entirely too (default: yes). People click through without paying attention (thinking "it is just my payment info, what can go wrong?!") and BOOM their domains are gone. Naturally GoDaddy charges a fee to restore the domains...