NOTICE: If you have already renewed your domain name and the whois information shows that the domain name has already been renewed and you receive another renewal notice for the same domain name, take a closer look at the notice. Most likely the notice is to renew other services (Email or URL Forwarding, Secure Whois, etc.) not the domain name registration. Renew your domain for multiple years to get high ranking in the search engine Ranking and also to lock the price for future network solutions or ICANN increases.
Domain name renewal is the assurance to continue your presence on the Internet. Many domain name owners lost their domain names because they neglected to renew their domain name on time. We would like this event to never happen to any of our customers. We do not want this event to ever happen to any of our customers. We have created the auto-renewal feature to assure that your domain name would be renewed prior to its expiration. Unfortunately though, you must do your part to watch for two very important things.
1. Your email address must be correct in order for us to be in touch with you in the event that your bank does not approve the charges to renew the domain name.
2. Also make sure that the credit card on file is up to date (most importantly check to see if the expiration date needs to be updated, and make sure the card on file is valid), since we cannot charge an expired credit card. If the domain name is not renewed on time, and you let it expire it will be held for a 30-day's redemption period. During this time the domain name will be removed from the zone files (the list of domains currently in the global DNS.) All services associated with the domain name will stop working. This includes your website, email forwarding and URL Forwarding. While you may retrieve the domain name from deletion during the redemption period, you must pay a $100 fee to do so. Once the redemption period has passed, the domain name will be released for anyone to register.
Be aware that ICANN and VeriSign have signed an agreement that allows VeriSign to impose higher fees on all registrars. To secure any future price hike in the future, we advise you to renew your domain name for the maximum number of years you can afford to renew. As you know, ICANN has imposed a $.25 fee on all domains registered, and we did not pass this increase to any of our customers like the rest of the other registrars.
Some fraudulent websites send massive emailings to domain name owners. They send deceptive emails that look like official requests to renew domain names and the end result is that you will be tricked into paying three times the amount we charge for renewal, and they may also trick you into transferring your domain name to them, making it very difficult to retrieve your domain back. MyDiscountDomains.com never sends renewal notices through the Post Office mail, and if you receive postal mail from anybody to renew your domain name, consider it to be a fraudulent request to get your money
