Expired Domain, Grace & Redemption Period

Renewal Reminders

We send our renewal reminders by email starting 3 months from the expiry of your domain, and then each month thereafter. If you have not received a reminder for your domain, it's likely that you have not kept your email address on file with us accurate.

When a domain expires

When your domain expires, services for it will no longer work (i.e. web site & email will go down). To renew your domain, you should log into your account with Register4less. If you don't remember your username & password, please use the Lost Password function to have this sent by email.

The Grace Period

Register4Less.com will maintain your domain for a period of 40 days following its expiry. You can renew your domain during the grace period at the normal registration rate. Renewing your domain will make its services active again. A 5 day period follows the grace period where it transitions from grace period to redemption period.

The Redemption Period

Most registries now impose a redemption period following the grace period. The redemption period is 30 days. You may still renew your domain during the redemption period, however this is more costly due to redemption fees charged by the registry. Once the redemption period has passed, the domain enters a 5 day drop window after which the domain is released.

New: Lower Redemption Fees

Register4Less now has the lowest Redemption fees in the industry! We don't believe in punishing our customers because they've for whatever reason not renewed their domain in time. A redemption renewal with R4L now costs $75.95. Other providers charge a minimum of $80 to redeem a domain. A domain redemption with Network Solutions costs $150!

Should I Redeem my domain?

Dropping domains, especially .com names, are being picked up now by domains speculators when they are dropped from the registry. It has become very difficult to recover a domain name by monitoring for when it will drop. If the domain has value for you, it is advisable to redeem it. If your domain is in redemption, they only garanteed way to get it back is through a domain redemption.

Monitoring Service

Register4Less.com has also developed a monitoring service for those clients who do not wish to pay the redemption fee. Before choosing this service, we ask that you consider

1. We do ask that you pay the $15.95 monitoring fee before we can monitor a domain.
2. The monitoring service is not guaranteed to get your domain back for you.
3. Will you be comfortable with your decision to use this service and not the redemption renewal should we not be able to get the domain back for you.

If you do wish to have us monitor a domain or do a redemption renewal for your domain, please contact our support department.