Allysin
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First of, I want to say that for me, turning auto-renew off always is the best practice as I need to be control and decide which domains to renew and which ones to just let go (and I have a feeling that some registrars will attempt to bill you for renewals way in advance!). So - normally, I disable the auto-renew, note the information about each and every one of my domains in my spreadsheet and then follow up manually before the expiration date to either renew, transfer or cancel the domain.
Now, with IONOS, this works in mysterious ways as I believe when you remove the auto-renew, it removes a year from the expiration date in their Control Panel (it will then show 1 year less than what the WHOIS shows). If you turn it on, it would usually add that year back in.
As their billing via Contracts is SUPER-complicated, I don't want to run into any trouble where they charge me like a year in advance as it seems to suggest on this note that came up when I transferred 2 domains there recently:
Does anyone really understands this and would you be able to explain it in simple terms please? Any suggestions on how to handle this in a way where I won't see any surprised charges for domains I was expecting to let go will be appreciated.
The problem with removing the auto-renew is that once it passes the 1-year before real expiration date mark, the domain just disappears altogether from the Control Panel (this already happened to 2 of my domains with them)!
Now, with IONOS, this works in mysterious ways as I believe when you remove the auto-renew, it removes a year from the expiration date in their Control Panel (it will then show 1 year less than what the WHOIS shows). If you turn it on, it would usually add that year back in.
As their billing via Contracts is SUPER-complicated, I don't want to run into any trouble where they charge me like a year in advance as it seems to suggest on this note that came up when I transferred 2 domains there recently:
Does anyone really understands this and would you be able to explain it in simple terms please? Any suggestions on how to handle this in a way where I won't see any surprised charges for domains I was expecting to let go will be appreciated.
The problem with removing the auto-renew is that once it passes the 1-year before real expiration date mark, the domain just disappears altogether from the Control Panel (this already happened to 2 of my domains with them)!