Re:Amazon's customer service backdoor
by uptown on Sunday January 24, 2016 @09:15PM
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Another Namecheap "gotcha" is they auto-renew any domains you have setup for auto-renewal a full month before you're due for expiration. So if you're thinking of moving away, and trying to decide as the expiration date approaches, make sure to disable auto-renew on those domains while you decide.
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It was my understanding that the registration time you have with one registrar carries over with the next registrar. In other words, if your domain is automatically renewed for a year and you move to a different registrar and pay for one year, your domain will be registered for two years.
I must say that I have never verified this myself, mostly because I've never needed it that bad. At least something worth looking into if that problem arises.
Yep, that's exactly what happens:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q="domain+transfer"+"remaining+time"
(Can actually confirm that from this month's experience, so it's even freshly verified :)
Not really a gotcha. Some TLDs require that early renewal and one month is how we handle to avoid any disconnection in service. But yes, if you move away after a domain is renewed (e.g. your domain expires in 2017, most registrars -- but not all -- will add a year to renew in 2018).
(Full disclosure: I work at Namecheap)