Renew domain while being transfered

[jorpilo_coding]

Hello.

I have just started the transfer of a domain to Cloudflare. The transfer will take 4 days and I can not speed up the process. However, the domain is going to expire and I need to renew it. How can I renew the domain? Should I renew it on the old provider or wait until the transfer is completed to renew it on Cloudflare?

[DarkDeviL]

On 2022-11-17 03:55 CET, I shared this on the Cloudflare Developers Discord:

→ https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/909458221419356210/1042634175406161940

Country code domains (e.g. .dk/.fr/.nl/[…]) can have their own (national) policies that makes them different, however, for ICANN domains (for example .com), the https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-holder-faqs-2017-10-10-en page says this, which could potentially invalidate @craftxbox test account#6549’s prior response:

# 11: My domain name has just expired. Can my registrar require me to pay for a renewal before I can transfer the domain name to a new registrar?

No. You have the right to transfer an expired domain. Registrars are not allowed to deny a transfer due to expiration or nonrenewal, (unless you haven’t paid for a previous registration period).

However, if the current registrar has begun to delete your domain (i.e., the EPP status code (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epp-status-codes-2014-06-16-en) shows the domain in Redemption Grace Period (see also https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-lifecycle-2012-02-25-en), the name must be restored by your current registrar before it can be transferred. This may result in an additional fee, sometimes referred to as a redemption fee.

If we’re talking about domain(s) you actually care about keeping, I would suggest that you start a bit more (like at least 1 - 2 weeks) in advance of the expiration. Should there be some kind of misunderstandings on the way, there will then be time to get those corrected before the actual deletion of the domain name.

That being said, last week, I did successfully transfer both a .NET and a .EU domain that was respectively 11 and 12 days past their actual expiration dates, when the transfer process was being started.

So, the actual terms and procedures may vary, depending on which TLD you have.

@jorpilo_coding

How can I renew the domain?

During the transfer, most TLD will typically add a new year on top of the current expiration.

@jorpilo_coding

Should I renew it on the old provider

I wouldn’t do this, as it would just complicate things in other directions.

The renewal would typically be returned from the registry to previous provider, and you would therefore NOT get a new year on top of the current expiration with the transfer.

The double payment you may have ended up on making (e.g. 1 x transfer, 1 x renewal), you would then have to go through the process of escalating that with your old provider, in order to attempt to get the payment for the renewal refunded.

@jorpilo_coding

wait until the transfer is completed to renew it on Cloudflare?

My suggestion would be , wait and follow up once the transfer has completed.