When you buy and register a domain name, you are buying the right to use it for a pre-defined period of time; this will typically be one or two years but can be as long as ten years.
This means you have to periodically renew the right to use the domain. Most companies selling domain names make this easy by having an automatic renewal feature.
Automatic Renewal of Domain Names
When you buy a domain name, you generally pay by credit card. The company selling you the domain name usually gives the option to have the domain name automatically renewed. In this case they will typically email you at four weeks and again at two weeks before the renewal date to remind you that they are going to take payment for the renewal. You can of course cancel at this point should you not want to renew. On the other hand if you have opted out of automatic renewal then the email will be be indicating that you will lose your domain name if you do not renew.
My personal preference is to use the automatic renewal facility as it one less thing to worry about.
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