What happens if I don’t renew my domain in time?

The day your domain expired it enters a 42 day grace period. During the grace period you can renew the domain at normal cost. On the 43d day after domain expiration your domain enters the 30 day “redemption period”. During redemption period we can attempt to get your domain back however there is a $200 fee to do this. Alas once redemption period is over the domain enters the final 5 day pending delete status. There is no way to retrieve a domain that enters pending delete. Once the domain name exits pending delete status the domain is released and can be registered again by...

Can I change my domain name?

No, sorry. That’s the nature of domain registration. Once you have registered (purchased) a domain name it’s yours to keep. So be careful to double-check for typos! What you can do of course is just register the new domain as well, and then let the old one expire after the period you’ve paid for passes. Keep in mind that you may opt to re-direct the old domain to the new domain. And you can park the new domain over the old one. On the hosting account, if you want to switch your domain with a new one, you can do that by opening a support...