Managing Domain Renewals and Redemptions
Custom domains purchased through or registered with Vercel are automatically renewed by default with the option to manually renew them.
You can see the expiration or renewal date of your Vercel-managed domains in the list of domains on the Domains tab of your team's dashboard.
To enable automatic renewal, follow these steps:
You can choose to prevent the automatic renewal of a Domain from the Domains tab on the Vercel Dashboard.
From the list of domains, find the domain you want to enable automatic renewal for. You can use the search bar or filter button to find it if you have many domains. You'll see the auto-renewal or expiry status of the domain in the domain's row.
Domain row with auto renewal status. Click on the hamburger menu icon to the right of the domain and toggle the Auto Renewal to on or off.
If auto renewal is off, Vercel will not try to re-register the Domain when it expires at the end of the registration period. You will not be charged for the Domain any longer, but you will lose access to the Domain when it expires. Recovering the Domain, if even possible, may be subject to a redemption fee. Please contact our support team as soon as possible.
Vercel will send you three emails regarding the Domain before this happens. 24 and 14 days before the Domain is set to expire, you will be notified that auto renewal is off and the Domain will expire soon. A final email will notify you when the Domain expires.
If auto renewal is on, Vercel will use the following process to renew the domain:
- 60 days before expiration, Vercel will send you a warning email that the domain will expire and that we will try to renew it
- 30 days before expiration, Vercel will try to renew the domain
- Starting at 29 days before expiration, Vercel will check for any failed renewals and try to renew them again
Navigate to the Domains tab on the Vercel Dashboard.
From the list of domains, find the domain you want to renew. You can use the search bar or filter button to find it if you have many domains. You'll see the auto renewal or expiry status of the domain in the domain's row.
Click on the hamburger menu icon to the right of the domain and click the Renew button.
Your domain must be within 1 year of expiration to be eligible for renewal.
The Renew Domain Modal
For expired domains with a redemption period (typically 30 days), you can now recover them directly in the dashboard:
A redemption fee will be applied, depending on the domain registry.
You can filter your Vercel owned domains by their renewal status by clicking the filter icon in the top right of the Domains table:
Third-Party Domains (ones not purchased with or transferred into Vercel) are not subject to auto-renewal. Please refer to your Domain name registrar's policy regarding renewals.
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