{"id":1272,"date":"2020-06-09T17:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/06\/09\/4147505-how-to-renew-a-domain-before-its-expiration-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:14","slug":"4147505-how-to-renew-a-domain-before-its-expiration-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4147505-how-to-renew-a-domain-before-its-expiration-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Renew a Domain Before Its Expiration at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">We highly recommend renewing a domain <b>at least a few days before it expires <\/b>to prevent any website downtime and lost sales. To <b>manually<\/b> renew your domain purchased at Hostinger, follow these steps: <\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to your hPanel&rsquo;s <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/billing\/subscriptions\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Billing<\/a><\/b> section. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on the <b>Renew now<\/b> button next to your domain order:<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/06\/972aca9b-571f-40a2-95fb-0c469afa2e60.jpg\" alt=\"The Billing Subscriptions section showing how to renew an active domain\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In the pop-up window, you can <b>review the price <\/b>and other useful information.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Choose payment method<\/b> to complete the domain renewal process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">In most cases, you can <b>renew your domain at any time<\/b>. However, a few domain extensions (TLDs) only allow renewal within a specific timeframe, such as 27 days or less before the domain&rsquo;s expiration date. In these cases, the <b>Renew now<\/b> button will be disabled until the domain enters the renewal period. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You only need to wait, and the option to renew your domain will become available as soon as possible.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, enable the <b><a href=\"\/support\/3316237-how-to-automatically-renew-your-products\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Auto-Renewal option<\/a><\/b>, and the domain will be renewed automatically! &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_c2bc1a7443\">Domain Renewal Period<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The minimum period for domain renewals is <b>one year<\/b>. However, some TLDs allow for longer renewals &ndash; two or three years. If that is the case for your domain, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583235-how-to-change-your-current-billing-cycle#h_e46c2f1c99\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">change your billing cycle<\/a><\/b> by activating the <b><a href=\"\/support\/3316237-how-to-automatically-renew-your-products\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">automatic renewal<\/a> <\/b>first.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The expiration date after renewing will start counting from your domain&rsquo;s original expiration date, regardless of the date of renewal payment. This means you can renew your domain in advance without losing any days.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_69c6a23428\">Renewing an Expired Domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The renewal process of expired domains varies depending on how much time has passed since the expiration date and the domain&rsquo;s TLD. To learn more, refer to our guide on <b><a href=\"\/support\/6058634-how-to-renew-an-expired-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">How to Renew an Expired Domain<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_7ccfda0efe\">Renewing Domains Registered Elsewhere<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain has more than <b>seven days<\/b> left before expiration, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583436-how-to-transfer-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">transfer your domain<\/a> <\/b>to renew it at Hostinger. Otherwise, the best course of action is to <b>renew it at the current registrar<\/b> and initiate the transfer afterward.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Renewing your domain in advance will ensure your website stays online without any downtime &#128522; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewing an active domain at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managing-your-domains"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4147505-how-to-renew-a-domain-before-its-expiration-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4147505-como-renovar-un-dominio-antes-de-su-vencimiento-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4147505-comment-renouveler-un-nom-de-domaine-avant-son-expiration-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4147505-bagaimana-cara-memperpanjang-masa-aktif-domain-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4147505-como-renovar-um-dominio-antes-de-expirar-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4147505------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8623,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/8623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}