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We have added auto-renew for domains to our system.  To set your domains to be auto-renewed, please follow these steps:

How do I set my domains to auto-renew?
http://www.dynadot.com/help/question.html?aid=154

To select a payment method for your auto-renewed domains, please follow these steps:

How do I select the payment method for auto-renewed domains?
http://www.dynadot.com/help/question.html?aid=152

hi,
i have activated auto renew for some of my domains to test it, but it seems that domains will still be renewed 60 days before expireing.
what am i doing wrong?

cool, thank you.
i will now enable auto renew for all my domains....

Thank you for your feedback.  We have changed the auto-renew feature so that domains are renewed 30 days before their expiration date.

For me at Least is better.

If we changed it so that it auto-renewed at 30 days, would that work better?

I agree 65 is a tad early. 1 month would sound about right.

Anyway, I think it would be a good idea if Dynadot would send a notice at least a few days before they actually charge for the renewal. So you have time to make sure there are enough funds in your Paypal account etc.

hi,
are there any news regarding the configurable auto renew option? i really can not use it if it is more than 30 days....
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Okay, I will add your request to our feature request list for future consideration.

Without boring you with the way that I manage my domains I do want to say that Auto Renew as it's currently implemented is not usable by me.

I do understand, however, your desire to do such an early renewal in order to circumvent problems that may result in us paying the $100 fee to repurchase a recently expired domain. I applaud you for this.

That said, in order to find your Auto Renew feature useful I really need to know the exact date the the domain will renew.  A good compromise would be to show the exact Auto Renew date if the Auto Renew feature is enabled. This way I could see that date and have more control over renewals. You can then send me emails warning me that the domain will renew on THAT date. Similar to the way you do now when Auto Renew is NOT selected. Otherwise it's difficult to determine what 65 days before an expiration date actually is. Some months have 30 days, some 31, and one 28 (or 29 every 4 years). Try it, what's 65 days before March 17th? It's tough.

I hope my situation can be seen as a feature request and not criticism because I do like Dynadot and wish you all the success in the world.


[This post has been edited by tqla on Dec 29, 2007 4:34pm.]

Maybe Dynadot should create an option where users are allowed to set their own renew date from a selection menu/list?