Explanation of the procedures for domains at the end of the registration period
Overview of the prices and extension modes for the different domain types
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With the method for domain renewals presented here, we have
implemented a feature often requested by our customers.
This service shall ensure that no domains are being extended or
deleted unintentionally. Both of which is unpleasant.
Accidental renewals may result in disputes concerning the
payment of the arising costs. And uninteded deletions can cause
substantial economic damages.
In order to prevent that we have expanded our DRS by a feature
to renew domains. This way, you can choose for yourself which
registrations shall be scheduled for an extension. And it is as
easy and comfortable as you know it from the DRS.
From now on, the domains that can automatically be registered
via the DRS are not being renewed by default anymore. Instead,
you are regularly being informed about domains which have a
registration period that ends in the near future by means of
reminder e-mails. With a single click you get an overview of
those domains and can select them for a renewal.
Which types of domains are being renewed automatically and which
of them have to be manually extended by yourself can be seen in
the mode-column of
the price list.
We will inform you about the upcoming renewal with an e-mail notification
in good time before the end of the regsitration period of each domain,
irrespecitve of the type of domain.
In these e-mails you find further information and links with which you
can easily and extend the registration periods of the respective domains.
The table below gives a general overview of the the extension modes for the
different domain types. (It is however not as accurate as the information
given on the price list.)
The following section “Notification mails”
explains the content of the e-mails by which we make sure that
no domain is being deleted or extended inadvertently.
This category holds all .de domains, the most
important generic top level domains (including .com, .net, .org,
.biz, and .info), as well as .eu, .ch, .it, .li and .tel domains.
What to do?
For domains with mode M-1, the extension of the registration has
to be confirmed or else the domains will be
deleted after the registration period has expired.
M-2 Domains
Which domains?
Most of the ccTLDs have mode M-2 (except for .de, .eu, .ch, .it, and
.li).
What to do?
Domains with mode M-2 are automatically being
renewed. If you want them to be deleted, you have to cancel
the registration in written from before the end of the registration period.
It is sufficient to send an informal message to ccTLD@knipp.de. You
will then either receive a confirmation notification or information
about additional steps that might be required.
The e-mails with which we inform you about the ending registration
periods of your domains are being sent on the 15th day of each month.
The e-mails, which are divided in up to two sections.
One section contains the automatically registrable domains (Mode M-1)
which have a registration period that ends in the following two month
and for which no decision about an extension has been made
yet.
The period of time has been selected in such a way that you will
receive at least two e-mails that remind you of the necessity to
renew the domain before it is actually being deleted after the
registration period has expired.
This shall give you the possibility to take all necessary steps
to find out whether the domains shall be renewed or not.
Next to the list of domains the notification e-mails also contain a link
to the DRS with which you can easily and directly extend the registration
period of the listed domains.
The second section lists all non-automatically registrable domains (Mode M-2),
e.g. certain country code TLDs.
These domains will automatically be renewed by default if you do not
cancel them. This is what we want to remind you of with the notification
service, in good time before the end of the cancellation periods.
All M-2 domains are listed which have a registration period that ends
in the third month following the date of the notification e-mail.
The sections described here will only be included in the notification
e-mails if there actually are domains that have to be renewed in the
given period of time, and for which no decision about the extension
has been made.
