Expiry Protection

Webnames.ca's Domain Expiry Protection Service provides prevention against loss of ownership due to accidental Domain Name expiry.

With Domain Expiry Protection in place, you'll have an entire year to reclaim your expired domain. To reclaim your expired domain, simply renew the domain via your account as per normal and the domain's previous functionality will be restored. If the domain also used services such as DNS Hosting, Website Hosting or Email, ensure those services are renewed as well.

NOTE: Domain Expiry Protection Service provides ownership loss prevention, however it does not provide continuity of service for a Domain Name. Should the expiry date of the Domain Name pass without a domain renewal being purchased, functionality of the domain name will be disrupted. To reinstate service or functionality of a Domain Name, a separate renewal of the Domain Name at our then-current pricing, is required.

Dates: The anniversary dates related the Domain Name will not be altered under any circumstance by the Domain Expiry Protection Service and/or any subsequent and separate renewal of the Domain Name.

For further clarity, a Domain Name which expires on Jan 1st and which is covered by our Domain Expiry Protection Service, will be protected from ownership loss for an additional year (365 days) starting on Jan 1st. The Domain Name will, however, still cease to function once all regular expiry grace periods have transpired. To reinstate functionality of the Domain Name, a separate renewal of the Domain Name must be purchased by you. To continue the example from above, if a renewal for the Domain Name is later purchased on Feb 8th, the Domain Name's renewal date will still be Jan 1st, albeit for the following calendar year.