Registrar guide

Renewing and locking a domain at Infomaniak.

Where each setting lives at Infomaniak, and the changes that actually stop a domain lapsing.

Where the settings are

Everything below is in the Manager.

Renewing

  • Sign in to the Manager and open Domains.
  • Select the domain and use the renewal option.
  • Auto-renew is configured per domain.

Transfer lock

Under the domain's settings, described as transfer protection.

Moving the notices somewhere safe

Under the domain's contact records. Infomaniak keeps separate owner and administrative contacts.

Worth knowing about Infomaniak

Infomaniak is Swiss and popular in francophone Europe. Data residency in Switzerland is a genuine selling point for some businesses, and worth knowing if that matters to your clients.

The three that actually prevent a lapse

  • A payment card that is current. An expired card with auto-renew on is the most common cause of a lapse, and the failure notice goes to the same place as everything else.
  • A contact address that survives someone leaving. Not personal, and not at the domain that is expiring.
  • The renewal date recorded somewhere other than the registrar's email, because that is the channel that failed.

Check yours

Not sure who holds your domain?.

The free check reports the registrar, the renewal date and whether the transfer lock is on.

A different registrar?

The menus and defaults differ enough to be worth their own page.

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