Where the settings are
Everything below is in the Account Manager.
Renewing
- Sign in and open My Domain Names.
- Select the domain and use the renewal option.
- Auto-renew settings are under the domain's management page.
Transfer lock
Under the domain's settings, sometimes described as Domain Protect.
Moving the notices somewhere safe
Under Account Settings and the domain's contact records.
Worth knowing about Network Solutions
Network Solutions holds a large number of very old domains registered in the 1990s and 2000s, often by people who have long since left. Renewal pricing is above market, and the accounts are frequently the hardest to recover because the original contact details predate any current record.
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.