Where the settings are
Everything below is in Domain Management.
Renewing
- Sign in and open Domain Management.
- Select the domain and use Renew.
- Auto-renew is a per-domain toggle in the same list.
Turning on transfer lock
Porkbun applies a registrar lock by default. It is under the domain's details as Registrar lock.
Moving the notices somewhere safe
Under Account. Porkbun includes WHOIS privacy at no cost.
Worth knowing about Porkbun
Porkbun is a small registrar with good defaults, including free privacy and lock. The main risk with any smaller registrar is a single account with no second contact, so add one.
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 a personal address, and not an address at the domain that is expiring.
- The renewal date recorded somewhere other than the registrar's email, because that is the channel that failed.