Registrar guide

Renewing and locking a domain at Wix Domains.

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

Where the settings are

Everything below is in the Wix dashboard.

Renewing

  • Sign in and open Domains from the dashboard.
  • Select the domain and use Renew.
  • Auto-renew is under the domain's billing settings.

Transfer lock

Under the domain's settings. Wix applies a lock by default on domains registered with them.

Moving the notices somewhere safe

Under Account Settings and the domain contact section.

Worth knowing about Wix Domains

Wix domains are tied to the Wix account and the site. If the site is cancelled the domain arrangement can change, so confirm what a cancellation covers before ending a plan.

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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