Extending the registration period for a domain

When you register a domain with Amazon Route 53 or you transfer domain registration to Route 53, we configure the domain to renew automatically. The automatic renewal period is typically one year, although the registries for some top-level domains (TLDs) have longer renewal periods.

Note the following:

Maximum renewal period

All generic TLDs and many country-code TLDs let you extend domain registration for longer periods, typically up to ten years in one-year increments. To determine whether you can extend the registration period for your domain, see Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53. If longer registration periods are allowed, perform the following procedure.

Restrictions on when you can renew or extend a domain registration

Some TLD registries have restrictions on when you can renew or extend a domain registration, for example, the last two months before the domain expires. Even if the registry allows extending the registration period for a domain, they might not allow it at the current number of days before the domain expires.

Note

For example, if your domain can be renewed for up to 10 years, you can add yearly renewals at any time until you reach the 10-year limit. After the 10-year period expires, the renewal cycle resets, allowing you to register for up to another 10 years. For example: If your domain is 6.5 years old, you can renew for up to 3 more years. When your domain reaches 10 years, the cycle resets completely. After reset, you can register for any yearly period up to 10 years.

AWS credits

You can't use AWS credits to pay the fee for extending the registration period for a domain.

To extend the registration period for your domain

1. Open the Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Registered Domains.

3. Choose the name of the domain for which you want to extend the registration period.

4. In the Details section, in the Actions dropdown choose Renew domain registration.

5. In the Renew domain registrations dialog box, in the Renewal period dropdown, choose the number of years that you want to extend the registration for.

   The list shows all the current options based on the current expiration date and the maximum registration period allowed by the registry for this domain. The expiration date with that number of years applied is listed under the duration.

6. Choose Renew domain registration.

   When we receive confirmation from the registry that they've updated your expiration date, we send you an email to confirm that we've changed the expiration date.

7. If you encounter issues while extending the registration period for a domain, you can contact AWS Support for free. For more information, see Contacting AWS Support about domain registration issues.