What's the deal with GoDaddy Auto-Renewals?
Posted by StatementNext682@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 23 comments
I have GoDaddy on Auto Renewal the card is good and has tons of funds available. GoDaddy was supposed to auto renew on 04/03/26. Yet here we are on 04/05/2026 and I get a warning saying "Renew Now Your Domain is Expired". Ofc I go renew manually and it goes through exactly just fine.
Able-Following-2963@reddit
Turn off auto renew and set your own reminders a few weeks early, then renew manually so you are not relying on their timing. Also check if they tried billing and failed silently or if there is a delay on their side. dynadot and other registrars like namecheap or namesilo tend to be more predictable with renewals, but if you are stuck just do not trust auto renew alone.
StatementNext682@reddit (OP)
I mean that's easiest course of action ofc. It's already been done.
blbd@reddit
GoDaddy is a terrible registrar that many believe ultimately aids and abets a lot of cybercrime. Consider literally anybody else.
lmfao_my_mom_died@reddit
yo fr? I'm making an app and i wanted to use godaddy but i had to switch to another provider because my Tax ID code (im Italian) didn't work, their algorithm is different from the "real" one. wdym it aids a lot of cybercrime?
CommanderMatrixHere@reddit
Go with Spaceship or Namecheap or Cloudflare. They're better in terms of managing your own thing. Beware Cloudflare will not allow you to change nameservers but they're good enough that you can stick with them forever as I anyways move my DNS to Cloudflare anytime I buy a domain name.
Escanut@reddit
Been hearing that Godaddy's a shit show now, I'll probably move to somewhere else once mine's expired
jsellens@reddit
You can move domain registrars, at any time, and you don't lose - just have to pay for another year of registration at the new registrar. Moving can be more complicated after expiry. Move now while you're thinking of it.
Escanut@reddit
Will do, thanks
JohnGypsy@reddit
Friends don't let friends use GoDaddy.
(Especially not for 365, but even just as a registrar.)
Strimkind@reddit
Its also a nightmare to move people away from 365 on Godaddy once they have it.
HappyDadOfFourJesus@reddit
Not a nightmare at all.
JohnGypsy@reddit
Actually, there is a fairly straightforward defederation process. I've done it for probably half a dozen tenants now. Worth doing.
tarvijron@reddit
Namecheap rules, GoDaddy drools etc
iamtechy@reddit
Reddit taught me to use PorkBun for domains
notmyredditacct@reddit
They will also let your “auto renew” domain expire, go into lockdown mode and then snipe it the second it releases with their cozy relationship with truecommerce (namebright/hugedomains/dropcatch)
Anybody is better than godaddy. We moved our stuff to cloudflare years ago after learning that lesson.
StatementNext682@reddit (OP)
I really wish I could but the direction to stick to GoDaddy was by someone way above me
ibringstharuckus@reddit
Other suggestions for domain registrar. My boss just switched us to GoDaddy.
solitude042@reddit
Porkbun has been a great experience, if you can still switch.
kalakoi@reddit
I've switched all my domains from GoDaddy to Porkbun
f0o-b4r@reddit
Go for hostinger it’s much better than godady
digitizedeagle@reddit
I have the same problem all the time...
For some reason, GoDaddy doesn't automatically renew my domains, and I have to do it manually.
Curious_Elk_4281@reddit
Each domain has it's own auto renewal setting. Make sure the domains you want to keep have auto-renew enabled. This is standard for any registrar. If that isn't the problem then I would contact godaddy support.
StatementNext682@reddit (OP)
Yes, all domains have auto-renewal enabled. I've checked the basics I promise.