Reactivate your expired Squarespace domain

Reactivate your expired Squarespace domain

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Last updated October 06, 2026 22:04

Renew an expired domain during its grace period or pay a redemption fee to recover it after.

Your domain renews automatically, but if you disable auto-renew or your payment fails, it expires. Renew your domain within the grace period to hold onto it.

Also try: If there’s a “Payment is past due“ message in your domains dashboard, update your payment information and retry the payment.

Video on your domain’s grace period and steps to reactivate an expired domain

Watch this one-minute video to learn more about what happens to your domain if it expires and how to reactivate it.

Reactivate your expired domain

Before starting, identify your registrar of record and confirm you're still within the grace period. After reactivating, it may take up to 48 hours for your domain to direct to your site.

To reactivate your domain:

Log into the domain owner's account. This is the email address listed as the owner of the domain in our system.
Open your domains dashboard.
Click the expired domain.
Click Update payment information in the yellow banner.
Click Subscriptions.
To use the same billing information, click Retry payment. To use a new payment method, click Update payment info.
Review the order summary, then click Confirm payment.

Tip: If you have a country code top-level domain (ccTLD), review your ccTLD’s guidelines to determine if expired domains are eligible for reactivation.

Cost to reactivate your expired domain

When you reactivate an expired domain, you’ll pay the current domain price, which may differ from your previous renewal price. To check current domain prices, use the domain search page. If the price doesn't appear for your specific domain, search for the same TLD with a random string of letters (for example, qwertyuiop.com) to review the TLD price. Regular rates apply, not promotional pricing.

Domain redemption fees

During the grace period, you can reactivate your domain at the current domain price with no additional fees. If you reactivate your domain after the grace period, we may charge a redemption fee in addition to the current domain cost. The fee varies by TLD and appears in your order summary at checkout.

Grace periods for expired domains

The length of your grace period depends on your domain's registrar. Use one of ICANN's lookup tools to find your registrar of record.

If you have a country code top-level domain (ccTLD), review your ccTLD's guidelines before reactivating — grace periods and eligibility vary.

Squarespace Domains LLC and Squarespace II Domains LLC - 30 days. Past 30 days we can't guarantee your domain will be available for renewal.
Tucows - 40 days. After that, Tucows reclaims the domain. If that happens, use this form to request a renewal. If Tucows renews it, the price is theirs to set, and you can connect it to your site as a third-party domain.
Key-Systems - Grace period varies by ccTLD. Find your ccTLD's grace period.

If I reactivate a domain, when will my domain renew?

Your domain will continue to renew on its original billing cycle. You can find the renewal date in your domains dashboard.

Can I reactivate a domain that’s being transferred away from Squarespace?

No. If your new domain provider requires an active Squarespace domain, cancel the transfer first, then reactivate before restarting the transfer process.

What if the expiration date is one year past the date my domain expired?

When reviewing your domain's records, some expired domains may appear active with an expiration date one year past the actual expiry. This date discrepancy is due to how registrars and registries handle expirations differently. If your domain shows as expired in your domains dashboard, it's expired regardless of what the records display.

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Reactivate your expired Squarespace domain