When your domain renews and what you'll pay

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When your domain renews and what you'll pay

Last updated October 06, 2026 21:43

How domain renewal billing works, when we charge you, and how to find your renewal date and price.

Your domain renews automatically each year so it stays active. We charge your payment method 15 days before your domain's official renewal date.

Check who charges for your domain renewal

Who charges you depends on where your domain is registered. To check, open your domains dashboard and look at the Provider column:

Squarespace

Squarespace charges for your renewal if you registered, transferred, or migrated the domain to us. You'll find the charge in your billing panel.

Some domains show Squarespace as the provider but were bought through a reseller. In that case your reseller charges you and you'll manage billing with them. To know who to contact, open your domains dashboard, click your domain, and look for a reseller name under the Renews on date.

Third-party

Your domain provider, like Bluehost or GoDaddy, manages billing and charges you for renewals. To find your provider, open your domains panel, click your domain, and check the Details section.

Find your renewal date and price

Open your domains dashboard. Your domain’s official renewal date is in the column labeled Expiration. Click your domain, your renewal price appears next to the Renews on date, which is the date we charge you for the renewal.

Why am I charged 15 days before my renewal date?

Your charge date falls 15 days before your renewal date so your domain doesn’t immediately expire if your payment fails. If the charge doesn't go through, we retry it during that window, which gives you time to update your payment method before your domain expires.

Domain renewal timeline

How your domain's renewal and expiration dates work depends on your registrar and TLD. For example, ccTLDs follow different rules. Generally, this is timeline of how your domains renew:

30 days before renewal date

15 days before renewal date

  • If auto-renew is on: we charge the payment method on file. If it fails, we’ll retry every 5 days.
  • If auto-renew is off: nothing happens.

On your renewal date

  • If auto-renew is on: the domain renews. If the charge still fails, your domain expires.
  • If auto-renew is off: the domain expires.

Tip: If your domain isn't suspended or expired, you can also add years to your registration.

What happens if my domain expires?

If your domain expires, your connected website, email services, and pay links stop working.

Can I reactivate my expired domain?

Yes. You can still reactivate your domain if it has a grace period. After the grace period ends, someone else could register it. Redemption fees may apply if you reactivate your domain after 30 days of its expiration. Learn more about how to reactivate your expired domain.

Renewal issues and how to fix them

If Squarespace charges for your domain renewal, these guides cover the most common renewal problems:

How free domains renew

Eligible Squarespace sites on an annual billing plan include one free custom domain. How it renews depends on when you registered it.

How free domains renew after the first year

Free domains registered on or after March 5, 2015, are free for the first year. After the first year, the domain will renew for its listed price, and we'll charge the payment method connected to your site. To find a domain's price, you can search for it on our domain name search page.

How free legacy domains renew

If you registered a free domain before March 5, 2015, you have a free legacy domain. It renews for free every year as long as auto-renew is on and your site stays active on an annual website billing plan. Your free domain promotion ends and converts to a paid domain at its current standard rate if you:

  • Switch to a monthly website billing plan (or you can let the domain expire).
  • Reactivate the domain after its renewal grace period ends.
  • Move the domain to a Squarespace site that already has a free domain.
  • Move the domain to a Squarespace site that uses a currency other than USD.

What happens if your legacy domain converts to a paid domain

When your domain converts to a paid domain, we'll charge you the standard rate listed on our domain search page at renewal. You can’t transfer a free domain promotion or price discount to another domain.

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