<story><title>Moniker Deactivated My Domain 26 Days Before The Expiration Date</title><url>http://peterc.org/blog/2010/345-moniker-deactivation.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>patio11</author><text>Sorry you had to go through that nuisance.  Can I make one suggestion with regards to business processes?  You currently appear to have domain renewals done shortly in advance of need, with manual scheduling.  &lt;i&gt;This is a source of risk.&lt;/i&gt;  There are a &lt;i&gt;lot&lt;/i&gt; of failure modes there, including &quot;my registrar fubars the renewal&quot;, and many of them have unpleasant consequences.&lt;p&gt;Domain names are cheap and abandonment is infrequent and unlikely to save much money, for most people on HN.  So renew them early, for long terms.  For your business or blog or other domain which will be a going concern for the foreseeable future, go renew it for ten years.  If your business gets sold to Amazon tomorrow, oh well, that cost you only $60 ~ $80 or so.&lt;p&gt;I own a small stable of domains (a few dozen) and keep most of them on rolling two year registrations, with my main ones (product sites, my blog, etc) on rolling five year registrations.  I renew all of them yearly.  This way, screwups by myself, my bank, Paypal, or GoDaddy probably won&apos;t deprive me of use of my property.</text></comment>
<story><title>Moniker Deactivated My Domain 26 Days Before The Expiration Date</title><url>http://peterc.org/blog/2010/345-moniker-deactivation.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>hey Peter,&lt;p&gt;Mail this guy: monte@corp.moniker.com&lt;p&gt;His full name is Monte Cahn, he&apos;s only going to be there for another 3 weeks or so so move while you can. (he started Moniker.com).&lt;p&gt;That should get your stuff sorted out in no time flat, Monte is &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; serious about preserving the reputation of the company he built, and has been even after selling to oversee.net.&lt;p&gt;If that does not get you sorted out fast enough to your liking let me know (j@ww.com).</text></comment>