The first registration period and subsequent renewal periods are separate billing events.
Some domain extensions can have promotional first-year pricing. This means the initial registration price may be lower than the normal renewal price.
Kimnet displays domain pricing so that customers can distinguish the initial registration amount from the renewal amount where applicable.
Before ordering, review both prices rather than choosing a domain only because the first-year price is low.
A domain must be renewed before or around its applicable expiry lifecycle to maintain continued use. If a domain expires, website and email services that depend on it can stop working even if the hosting account remains active.
Domain pricing can vary by extension and can change when upstream registry or registrar costs change. Always use the current price shown in Kimnet at the time of the relevant transaction.
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