Hosting Renewal

Web hosting renewal should be taken very seriously in any organization. You don't want to lose valuable files and domain names because for whatever reason you didn't renew the web hosting account.

Pointer Soft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. to help you avoid this doomsday scenario:

• Pay the web hosting renewals in advance.  Most web hosts will allow you to pay for multiple years of domain registration and web hosting, up to 10 years.  Buy these in advance when you purchase the web hosting package.
• Set the web hosting to auto-renew.  Most web hosts/registrars have an auto-renew service. Note: your credit card information will need to be on file for the auto renew to work.  If you pay in advance (see above) most credit cards will expire before the 10 years, so you will need to maintain the correct credit card information on file in your account.  This is likely the most common way domains are forgotten or not renewed.
• If this is for an organization/company, the registrant information should be under your company name and not an employee.  Too often employees leave, change jobs, etc. and this could put the domain at risk.
• Use a non-freebie email address in your whois.  Many domain names have been stolen as a result of neglected email addresses at free email services, or hotmail, yahoo or gmail accounts being compromised.