At SacBusiness, we usually use a company to manage your website addresses, otherwise known as domain names. Companies like these are called Registrars. The one we use is called Moniker. Domain names are renewed annually. (It’s possible to pay registrations multiple years in advance too.) When a domain is up for renewal, SacBusiness receives a notice and we reach out to our customer to ensure that the domain is renewed in a timely manner. However, there is an agency that is part of the Internet bureaucracy called ICANN. (ICANN stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Now you know.)
ICANN is often the last to know that a domain registration has been renewed. So their automated systems send out scary messages like the example below. If you’ve been invoiced by SacBusiness for your domain or received an email from us that your domain has been renewed, you can safely ignore this message, as frightening as it looks.
From: noreply@expirationwarning.net
Subject: ICANN ERRP for the domain sacbusiness.com
Date: August 30, 2022 at 8:16:48 PM PDT
To: noreply@sacbusiness.com
Dear David Spencer,
This message is a reminder regarding the upcoming expiration date of your domain name sacbusiness.com in accordance with the ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/consensus-policies/errp.
According to our records, the domain name is currently registered until:
2022-09-07
. Your domain name can be renewed in accordance with Moniker's terms of service. If you wish to renew your domain, please login to your Moniker.com account for further information and make sure payment for the renewal is made in time. Renewal may be automatic and may not require any action on your part if you have chosen to use Auto-Renew.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Moniker.com