What if my domain name expires....?

[wright_david1]

You can renew it before it expires - in fact, it's a good idea to do so. A good hosting company will send you reminder emails before it expires so that you have the chance to renew it. You may get a better deal buying multiple years at a time, and this also has a little bit of SEO value (search engines see multi-year purchases as an indicator that you're serious about the site and therefore rank you a little higher).

If you do let it expire, it's more expensive to save it from expiration, if someone else doesn't buy it before you have a chance to buy it back. Plus you'd likely have to upload all your site content again if you do let it expire.

I recommend NameCheap for domain names - I've been using them for years. There's a link below - hope that helps!