: Pros and cons of long-term domain registrations What are the pros and cons for long-term domain registrations, such as 5 or 10 years? One benefit I can think of is locking-in the domain price.

@Sherry384

One more con: You might forget to renew your registration in 2021; that's a long way out.

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@Sarah324

Pros


lock in price
don't have to worry about renewing
some believe it has a positive effect on SEO (it's tiny at best)
don't have issues transferring to a new registrar due to limitations of transferring near the domain's expiration date


Cons


higher up front cost/expendature
if you want to transfer to a new registrar you usually have to pay for another year that you don't need

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