# Registering and managing domains

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## Renewing registration for a domain

* **Note**\
  You can't use AWS credits to pay the fee for renewing registration for a domain.
* **Important**\
  If you turn off automatic renewal, be aware of the following effects on your domain:\
  Some TLD registries delete domains even before the expiration date if you don't renew early enough. We strongly recommend that you leave automatic renewal enabled if you want to keep a domain name. We also strongly recommend that you don't plan to re-register a domain after it has expired. Some registrars allow others to register domains immediately after the domains expire, so you might not be able to re-register before the domain is taken by someone else. Some registries charge a large premium to restore expired domains. On or near the expiration date, the domain becomes unavailable on the internet.

## Restoring an expired or deleted domain

* **Important**\
  The price for restoring a domain is typically higher and sometimes much higher than the price for registering or renewing a domain. For the current price for restoring a domain, see the Restoration Price column in [Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration](https://d32ze2gidvkk54.cloudfront.net/Amazon_Route_53_Domain_Registration_Pricing_20140731.pdf).

## Configuring DNSSEC for a domain

* **Important**\
  Amazon Route 53 supports DNSSEC signing and DNSSEC for domain registration. If you want to configure DNSSEC signing for a domain that's registered with Route 53, see [Configuring DNSSEC signing in Amazon Route 53](https://github.com/kevinslin/aws-reference-notes/blob/main/services/amazon_route_53/dns-configuring-dnssec.md).
* **Note**\
  We're updating the domains console for Route 53. During the transition period, you can continue to use the old console.
* **Important**\
  If DNSSEC is enabled for the domain and you disable DNSSEC with the DNS service, DNS resolvers that support DNSSEC will return a `SERVFAIL` error to clients, and the clients won't be able to access the endpoints that are associated with the domain.
* **Note**\
  We're updating the domains console for Route 53. During the transition period, you can continue to use the old console.

## Finding your registrar

* **Note**\
  This command only runs in us-east-1 AWS Region.

## Deleting a domain name registration

* **Note**\
  We're updating the domains console for Route 53. During the transition period, you can continue to use the old console.

## Downloading a domain billing report

* **Note**\
  If you use invoiced payments, any Route 53 domain registration transactions appear in your monthly AWS invoice. The invoice includes the domain name and operation that each charge applies to.


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