Domain Name Renewal - Expired domains

[AndyW]

Issue: A domain name can be renewed while is is still active or upto 30days after expiry. Thereafter to renew it requires payment of an Restoration Fee ($70-150). Currenty WHMCS allows an expired domain name to be renewed at the nommial renewal fee, even if the Restoration Fee has become applicable.

Request: Please configure and apply the Restoration Fee on expired domain names on WHMCS, when applicable OR disable renewal of expired domain names in WHMCS if x days has passed since expiry.

[rodolfo]

I definetly agree with this feature request. I wont need to modify/create an invoice for this purpose anymore.

[othellotech]

add a cron job to set "expired" to "cancelled" after 30 days - they can raise a support task if they need to recover it after that as rules vary by TLD and registrar ...

[dexus]

^
and what about existing invoices that can still be paid...

also what about TLD's that have only 5 or 10 days grace period...

Options for this should be implemented in WHMCS, grace period must be configurable for every TLD and for every registrar, and existing invoices must be canceled after grace period, or aditional invoice item with price to redeem domain (must be configurable for each registrar) should be added to existing invoices with domains that have past grace period...

[AndyW]

add a cron job to set "expired" to "cancelled" after 30 days - they can raise a support task if they need to recover it after that as rules vary by TLD and registrar ...

You mean, write a PHP script that call the WHMCS database, that executes conditional mysql commands on live database?

Would prefer Matt and his team doing this!

[growe]

I got screwed by this very scenario. The good news is the solution is very simple, Three simple steps....

1) Unzip the file attached to this message and put the CancelDomains.php file in the root directory of your WHMCS install.
2) Create a cron entry that runs at least once a day to execute the file.
3) Smile because you'll never get screwed by this scenario again.

[growe]

Matt.... Can you move this thread to User Contributions as I assume that is the best home for it.

Thanks,

g

[Dominic]

Handn't thought of this scenario. Thanks all!

[othellotech]

and what about existing invoices that can still be paid...

We cancel those too

also what about TLD's that have only 5 or 10 days grace period...

or those with none, or ...
just have a different variable to the routine for each TLD

I keep meaning to release our maintenance tools, just need to tidy them up first ...

[growe]

what about TLD's that have only 5 or 10 days grace period...

or those with none, or ...
just have a different variable to the routine for each TLD

Looks like you just need some extra code. See the attached file


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[R-n-R]

growe, Just for clarification, your mod will work with the coming 4.x?

Thanks for this by the way.

[growe]

growe, Just for clarification, your mod will work with the coming 4.x?

Thanks for this by the way.

I'm one of the unlucky ones that still doesn't have 4.0 but I believe it will still work.

[wiz]

Hello, there are news about this ? was enom module updated with this functionality ? I'm using 4.2 and I'm temerous about if this problem can happen to me or if it was already addresses by WHMCS team.

[John]

Yes this has been taken into account. Expired domains cannot be renewed automatically and require your manual intervention.

[cenourinha]

Yes this has been taken into account. Expired domains cannot be renewed automatically and require your manual intervention.

When will be this a default feature at WHMCS?