Stop.
Now let's get to the root of this story because this type of situation is EXACTLY how the name of a company gets dragged through the mud because of USER ERROR. Unfortunately everyone then jumps on the bandwagon adding their two cents.
1. Godaddy is well-known for their advance notification of when a domain name is going to expire, sometimes MONTHS before the date arrives.
2. Godaddy then will give notification a week before and AGAIN on the date when the domain name expires.
3. There is a feature called "auto-renewal" that automatically renews the domain name using a credit card on the account. This is set to "on" by default.
4. Don't attempt to give the excuse that you don't want Godaddy having your saved CC#. Get a prepaid debit card and use that. Even if the balance on the card is insufficient, Godaddy will attempt to process the card on the expiration date and will email to tell you that the CC authorization failed. You can then put your $7+ (
cost of domain renewal with a godaddy coupon that you can find on google in less than 2 minutes) on your debit card and renew.
5. Even if you don't renew the domain name within the first week, Godaddy will send a reminder email on alternate email accounts. Sometimes they will CALL you. After that, they even send you a pre-last chance email that is still valid for you to renew at a regular price.
When that "last chance" email hits, you have no one to blame, but yourself for not renewing. So do not complain as if it is GoDaddy's fault.
It is time someone told the truth about these types of situations. Handle your business like a business.
