Cancelling a domain name can be a good idea in certain situations, but it depends on your circumstances. Here are some key points to consider:

Pros to cancelling your domain name:

• No longer needed: This is the most common reason customers want to cancel their domain. If the domain is no longer needed or serves a purpose.
• Cost saving: You can reduce expenses if you are managing multiple domains and some are not providing any value
• Brand cleanup: Cancelling unused or irrelevant domains can help your online presense

Risk to be aware of:

• Loss of ownership: Once cancelled, the domain will become available for others to register potentially competitors or malicious actors.
• SEO impact: If the domain was providing back links or search engine visibility, cancelling could affect your SEO
• Email disruption: If you are using your domain for email, then cancelling the domain will break your email addresses for that domain.

What we recommend rather than cancelling the domain:

• Let it expire naturally: Simply don’t renew the domain, and it will eventually be released. Taking this approach gives you a grace period (depending on the domain extension) during which you can still renew it, useful if you later discover the domain is tied to email or other services.
• Redirect traffic: Point the domain to your main site if it’s still receiving traffic or visitors. This can help boost your main site’s SEO by increasing inbound links, which may positively influence its search engine ranking.
• Park the domain: Keep it registered, just not active. You might want to start up another project and use the domain again.

It’s important to remember that cancelling your domain will release it to the public within a few days, allowing someone else the opportunity to register it.

If, for any reason, you later need the domain back online, you won’t be able to recover it, potentially causing significant disruption to your services or business. Letting the domain expire naturally keeps you as the owner during the grace period, giving you time to decide whether you truly need to retain it.

Please note that domain cancellations are non-refundable.
Once a domain is cancelled, the action is final and no refunds will be issued, regardless of the remaining registration period. We recommend carefully considering your decision before proceeding with cancellation.

If you have any further questions please contact our support team, they will be able to assist you.