We're seeing some panic today, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, from a few blog owners who have received email, which implies that their custom domain registrations are approaching expiration - and can't be renewed.
This confusion is especially unfortunate, given the recent discontinuation of the very popular Google Domain Registration option, which drives the Blogger "Buy a domain" wizard. It is reminiscent of a similar episode, almost a year ago.
When this confusion is reported in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, it's not difficult to dispel the panic. Several helpful websites provide registration look up services for the domains in question - and allow us to easily verify that there is no sudden flood of registration problems.
We have identified a popular topic in Google Apps Forum: General Discussion, where this issue is being discussed, and which has been forwarded to Google Apps Support.
Please watch the Google Apps discussion, or this blog post, for updates. And get back to work, on your blog.
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I registered my domain several months ago, through Google. I have the receipt for the payment in my email, my Google Wallet account, and my credit card statement.
Why am I getting this email now, some months after registering my domain - but well before my registration should be expiring?
Our records indicate that the payment for registering your domain mydomain.com was unsuccessful.
Payment failures happen for a variety of reasons (such as insufficient funds or an expired card). You can update your payment information to resolve the issue.
Please log in to your account and update your payment information. If you take no action, your domain will not be renewed on .
This confusion is especially unfortunate, given the recent discontinuation of the very popular Google Domain Registration option, which drives the Blogger "Buy a domain" wizard. It is reminiscent of a similar episode, almost a year ago.
When this confusion is reported in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, it's not difficult to dispel the panic. Several helpful websites provide registration look up services for the domains in question - and allow us to easily verify that there is no sudden flood of registration problems.
Overview for mydomain.com
Registrar Info
Name ENOM, INC.
Whois Server whois.enom.com
Referral URL http://www.enom.com
Status clientTransferProhibited
Important Dates
Expires On December 01, 2013
Registered On December 01, 2012
Updated On December 01, 2012
We have identified a popular topic in Google Apps Forum: General Discussion, where this issue is being discussed, and which has been forwarded to Google Apps Support.
Please watch the Google Apps discussion, or this blog post, for updates. And get back to work, on your blog.
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Comments
Gyanu Basnet
www.basnetg.com
You've seen how quickly Blogger / Google changes direction - and they seldom involve anybody when deliberating.
We can speculate all that we want - and they may find another way, to make any speculation right - or wrong.
I'd believe anything.