Professional Web Development Services in Pakistan

So much of your personal brand is built around your online presence. In fact, everything you do, say, post, comment or share on the Internet represents your brand. With our specialized and dedicated team having vast experience in the field, building your brand online with Anifar is easy. Anifar provides a vast array of tools to take your idea or business online today.

A domain name is a system for assigning ‘addresses’ to internet web servers. It is somewhat like a sign-post directing traffic to the individual space where your website is located on a hosting server. Your domain name directs traffic to where this is located. For your emails to function and website to be visible online, you need a domain name to be registered.

Domain names are administered by companies, such as ours, operating a domain name registry. These registries operate underneath parent ‘registrars’ for providing domains to end users. There are specific sets of rules and processes around set by ICANN as how domains operate to which we all must abide and cannot be bypassed or amended by us or anyone else.

When a domain is registered, you choose and pay for the registration period. The default is 1 year and the expiry period is set exactly from the date of first registration onwards. So if you register a domain on the 1st of January this year, it will expire on the 1st of January next year. This is how the domain registry system works, it is not something which is up to us.

Registering and renewing a domain is as simple as paying your invoice. But if no action is taken and the domain expires then your emails and your website will cease to function. Domains are separate from hosting. So although you may be up-to-date with web hosting payments; without a domain name a website cannot function.

Renewing an expired domain will undergo a propagation period of up to 24 hours before your emails and website will function again. This is the time it takes for it to take effect across the internet. Again, nothing we have control over.  After 3 months an expired domain will return to the public pool and someone else can register it. So it is highly recommended to renew the domain at least 3 to 4 days before expiry.

When your domain is in Redemption status, you may still be able to redeem the domain. The fee for reactivating a domain in the Redemption Period is $99.95 + the normal renewal fee. At the end of the Redemption Period the domain will go into a 5-day delete cycle at the end of which they will become available for anyone to register. There are risk of losing the domain after the delete cycle as it can be available to anyone.

There are several steps after your domain expires to safeguard you from losing any domains you want to keep. Approximately 30 days prior to the domain expiration date, we begin sending reminders to you by email to the email address you listed with us. You will receive at least two reminders prior to the expiration date and one reminder within five days after expiration.