Since January 2, 2023, automatic renewal for .se and .nu domains has been the default setting, but registrars can still choose manual renewal instead (opt out).
With auto-renewal, domains are automatically renewed by the registry unless the registrar has requested their cancellation before the domain’s expiry date (expire date). Please note that no credit is issued for automatically renewed domains. Therefore, cancel domains you don't want renewed well in advance.
How to opt out
If a registrar does not want domains to be renewed automatically, the automatic renewal (auto-renewal) feature must be disabled in the registrar portal. This is how:
Log in to the registrar portal at registry.se and navigate to the registrar account. Under Settings, you can change the automatic renewal setting. The setting applies to all domain names belonging to the registrar:
Setting enabled: The registrar automatically renews the domain names on their respective expiry dates.
Setting disabled: The registrar does not renew the domain names automatically. Instead, the registrar must manually renew each domain name using the EPP command renew.
What does ‘manual renewal’ mean?
At the holder's request, the registrar renews the registration period for the holder's domain. You can renew the domain for any period of at least 12 months and up to 120 months. Renewal can take place until the domain's deregistration date (delete date).
What does automatic renewal mean?
With automatic renewal, The Swedish Internet Foundation renews the domain annually until the registrar actively deregisters it. The renewal will take effect on the expiration date (expire date) of the domain and will be valid for the following 12 months.
However, manual renewal can still be used via the EPP command renew even if automatic renewal is turned on.
Domains with the expired or deactivated status will not be automatically renewed. If renewal is required, the registrar must renew the domain manually using the EPP command renew.
On the domain's expiration date, the domain will be automatically renewed for 12 months if “Client Delete” is not set for the domain. Automatic renewal occurs even if a domain is subject to an ongoing ADR proceeding.
A domain can be reactivated by setting client delete to 0 via the domain:update command. If the domain has expired and its status is expired or deactivated when it occurs, the domain renews automatically.
Manual renewal can be used via the EPP renew command even if automatic renewal is turned on.
When an automatic renewal takes place, the domain is renewed for 12 months, and the registrar is charged for it on the next invoice. To avoid this charge, you must submit the deregistration request before the domain's expiration date. No credit will be provided for domains that have been automatically renewed, so it is important that domains are deregistered in time.
How to prevent a renewal of a domain
If a domain is not to be renewed, the registrar must deregister the domain; this is done by one of the following occurring before the domain's expiry date:
Submit the EPP command delete for the domain; then the domain is deactivated immediately and deregistered after 60 days
Via the EPP command domain:update, client delete is set to 1; then the domain is deactivated immediately and deregistered after 60 days.
Via the EPP command domain:update, set client delete to 1 and specify that the domain should be deactivated later. The domain is then deactivated on its expiration date and deregistered after 60 days.
For more technical details, please refer to “EPP - Protocol description for .se and .nu” and the XML schema under Downloads, respectively:
https://support.registry.se/en-US/downloads
