How to manage domains registered through Blogger

Question

If you registered your domain while signing up for Blogger, you used to make payments for your domain through Google Wallet. We have since switched to a billing system.

Answer 1

If you registered your domain while signing up for Blogger, you used to make payments for your domain through Google Wallet. We have since switched to a billing system. As part of this switch, we created a free Google Cloud account for you.

You use this account to manage your domain. Specifically, to manage your renewal options and make sure your payment information is up to date, you must sign in to your Google Admin console.

To access account settings in your new Google Admin console:

1. Sign in to your Google Admin Console.

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to Billing > Billing accounts.

3. Next to your Domain Registration subscription, click Actions  Access billing account.

   If you're accessing your Admin console for the first time since we set up your free Google Cloud account, you'll be asked to verify your billing information. For details, see Verify billing information for legacy domain registrations.

After you access your Admin Console, you’ll see the username [email protected] or [email protected]. We suggest you rename this user to a custom name you can more easily remember, like [email protected].

To manage future payments and renewals:

1. Manage domain registration renewals

If you purchase a domain through Google while signing up for Google services, your domain ownership is valid for one year. After that, you must renew your domain registration to keep owning the domain.

Avoid suspension. Set your domain purchased through Google to automatically renew and make sure your payment method is valid and up to date. Otherwise, your Google services might be suspended and you might lose domain ownership.

Step 1: Find your domain registrar

How you manage your domain registration renewal depends on who your domain registrar is. If you purchased your domain from a partner registrar during Google Workspace or Cloud Identity setup, you can find your domain registrar (host) in the Google Admin console.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an administrator account, not your current account [email protected]

2. From the Admin console Home page, go to DomainsManage domains.

3. You can find your domain registrar by either:

   • Checking domain’s Status column. For example, your domain status might say, “Registered since {date} with {domain registrar}. Google’s domain registrar partners are GoDaddy, Enom, DomainDiscount24.com, and Google Domains.
      

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   • Clicking View Details in the Status column

4. If your registrar is GoDaddy, Enom, or DomainDiscount24.com, go to Manage registration and renewal in the Admin console. Or if your registrar is Google Domains, go to Manage renewal through Google Domains.

If you don’t have domain registrar information in your domain’s Status column, you purchased your domain separately from your Google service. To manage your domain renewal, you need to go to your domain registrar’s website. If you need help finding your domain registration host, see Identify your domain host.

Step 2: Manage domain registration and autorenewal

Option 1: Manage registration and renewal in the Admin console

If your domain registrar is Google Domains, go to Manage renewal through Google Domains instead.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an administrator account, not your current account [email protected]

2. From the Admin console Home page, at the top left, click Menu BillingSubscriptions.

3. Click your Domain Registration subscription.

   You’ll see the domain registration renewal cost and expiration/renewal date.

4. Next to Renewal options, click Change renewal settings.
5. Choose an option:
   • To automatically renew your domain 7 days before its actual renewal date, select Auto-Renew my contract. Your primary payment method is charged for the renewal at the beginning of the following month. Your Google services continue uninterrupted.
   • To let the domain registration expire at its renewal date and suspend your Google services, select Cancel my service at the end of my term.

     Important: If you want to keep your domain, 7 days before your suspension date, you need to select Auto-renew my contract instead.

6. If you need to change your renewal payment details, go to Update credit card details and complete the steps.

Option 2: Manage renewal through Google Domains

If you purchased your domain when you signed up for a Google service and your registrar is Google Domains, you manage your registration through your Google Workspace or Cloud Identity Premium account. In this case, your domain is set to renew automatically and you can't change this option in the Admin console.

If you don't want your domain registration to renew automatically, you need to cancel your domain billing subscription with Google Workspace or Cloud Identity Premium and set it up directly with Google Domains. During setup you can turn off automatic renewal. For the steps, go to Move your domain billing subscription to Google Domains.

To see your domain registration renewal date and cost:

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an administrator account, not your current account [email protected]

2. From the Admin console Home page, at the top left, click Menu BillingSubscriptions.

3. Click your Domain Registration subscription.

   You’ll see the renewal cost and expiration and renewal date.

2. Manage domain registration payments

You pay for a subscription managed in your Google Admin console by making regular payments with a credit card. In some locations, we can debit payments directly from a bank account. We also recommend you add a backup credit card that can be charged in case your primary auto-payment method fails.