Domain registration terms

Version: 2026-11-10-draft. Prepared for the platform owner's review; paid domain checkout remains disabled until the final terms and registrar arrangements are approved.

What you are buying

Domain registration reserves the selected domain for the registration term confirmed at checkout. It does not include website hosting, email, or a guarantee that your website is ready to publish. Hosting has a separate price and confirmation.

A search result is not a reservation. Availability and price can change before registration completes. Check the spelling and extension carefully before paying. Your domain is registered only when your order shows Registered, not merely when payment succeeds.

Annual payment and refunds

Checkout shows the first-year charge in US dollars and applicable tax before you pay. The price may include a Build Depot service fee. The renewal estimate is separate and may change before renewal.

Payment authorizes one registration attempt for the domain and term you approve. If registration definitively fails after payment, Build Depot initiates a refund. An uncertain provider response is checked before retrying or refunding to avoid duplicate registrations. Refund processing time depends on the payment provider and your bank.

Completed registrations are generally non-refundable, subject to applicable consumer rights and the registrar's policies. Unpublishing a website does not cancel or refund its domain registration.

Registered owner and contact information

You must be entitled to register the domain and provide accurate owner and contact details. Build Depot submits those details to the registration provider and manages the registration through its platform account. Customer contact details do not create a separate registrar account or provide direct access to Build Depot's registrar account.

Respond to ownership-verification and contact-update requests promptly. Keep your registration email accessible. Incorrect details or missed verification can interrupt or cancel the registration under the registrar's rules.

Registration rules and privacy

Registration is fulfilled through Cloudflare Registrar and is subject to the applicable Domain Registration Agreement, registry rules, and dispute procedures. You must not register domains that infringe another party's rights or use them unlawfully. Build Depot's acceptable use policy also applies.

We share the necessary registration details with the registrar and registry and payment details with the payment processor. Some registration data may be disclosed where registry rules or law require it. See our privacy policy and the registrar's agreement; we do not promise universal anonymity.

Renewal, transfer and expiry

Automatic renewal is currently off. Renewal and transfer controls are not yet available in the Build Depot customer interface. Contact Build Depot through its contact page well before expiry to request assistance. Transfer eligibility, verification and any restrictions depend on the registrar and registry. Do not assume that continued hosting renews a domain.

Failure to renew can result in the domain becoming unavailable to you. Any redemption or recovery process, eligibility and charges must be confirmed at that time. Recovery is not guaranteed.

Connecting and unpublishing

After registration, you may select the domain for the associated project's publication. Build Depot can configure its managed DNS records when hosting is provisioned. DNS changes and HTTPS checks can take time. Existing conflicting records require review before replacement.

Unpublishing releases website hosting after the application's recovery process completes. Domain registration continues for its remaining term. Retained database and backup charges, if any, are separate and shown in the unpublish confirmation.

Review before activation

The platform owner must confirm the contracting business identity and contact details, customer registration authority, renewal and transfer assistance, registrar requirements, and tax setup before approving these terms and enabling paid checkout. This draft does not record that approval or acceptance of the registrar agreement.