# How do I renew my Velumhold hosting or change its term? > Velumhold hosting renews from your balance for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at your order price; short balance: sites stop, files kept 7 days. - URL: https://velumhold.com/help/renew-or-change-term/ - Last updated: 2026-11-13 - Publisher: Velumhold (https://velumhold.com) **Quick answer — How do I renew my Velumhold hosting or change its term?** **Velumhold** renews each hosting account from your balance on its last paid day, with auto-renew on by default, for the same term at the price of your order. Pick another of the 4 terms (1, 3, 6 or 12 months) for the next renewal on the account page, or renew early with Renew for. **In brief** - **Terms**: 1 month (30 days), 3 months (91 days, −10%), 6 months (182 days, −20%) or 12 months (365 days, −30%). - **Auto-renew**: on for every new account; the next term is taken from the balance on the last day. - **Price**: locked at the order; a renewal costs what the first term cost. - **Change**: Length of the next renewal on the account page; it applies from the next renewal. - **Short balance**: the account is suspended at the end of the term, its files, email and databases kept 7 days, then deleted. ## What does each term cost at renewal? **Velumhold compared its 4 terms on each of its 3 plans: the 12-month term costs 30% less per month than paying month by month.** A renewal repeats the price of the term at your order. *Velumhold renewal price per plan and term, the same as at the first order* | Plan | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | Per month on 12 months | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tulle | $3.56 | $9.61 | $17.08 | $29.90 | $2.49 | | Chiffon | $5.35 | $14.44 | $25.68 | $44.94 | $3.74 | | Velvet | $7.14 | $19.27 | $34.27 | $59.97 | $4.99 | All plans and what they include: [pricing](https://velumhold.com/pricing/ "How much does Velumhold web hosting cost?"). ## How does auto-renew work? **Auto-renew takes the next term from your Velumhold balance on the last paid day, if the balance covers it, and adds its days to the account.** It is on for every new hosting account, and the account page shows it as a switch labelled Auto-renew from my balance. You prepay each hosting account from a crypto balance for a term of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months, chosen at checkout. With auto-renew, the same term is charged again at your original price, unless you pick another term for the next renewal in the dashboard; if the balance cannot cover it, the sites stop when the term ends, the files are kept for 7 days and then deleted. Nothing changes on the account when it renews: the sites stay online, the files stay where they are, the login stays the same. The timeline of the account records the event as Auto-renewed from your balance, with the number of days added. A renewal also shows under Billing, in the balance history, as a purchase line with the balance after it. If you added an email, Velumhold can send a reminder before the paid days run out. ## How do you change the term of the next renewal? **On the account page, under Paid days and renewal, choose one of the terms listed under Length of the next renewal; the change applies from the next renewal, automatic or by hand.** The current paid days are not touched. Each option shows its price and its discount, and the prices are those locked at your order. A confirmation then reads Next renewal, followed by the term and its price. The timeline keeps a line that the next renewal was set to the new number of days. Two cases favour a change. Moving from 1 month to 12 months on Chiffon takes the monthly cost from $5.35 to $3.74. Moving the other way, from 12 months to 1, suits a site you plan to close soon: the account then runs month by month, and you stop paying after the month you need. ## How do you renew early or by hand? Useful when auto-renew is off, or before a long absence. 1. **Open the account** — In My hosting, open the hosting account to renew. 2. **Read the renewal card** — Under Paid days and renewal, check Paid until and the price of the next term. 3. **Renew from the balance** — If the balance covers it, click Renew for and the price, then Pay in the confirmation. 4. **Or renew in crypto** — If it does not, the button reads Renew for the price in crypto and opens the payment screen for that renewal. 5. **Check the new date** — The days are added to the current ones: renewing early loses nothing. ## What happens when the balance is too short? **If the balance cannot pay the next term, the account is suspended when its paid days end, and its files, email and databases are kept 7 days before deletion.** The account page then says it expired on that date and gives the last day to renew it. Renewing within those 7 days starts the account again as it was: same files, same email accounts, same databases. After the seventh day, nothing can be recovered, by you or by the team. When the balance is too low before the end, the account page already warns that it does not cover a renewal and suggests renewing in crypto or topping up first, as shown on [top up with crypto](https://velumhold.com/help/top-up-with-crypto/ "How do I top up my Velumhold balance with crypto?"). Turning auto-renew off has the same end: the account stops at the end of its paid days. That is the way to leave without losing anything already paid. Copy your files and databases out before the last day, and use the guide to [moving your website](https://velumhold.com/move-your-website/ "How do I move my website to a new host without downtime?") in reverse. ## Why does the renewal price not jump? **Velumhold charges the same price at renewal as at the order, for the same term, with no setup fee at either step.** No setup fee is added: the price of the term you pick is what you pay, at the first order and again at each renewal. That sets it apart from hosts that sell a low first term and renew at list price. According to Velumhold’s survey of 2 November 2026, all 14 plans at the 5 hosts that print both prices renew higher, and on those with a 12-month first term the median renewal costs 2.8 times the first price; 1984 Hosting went from $2.95 to $19.83 a month. The full comparison is on [web hosting renewal prices](https://velumhold.com/web-hosting-renewal-prices/ "Why does web hosting cost more when it renews?"). ## Frequently asked questions ### Is auto-renew on by default at Velumhold? Yes. Every new Velumhold hosting account has auto-renew on, and it takes the next term from the balance on the last paid day if the balance covers it. ### Does Velumhold raise the price at renewal? No. Velumhold renews a term at the price locked at your order, and the next-renewal options show those same locked prices. ### Can I switch from monthly to yearly billing? Yes. Choose 12 months under Length of the next renewal on the Velumhold account page; it applies from the next renewal. ### How long does Velumhold keep my files after expiry? 7 days. Velumhold suspends the account at the end of its paid days and deletes its files, email and databases after that, unless it is renewed. ### Do I lose days if I renew early? No. Velumhold adds the new days to the paid days that remain. **Verdict** - **Choose 12 months** for a site that will run all year: Chiffon costs $3.74 a month that way, against $5.35 month by month, and the renewal keeps that price. - **Keep 1 month with auto-renew off** for a short project, and copy everything out before the 7-day keep ends. ## Sources 1. [1984 Hosting price list (shared hosting, 12-month term and renewal)](https://1984.hosting/product/pricelist/) — 1984 Hosting (read 2026-11-02) **Renew or top up** Keep the balance above the next term and auto-renew does the rest. [Open My hosting](https://velumhold.com/app/?from=help-renew-or-change-term&lang=en) · [Top up the balance](https://velumhold.com/app/billing/top-up?from=help-renew-or-change-term&lang=en) --- Velumhold: Velumhold is private web hosting for websites and WordPress, paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, no selfie, no card. Each account comes with a control panel, NVMe storage, free SSL, email accounts and daily backups, in Reykjavik (Iceland), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Bucharest (Romania). It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama. On the yearly term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable plan from 3 no-KYC crypto hosts, read on 2 November 2026.