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How did your partner renew the domain without logging in? There is only 2 ways to renew.

1. Auto-renew if configured and credit card is in good standing 2. Manual, you'll get email for renewal, you click, login and then renew

Something doesn't add up here.

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Many registrars allow renewal of domain names without authentication (you're unable to change any of the domain settings, however) -- some just let you do it, others it's a process, e.g. https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...

That requires an account created before renewal even though it's not the same account as the domain name.

This may be useful for gifting a renewal or something like that.

Weird indeed: When renewing a domain registered at Gandi, you don’t have to be the account owner: “The owner of the transferred domains cannot be modified as per registry policy. The owner will remain the same after the transfer. Owners will not change for renewed products.” And later, “Please be aware that you are about to renew a domain you do not own.”

Just tried it myself.

Are they confusing transfer for renewals? Because the message above all talks about transfers.

I interpreted the message as “Gandi isn’t what they used to be anymore, I’m going to transfer out, you don’t need to tell me this.” It could also be a language barrier by OP.

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