When Does A Domain Expire?

When a domain is registered, you choose and pay for the registration period. The default is 1 year, but many businesses will register them for 2,3,4 or 5 years at a time. The expiry period is set exactly from the date of first registration onwards. So, if you register a domain on the 1st of January this year, it will expire on the 1st of January next year. This is how the domain registry system works, it is not something which is up to us.