Are you an existing Bitdefender customer and want to renew your subscription? Since you got a huge discount on your first time purchase of Bitdefender protection, you expect the same while renewing it.
Unfortunately, you cannot leave things on to Bitdefender with auto-renewal. As a matter of fact, Bitdefender and any antivirus company exercises the same practice with auto-renewals. They overcharge you in the name of continuous protection.
If you have auto renewal active, discounts are simply not possible.
Get Your RENEWAL DISCOUNT
Dealarious customers always enjoy huge discount on Bitdefender renewal. You can get a good discount on Bitdefender products as well.
Important before you renew
Bitdefender now promotes newer subscription plans on its official website. However, older Bitdefender products are still available through many resellers and remain relevant for existing users and renewals.
If you are currently using an older Bitdefender subscription, you can renew it at a discounted price without upgrading to the newer plans.
Bitdefender Auto Renewal: A serious issue
This article aims to educate users on how to save a good amount of money when renewing Bitdefender. So, let's understand the general concept of auto-renewal. It is a feature often passed down to the customer, masked as a great convenience. Many companies target customers with scary email messages like "You will be vulnerable," etc.
However, the sole intention is to retain you as a customer. Yes, they say you can "Opt-Out" at any point, but in most cases, the process is not very clear.
Why does Auto Renewal Exist?
The only good thing about auto-renewal is that you have to do nothing. Your same license will see a validity period extension for another year. However, at the same time, the company will charge you with the full product price.
What's Wrong with Bitdefender Auto Renewal?
The one thing I do not like about Bitdefender Renewal is that the official checkout cart, by default, enables auto-renewal. The option is not a checkbox but a hyperlink text, which is not that easy to figure out. This practice has forced many customers to be a part of auto renewal, even if their default choice might have been a NO.
The reason is simple. It will auto-renew your subscription at full price (which is really high) without any discount. Many customer queries exist if you are willing to investigate deeper. You can check for customer complaints by searching for "auto-renewal" on their official forum.
How to Cancel Auto Renewal
Many customers are not aware of the fact that auto-renewal is enabled by default when you purchase from the Bitdefender website. The first thing you should do is, disable Bitdefender auto-renewal if you haven't done it already from your Bitdefender Central Account. If you are unsure whether you subscribed to auto-renewal, you can contact Bitdefender support and ask them about the same.
Bitdefender Renewal Discount Coupon: Official Way
Till now, it is clear that by default, there is no scope of discounts in auto-renewal. To retain your subscription, there are strong chances that their support will give you a custom Bitdefender renewal discount coupon.
Well, that's again a win-win situation, if you agree to it. Also, this is the only probably official way to keep the same license and extend the protection. So, now the question arises, if you did not receive a renewal special offer from Bitdefender support, what other ways do you have? Let's discuss some other methods to get Bitdefender renewal discounts.
Note: Officially, Bitdefender now focuses on its newer subscription lineup for purchases and renewals. However, older Bitdefender subscriptions are still used by existing customers, and can be renewed at discounted prices offered by resellers.
Bitdefender Renewal Discount Coupon: Your Way
Bitdefender often gives decent discounts on new license purchase (for customer acquisition purposes). We will use the same at our disposal as a renewal discount coupon. Yes, instead of renewing the same license, we will again purchase a new license key. This process is similar to the Bitdefender student discount, where there are no specific criteria officially for education institutes.
So, all you need to do is search for a Bitdefender coupon code on Google. Yes, it takes some time and effort to find working Bitdefender coupon codes. However, when you get a working coupon, it's worth spending the time.
Note: Older Bitdefender subscriptions are still available through resellers, allowing existing users to renew them at the best price.
Renew an Existing Bitdefender Subscription with a new License?
If you buy the same subscription and device number, your existing license should extend.
For example, you have an existing subscription: Bitdefender Total Security: 5 Devices - 1 Year. Now, if you purchase a new Bitdefender Total Security: 5 Devices - any year, after adding the new license in your Bitdefender Central account, the validity period increases automatically.
Hence, a vital thing to remember when you renew Bitdefender subscription. The extension of validity days happens only when the product variation and number of devices match.
Note: Older Bitdefender Total Security subscriptions (3, 5, or 10 devices) cannot be renewed using the newer Bitdefender Individual or Family plans. If your current subscription still meets your needs, renewing the same older plan through a reseller is cost-effective.
Change / Upgrade Bitdefender Subscription
Want to change your subscription to another Bitdefender product? Whether you are using older Bitdefender plans like Antivirus Plus or Internet Security and want to upgrade to Total Security, or newer Bitdefender plans, you should know the following:
Bitdefender does not extend validity days while changing subscription. Hence, you can contact Bitdefender Support and upgrade your existing product. Bitdefender deducts many days from your validity to upgrade the subscription. So you have to calculate and make the decision wisely.
Solution
- For older Bitdefender plans, you can buy the license at a discounted price and activate it later.
- For newer Bitdefender plans, the subscription validity starts from the purchase date, not the activation date.
Bitdefender Plans Upgraded:
- Bitdefender Antivirus Plus now protects up to 3 devices and supports Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.
- Customers using Internet Security will be upgraded to the new Bitdefender Total Security plan.
- The new Total Security plans protect up to 25 devices. We currently offer both the old and the new plans.
- The Bitdefender Family Pack has been replaced by the new Total Security Family Plan.
Note: If you are currently using an older Bitdefender Total Security subscription, you cannot directly upgrade it to the newer Bitdefender plans. You have to wait for your current subscription to expire first and then proceed to purchase the new plan separately.
Conclusion: Should you Renew from Bitdefender?
The above method solves the license renewal problem directly from Bitdefender, which is expensive even after offering a discount (if any).
Long story short, BitDefender Renewal discount doesn't exist. It will help if you prefer buying a new license to renew Bitdefender.
Always disable Auto Renewal while buying an Antivirus solution.
After purchasing a new license key, you have to place it in the Bitdefender Central account. No need to re-install the application. You can refer to our Bitdefender License activation guide or contact us in case of any problem.
In some regions, when you renew your subscription by purchasing from the Bitdefender website, the renewed subscription is added directly to your account.
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Can’t open the renewal offer for 2021.
This is still valid (although from your bitdefender account it is easy to turn off auto-renew), my subscription was set to auto-renew in two weeks at $79.99. The current offer on the Website is $24.99. When I went to turn off automatic subscription it automatically offered me a ‘one-time’ discounted price of $40. But I’ll think I’ll stick with 24.99… I’d probably let it auto re-new if the price just stayed around $35 every year. But don’t triple the price!
Hi, i wanting to buy bitdefender total security for the first time for my pc, from Dealarious, as i do not have this installed, how do i go about it, because i don’t want a auto renew subscription with bitdefender central, do i have to open an account there, thanks Brendan.
If i purchase a key on your website now, can i wait till the end of December before to use it? Or do i have to use it before an expiration amount of days?
My current bitdefender account is valid until mid-December.
Thanks for the answer.
Yes, you can keep the license unused. Bitdefender licenses only activate once you use it in your Bitdefender Central account to generate the subscription.
I requested a refund for the whole price that they “took” using Auto-Renewal, which was a big one, and that request, they gave me a 45 % discount. So you need to sound unsatisfied and they answer to that in a good way. The 45 % off was refunded to my account short time after. After that, I always disable the Auto-Renewal option.
Only now do I see this blog and realize that my experience is not unusual. I received an email from Bitdefender advising me that they will automatically renew my license for $139.95. I found this very steep and checked the website discovering that they offer the same product for US$59.95. When I opened my MyBitdefender account I saw a price offer for CA$39.95, repeat CA$39.95. Two times requested clarification of this unethical business behavior with copies to the management in Romania and the sales manager in the U.S. but only received an evasive answer from the support staff suggesting that I should switch off the autorenewal option.
This is the worst unethical manipulation of customers I ever saw so far in any business.
Hi Klaus,
Good observation. Actually this has been the scenario for years now. We are happy to see users like you who are aware of what the situation is. You can call it a UpSell technique. Again it is advisable to keep eye on Checkout form for Auto-renewal Ticks. Not only for Bitdefender but also for other companies.
I would like to renew, however my ongoing Bitdefender has been deleted from my computer!! Can you help me?? thank you Sincerely M. Jo Wendorff Fond du Lac, WI kenjo64@sbcglobal.net