I have had my eye on a domain for a while now. It will expire tomorrow. If the owner doesn't renew, how long before it will be available for sale so that I can buy it?
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Finntroll posted this at 15:21 — 6th November 2006.
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The redemption period is 60 days.
Greg K posted this at 15:39 — 6th November 2006.
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And don't forget there are many systems out there that are set to automatically snatch up expired domains the moment they are available. Heck my old domain name, wasn't used for much, and it was snatched up. I also have a site that uses, advertises, the .ORG version, I also registered the .COM one on my own to redirect to the .ORG one. The .COM was snatched up when it expired.
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demopaul posted this at 14:02 — 7th November 2006.
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Yeh, the best way to be on the safe side is to use multiannual registration of your domain, like 10 years.
ohrana posted this at 14:50 — 8th November 2006.
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A domain is usually in Redemption Period for 30 days. The existing owner can still get it out of redemption by paying the registrar's Redemption Fee. After the 30 days are up it goes into a Pending Delete status for 5 days. After 5 days it will drop.
xlmdxlmd posted this at 12:30 — 12th November 2006.
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Expired 60 days
andy206uk posted this at 17:23 — 12th November 2006.
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Actually... It varies from one registrar to another (for instance, it's different with Network solutions, to Melbourne IT and TuCows etc).
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demopaul posted this at 09:48 — 14th November 2006.
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Jack, who's your registrar?
ohrana posted this at 14:43 — 15th November 2006.
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You may get this info here: http://whois.domaintools.com, http://domainwhitepages.com/