20 The Domain Name Will Expire Update

To understand where a domain name goes after it expires you first need to know a little bit about how domain name ownership works.

The domain name will expire. If the domain has not been renewed by the owner prior to the expiry date the domain s status will be changed to what is called a renewal grace period. Deleted domains or dropped domains are available for registration and can be picked up for just the normal regfee at your preferred domain registrar. Domain name registration expires.

Approximately one month before your domain registration expires we will send an email to the registered name holder with instructions for renewing your registration. If you really want the domain name place a backorder at the appropriate auction house before the domain hits the expired date of the registration or before the end of the expired period. Domain name expiration reminder notice.

At the very bottom of the record you will see some timeline information for the domain name such as the date the domain name was created record created on and when the domain name is due to expire domain expires on should it not be renewed. We update the list of expired domain names every night. With some registrars like godaddy you can bid on an expired domain name immediately after expiry in an online auction.

Domain names expire when they are not renewed. This is an. Under this status you can still renew the domain name without incurring additional fees for a grace period of thirty days.

A backorder allows you to monitor a domain name status and be notified of the start of an auction. Then approximately one week before your registration expires we will send another email with the same instructions. The contact information for expired domain names cannot be changed or deleted.

Domains held at other registrars may take a few days to become available. Which can vary between registrars from zero to 45 days. The edit button in the domain contacts section will be simply disabled.