domains are expired but not available for reg, why?

[rdmedia]

I have a list with tons of domains that have expired in Dec '04, when I check them with any registrar it is still not available for registration while the expiration date has already been passed for a while.

Why is this and how can I figure out when they will ACTUALLY be available for registration?

 

[Bender]

the domains that will be deleted today expired on 17-nov-2004 .You can estimate the date for your list.

 

[rdmedia]

the domains that will be deleted today expired on 17-nov-2004 .You can estimate the date for your list.

so domains from 17nov expire 30jan, that's 74 days... what's the logic behind it?

So domains that expire 17dec will be deleted 30feb ?

 

[Vivvy]

many registrars charge a chunk of change for the most recent owner of a domain to renew an expired name ... it's to their benefit to hold it a couple of months during a "grace period" and give the original owners time to cough up the big bucks before putting it back out there in the wild...

I think also that ICANN has a mandatory grace period of 30 days...

Vivvy

 

[Moondancer]

I thought the wait period was 90 days.. hmmm... I'll have to remember that.

 

[eSology]

http://www.snapnames.com/deleteprocess.html

The actual drop date depends upon the registrar and what they use for a grace period.

 

[Domainut]

It is generally 45-60 days onhold (depending on the registrar)
30 days redemption
5 days pending delete

 

[photoshopfreak]

It takes arond 3 months, infact im waiting on one now which should be registerable in 1 days time

 

[lz83ny]

Are you going to share the name with us?

 

[photoshopfreak]

Yeah sure sorry it's sex.com

















lol j/k on the real tho nah :cheeky:

 

[Mattius]

Yeah sure sorry it's sex.com

















lol j/k on the real tho nah :cheeky:

you'd need one PHAT cheque book thats for sure

 

[Dr. Domaining]

With all of my experiences it's always been a 90 day grace period. However, some companies may differ.

 

[WebCat]

Sometimes, registrars will "hold" a domain in the mysterious "registrar hold" for as long a year. I have never been able to figure this out, but it's their game.