For Sale Expiry Dates to drop dates

[nickb]

I've looked at at a lot of domains recently that expired mid october of this year. all of them still show pendingdelete. i though that they took about 35 days to drop but this doesnt seem to be the case. can anyone tell me roughly when these names should become free again.( how many days after expiry in general)

 

[jbarnes]

I also was wondering this.

 

[Luc]

it depends on the TLD, is it .com/.net? if so, if its in pendingdelete now it will drop within the next 5 days or less.

an easy way to check these is to put them into snapnames or pool and those service will generally tell you when the domain is dropping assuming that it's in pendingdelete status.

if its in say, registrar-hold or redemptionperiod the wait is usually much longer, and the domain can be renewed at any time. generally, the wait for those domains is about 80 days.

if i remember correctly:

registrar-hold lasts 45 days
redemptionperod lasts 30 days
pendingdelete lasts 5 days

above figures are only for .COM./NET other TLDs have very different rules.

 

[cambler]

Remember that the first 45 days can be accellerated to 0 at any time by a registrar doing an explicit delete.

 

[Vorty]

See this cycle:

http://www.pool.com/help/faq.aspx?lifecyle=1

 

[jbarnes]

thanks for the info everyone. You guys are helpful as usual