GoDaddy expiring domains & domain expiration dates...?

[john2k]

Is it normal to see a domain going up for auction on GoDaddy as an expired domain auction when that domain has an expiration date 1 year out? The site the comes up does state that the domain name expired last month. But I see in the whois that the domain expiration date is 1 year from now. Kinda confusing that the page parked at GoDaddy says the domain expired & is pending renewal or deletion while at the same time the expiration date is in 2014.

Is the 'expired pending renewal or deletion' page simply a mistake by GoDaddy?

 

[katherine]

What you are seeing must be the registry expiry date. Because expired domain names are provisionally renewed with Verisign.
The whois output from the registrar should return 2013 though.

 

[john2k]

Must be the registry expiration date as you mentioned. GoDaddy is the registrar (via a GoDaddy reseller). GoDaddy whois reports the expiration date to be in 2014 but on the parked page states that the domain expired and is pending renewal or deletion. Hopefully it's just the provisional renewal date at the registry & not a mistake by GoDaddy.

 

[angel69]

Always check the registrar's WHOIS, as Katherine touched on. And now GD suppresses the registrant's info (other than his name) after a domain expires and GD has it listed on GD Auctions, that way you cannot possibly contact the owner to have him renew and sell to you directly. When domains expire GD always has to pay the new reg fee to keep the domain "alive" 42 days. When someone buys it in Auctions that person is charged that reg fee on top of the price of the domain, and GD gets reimbursed. If there are no takers in auction and no backorders the domain is eventually deleted by the registry several days after the 42-day period ends and it's available for public registration again. Even then GD gets refunded for the reg fee it paid I believe, so they don't lose any money on expiring names