How do you know when a domain name will delete?

[steveto]

Hi people.

I know when a domain name status is in deletion period, but how do you guys know the exact date of deletetion? I am monitoring manually a domain name that I am interested in and it finally hit the deletion period..I know it will be available shortly, but I want to find out the specific date...how do I do this?

also...what are good places to pick up dropped domains..I am using snapnames and pool, though I have had zero luck with snapnames in 4 years.

Steve

 

[draggar]

Try searching for it though drop-catch services, like Pool.com and SnapNames.com

 

[cbk]

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[Rebel.com]

perhaps this will help http://www.icann.org/registrars/gtld-lifecycle.htm

RGP period is 30 days long, the renewal grace period can be anywhere from 1-45 days, it totally depends on the registrar managing the domain and how much grace they give their clients. The pending deletion period is 5 days.