How keep the original birthday date of a domain name when backorder it after expiration ?

Florian · Jul 20, 2018

Hi,
I thought it wasn't possible to keep an original birthdate when you backorder an expiring domain name, since it is catch after being released, which sounds logic.
But I have found, on several occasions, that companies manage to recover expired domains while retaining the original creation date. I even have a very concrete example since I inadvertently expired a name belonging to me created in 1998, and the new owner, a domain name resale company, put it on sale and it is still dated 1998 in the whois. (and they aren't my old registrar)

Any idea ?
Thanks !

ukbackorder · Jul 20, 2018

If a domain expires, ie becomes available to register, it loses its date. However if a domain is at a registrar that extends it after it is due to expire, auctions/sells it, and then a buyer transfers it to another registrar it will never expire and thus have the original registration date.

Mr. Deleted · Jul 20, 2018

If you go to a registrar's auction page (example NameSilo,) and buy an expiring name it will be retained, but the date will not be retained if it becomes available to register again.