How long until a domain is able to be registered when it expires?

[ebrdomains]

How long until a domain is able to be registered when it expires?

 

[katherine]

It depends. First, which extension ?

 

[ebrdomains]

I was wondering about a dot com one.


Eric

 

[katherine]

Short answer: http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/gtld-lifecycle.htm

 

[CanSpace]

In theory it's about 35 days after the expiry date... but in many cases registrars or their affiliates hang on to the domain themselves after it's expired and put it up for auction.