For Sale .US : what is their deletion process?

[italiandragon]

Yestarday a name .us was expiring and today is already Pending Delete....looks like its different from .com without Registrar Hold and without Redemption......am I right?

If the expiry date was yestarday then will be available in 5 days?

Thanks

 

[katherine]

No it's roughly the same process as .com: expiry -> pending delete restorable -> pending delete scheduled for release (last 5 days)
Quote from whois.us:

What is PendingDelete Status?
All domains that are deleted are initially placed on PendingDelete status before being purged from the Registry database and made available for registration. The exception to this rule are domains that are deleted with the first 5 days of the initial registration. These domains will not be placed on PendingDelete and will be purged immediately. Domains will remain on PendingDelete status for a period of 35 days before being purged, unless they are "redeemed" by the registrar. This period is known as the Redemption Grace Period (RGP). See below for more information on RGP and domain redemptions.

What is the Redemption Grace Period (RGP)?
The Redemption Grace Period is the 35 days following the deletion of a domain. The purpose of RGP is to allow registrars and/or registrants to correct for inadvertent deletions. During the first 30 days of the Redemption Grace Period, registrars may request the Registry to redeem the deleted domain, and thus restore it to it's original disposition prior to deletion. Redemptions may NOT be performed during the final 5 days of the RGP. The whois record will indicate if the domain is eligible for redemption. Domain that are eligible will be marked "PendingDelete (restorable)". Ineligible domains will have the status "PendingDelete (scheduled for release)". All redemption requests must be submitted through your registrar.

Drop list: http://www.neustar.us/reports/rgp/index.html
FAQ: http://www.neustar.us/faqs/index.html#pendStatus

 

[italiandragon]

thank you very much

 

[ThisDot]

I believe that .us names drop throughout the day as opposed to at approx. 2pm EST. But other than that I think they are the same as .com etc.

 

[italiandragon]

I believe that .us names drop throughout the day as opposed to at approx. 2pm EST. But other than that I think they are the same as .com etc.

Thank you

 

[radioz]

There are some registrars that with regard to both .BIZ and .US who seem to be completely bypassing the redemption period. Within a day or two of expiration several domains from the landrush periods went from 'OK' to 'Pending Delete'. Namescout, Dot Registrar, and other seem to be doing this on an almost random basis. 'Culinary.BIZ' and 'Amigo.BIZ' were names that dropped on Sunday that fell into that catagory. With an expiration of March 27 they were in PD by March 28. They weren't in Redemption for even a day! This does seem unfair to their original owners. I don't know that this should happen but I assure you that it does.

 

[italiandragon]

thank you radioz, funny to say but now it`s no longer Pending Delete.....now it`s just expired....I don`t understand this.