Hey,

I'm waiting on a domain to become available. It expires (assuming the owner doesn't renew) in about 2 weeks.

It was registered via dot5hosting.

Does anyone know how long I will have to wait until it is available for me to register?

Thanks.

I believe it is 60 days. Sorry.

http://registernames.com/domain-expiration.php

Q: When does a domain name ‘expire’?
A: Domain names are leased for 1-10 years by a registrant. After they hit the expiration date listed in the whois they either enter ‘on-hold’ period or directly into the ‘Redemption Grace Period.’(RGP) The ‘on-hold’ periods means that the registrar has paid for the name and gives the owner the opportunity to renew at a low cost for up to 45 days approximately (afterwards the domain enters the Redemption Grace Period). The RGP period is a grace given by the registry to renew the domain name for a higher cost (often around $200) and lasts 30 days. If the domain is not renewed during these grace periods it enters the ‘Pending Delete’ cycle and will be deleted in 6 days for .com/.net domains and 5 days for .org domains.

kohashi we need a sticky with FAQ for this thread ;)

i have a FAQ written up, it is just nobody reads it :(

(btw that is quoted from it)

if everyone reads the FAQ then post counter wont increase :P

but the free time counter will. ;)