Can someone please enlighten me to the purpose of .eu domains going into quarantine period (40-days AFAIK).

I know the reason why they do but, what's the purpose behind it as domains in this status are unusable for the period.

Tia :)

It is perfect against late payments of customers for domain registration. Many people forget to pay on time.

Thanks PlanPro for the reply - appreciated :agree:

... but, even if you renew within the quarantine period the domain still stays in quarantine until the end of the quarantine period :confused:

You domain registration party can Reactive the domain name (cost: 20 euro for your domain registration party). Then the domain will be immideate available.

See: http://www.eurid.eu/content/view/27/46/lang,en/

Thanks for the clarification :)

I knew you could/would be charged a fee if renewed after the expiration date but, didn't know the domain(s) status could be changed to registered from quarantined within the quarantined period.