I've had my eye on a similar domain to my current one for a while. The site that used to belong there was suspended about 2 years ago and it's been vacant for that time.

The domain expired on September 3rd. GoDaddy put up a page with ads for 10-14 days before putting it up for 10-day auction. I did not bid because I would be locked into a contract with GoDaddy and it seemed silly to register with them and then transfer it over to my existing registrar.

So it ended and I thought great, I can now register it pretty soon. To my dismay, GoDaddy then put it up for a Buy-It-Now auction. They seemed determined to profit from it, despite the fact that the owner could reclaim it at any time. This made me definitely not want to register it with this company.

So it ended after 5 days and I thought great, it's now over. What I did not realise is that GoDaddy had temporarily renewed it for an extra year, and that it was not actually in the redemption period as I thought. So after GoDaddy had finished with it, they put it in the redemption period at the registry. So I now have to wait for that to finish.

I still do not have this domain, 69 days after it expired. Isn't that completely ridiculous?

well i know a site kusks.com that wasnt put back on the market for about 6 months and when i asked a certain provider they told me that theres a period where it has to be "inserted" back in the registry as available

check the release date in freewho.com , they appretiaton in drop date normally is right.

Had one with Netsol a few years ago that was 2 years expired and still there. It was only after the nameservers went lame that they listened to me and let it go. Sometimes they fall through the cracks...

69 days after it expired
Individual registrars' own grace period could run up to 45 days. THEN the official, ICANN-endorsed, registry-level RGP (redemption) kicks in and lasts another 30 (+5) calendar days. In other words, it could take some 80 days AFTER expiry for a domain to be actually released.

Individual registrars' own grace period could run up to 45 days. THEN the official, ICANN-endorsed, registry-level RGP (redemption) kicks in and lasts another 30 (+5) calendar days. In other words, it could take some 80 days AFTER expiry for a domain to be actually released.

Don't forget, if during the time the registar see's that the domain is getting enough hits, they can register it them shelves for anther term atleast.

And then some registries like nameregistrars.net holds on to them for 4 years, without even placing a park page on them.

Once a domain goes into redemption it is a material breach of contract for a registrar to acquire the domain for any party other than the most recent registrant. So once it's deleted by the registrar, it will drop. The question then becomes who's the best drop catcher....

Once a domain goes into redemption it is a material breach of contract for a registrar to acquire the domain for any party other than the most recent registrant. So once it's deleted by the registrar, it will drop. The question then becomes who's the best drop catcher....


I had a hand full of domains that I let go of in 2003 that are still registered in my name and it appears that nameregistrars continues to add years to them. :eek: The domains do not resolve anywhere, just dead.

I had a hand full of domains that I let go of in 2003 that are still registered in my name and it appears that nameregistrars continues to add years to them. :eek: The domains do not resolve anywhere, just dead.

Not knowing the domains or anything in detail about nameregistrars, it would appear that they have issues with their system.... But once they catch on and mark the domains for deletion, they're only redeemable by you.

some big registrars that i noticed personally the registrar expire date is correct (which is expired) and at the registry level they keep adding years and years on the name and never let it go