This isn't specifically an ICANN requirement. The registry allows up to
45 days past expiry for a registrar to get a refund on a domain if they do
not wish to renew it (i.e. delete the domain).
Since there's a 5 day window after a delete for a domain in this state, we
delete 5 days before that 45 day window just in case something occurs
(i.e. the domain was deleted and the owner wants it back; or perhaps
deleted, given back, and then re-deleted)
That's that :)
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
chuck@tucows.com
On 4 Jul 2002, L.C. wrote:
>
> This is really off-topic, but I was curious to know if the domain deactivation
> 40 days before deletion is an ICANN requirement or not. Is it possible for a
> registrar to make a domain available immediately after it expires ?
>
> Thanks,
> L.C.
>
>
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