So far it looks like expired .com and .net domain names are being released
six days after entering PENDINGDELETE status. (Check the registry whois for
the "Updated Date" and add six. Most likely drop time is around 2:00 PM
EST.)
There is an extreme amount of competition for dropping names, so don't wait
for the whois record to change, and don't be surprised if someone else gets
the names ahead of you. (Check Snapnames to see if Snapbacks are taken on
the names. If so, you won't have much chance of registering them yourself.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather Peel" <hthr@thenetnow.com>
To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: Redemption period
> Isn't it curious that in 5 years I never had a single client let a domain
> expire for more than a few days before letting us know they did indeed
want
> it and now that we have this redemption period I have had 3 domains this
has
> happened with (sigh).
>
> Anyhow, I do have a ticket into support, but this might be happening to
> others also.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how many days after a domain expires
it
> should be released back into the namespace. I have a client with two
.com's
> which expired Dec 20/02. I am still not able to re-register these for him
> even though by my calculation we are now on day 76. I had thought it was
40
> days to deletion and then a further 30 day redemption period. Did I
> understand that wrong? The status in the whois shows these domains are
> PENDINGDELETE. I had hoped to be able to monitor the domains and register
> them as soon as they came available. However, if I have to check daily
with
> no firm date on their release, this is going to become far too time
> consuming.
>
> Heather
> ``````````````````````````````````````````````
> Heather Peel
> http://thenetnow.com
> "Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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