expiring domains

[pboychuk]

When a domain expires, can it be bought immediately, or is there a grace period.

[AcornDomains.co.uk]

there are different rules for different domain extensions, what kind of domain are you referring to? .COM .CO.UK ??

[pboychuk]

.com .com .com .com

[rogercbryan]

Godaddy has a back order service.. there is a grace period for the person who currently owns it. Once their domain expires the site will go down.. then they will have 30 days in which they will be notified that their domain has expired. I have a few domains on back order some of them going back to 2006. The entire time I've done this I have only ever gotten one domain. People have told me stories about how they have seen a domain on auction for $10,000 so they put in a back order as most people sell off domains a month before they expire.. and then they got the domain.. yet no one has ever proven to me they have done this... Internet folklore I guess..

I want a domain that has recently expired, but the registrar won't release it. How can I get the name?

Section 3.7.5 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement requires registrars to delete domain registrations after a second notice and a grace period, unless there are "extenuating circumstances." Some examples of such "extenuating circumstances" might include ownership disputes, payment disputes, or lame server delegations. Only the registrar would know exactly why it hasn't yet deleted a particular name. No specific dates or deadlines are prescribed in the current provisions.

ICANN has not yet adopted a uniform policy concerning the handling of expired domain names. If you're interested in helping to craft such a policy, you can learn more about ICANN's bottom-up, consensus-based process for making new policies at ICANN's website.
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[pboychuk]

Thanks for the info, ill deffinately check out the backorder service