Expiring Domains
Published: Aug 22nd, 2009 | Author: Alex Bhaswara
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When a domain owner fails to pay the renewal fee for a domain name it goes through an expiry process before eventually becoming available to the public to register again. The whole process can take several weeks.
* Initially, services to the domain are suspended although the owner may then pay the renewal fee to reactivate the domain name.
* Next, the domain enters a redemption phase where the original owner can pay a redemption fee (higher than the normal renewal fees) to reclaim the domain.
* The third step is that the depend is marked as “pending delete”. At this point, the domain can no longer be reclaimed by the original owner, however it alerts anybody interested that the domain is about to become available again.
