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General

• After a domain expires, most registrars have a grace period of 1 - 45 days, during which time you can reactivate your domain.
• After the grace period, the domain is deleted from the registrar database and will not appear in your account. It will not be available to register.
• Once deleted, the domain is held for 30 days by the Registry. Once the domain is dropped it becomes available for anyone to purchase just like a new name.

To check a status of a domain name go to our Whois utility on our domains page. The status is explained below.

The Whois form will tell you the status of the domain (e.g., Redemption Period). It will also list the expiration date as well. The "updated date" is usually when the 30 day redemption or pending delete period began.

"Redemption Period" is a 30-day timeframe after a registrar has deleted an expired domain such as .com, .net and .biz domains. You can still renew this domain at the current renewal rates.

"Pending Delete" as it applies to .com and .net domains refers to the 5-day timeframe after Redemption during which time VeriSign holds the domain and it cannot be recovered.

"Pending Delete" as it applies to .org domains is the 30-day timeframe after the registrar (PIR) has deleted an expired .org domain.

If you wish to submit a request to retrieve a domain during Redemption

• You will need to contact Hosting & Web Solutions via email to renew this for you; there is a €200 charge to retrieve a domain name during redemption. There have been cases where people wait until they expire to try and get the domain name at a low 'new registration' fee but this is risky because anyone else can register your domain.

If you are not the previous registrant, you need to wait until the domain is dropped by the registry and made available to anyone for registration. Be quick to register it before anyone else does.