yes it's called something like a redemption period. A owner whose domain has expired has 45 days (i think its 45 but i might be wrong on that) when its held and only the owner can re-register it. For an exorbitant amount of cash.
After that period expires its open for anyone again. If you have shown any interest in re-registering it, you might find someone in China has registered it and will be willing to transfer it to you for $1500 or so. That happened to a client of mine. He let his domain lapse through carelessness, and then didnt want to pay the $300 i think it was at the time to re-register it during the redemption period. He said I'll just register it again at the normal rate when it finally becomes available again. And he found that at 3 minutes after midnight on that day, it was already registered by someone in China. He asked them to get his domain back and they wanted $1500. He told them they're welcome to the domain and now uses another. Lesson 1: dont allow your domain to expire. Lesson 2: if it does expire, use the redemption period to get it back, even though it is costly. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 8/11/06, Robert Feyerherm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My experience over the years, and from talking with folks at GoDaddy > before, is that you've got about 30-45 days after expiration to get back > in there and renew it and still hang on to it...unless there is pending > litigation or some extreme circumstances, you should see it come back up > for new registration around that time....you might check the ICANN > website to see if they have a formal time frame they have mandated. > > -Robert > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
