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So can they just re-register it when it expires, or is the reason they can't do that because lots of people will be waiting to register it at the moment it expi

So can they just re-register it when it expires, or is the reason they can't do that because lots of people will be waiting to register it at the moment it expires?

tgb 11y ago
That's an interesting question given that one letter domain names for .org are generally not available, x.org was grandfathered in.
lips 11y ago
My first thought was: "Get a bunch of folks with affinity for x.org to variously try and pick it up when released, and then gift it to them."
viraptor 11y ago
People are queueing up to take over any domain with moderate amount of traffic. Since the expiry time is public, there are lists of soon-expiring domains. This is way worse for a heavy traffic domain, and probably ridiculous for x.org.
- nickodell 11y ago
  You can't register a single-letter .org anymore.
  - artursapek 11y ago
    So they are currently grandfathered in, and as soon as the record expires it's a dead domain?
    - gruez 11y ago
      yep
  - gherkin0 11y ago
    But they are being "awarded" [1]. So if it expires, maybe they could get it back since they're a non-profit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_domain#New_single-letter_.org_domains_being_awarded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_dom...