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I wonder if maybe someone had that domain and then deleted it. Dynadot(and probably others) for example lets you delete domains for a partial refund within a ce
by Keverw 10y ago
I wonder if maybe someone had that domain and then deleted it. Dynadot(and probably others) for example lets you delete domains for a partial refund within a certain limited amount of time - which I think is a neat feature.
I know there are historical whois sites, but as far as I know unless someone in the past checked for the domain with their service, they'd have no record of it otherwise. So maybe that would explain how it has a cert for a domain that currently does not exist and appears to never been registered.
- jlgaddis 10y agoThat might be possible. A lot of these "domain info" sites receive a daily feed from the registries (i.e. Verisign) that include all domain registrations, renewals, etc., so I would think they'd have it in their database even if that happened.
- walrus01 10y agoWhat is unusual is that if someone had it and then deleted it, it doesn't still show up in the whois records in a 30, 60 or 90 day redemption period. From dealing with a few .net domains that recently expired and went into redemption, it takes a long time for a defunct domain to actually disappear and become re-registerable again by another totally different purchaser.
- Keverw 10y agoRedemption period I know of for when domains expire. But if you do the grace deletion it's pretty much instantly. I was debating on a domain once with myself, deleted it and then a day or so later registered it again. Usually you can delete within the first 118 hours on certain tlds. https://www.dynadot.com/domain/grace_deletion.html https://www.dynadot.com/domain/grace_deletion.html has some info about it. I'm only familiar with Dynadot because I use them, but other providers that offer this should have similar information and times.