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>Namecheap then always keeps expired domains in a grace period status for about two weeks where I can still renew after expiration. That is standard behaviour
by stevekemp 8y ago
>Namecheap then always keeps expired domains in a grace period status for about two weeks where I can still renew after expiration.
That is standard behaviour for a domain-registrar, when a domain expires. When a domain expires the previous owner can re-register it during the grace period, after that for an extra fee it can be renewed in the redemption-period.
Finally just before a domain is available for re-registration by an unrelated party it will land in the pending-delete state.
- mhusby 8y agoJust add onto this, the grace period is normally 10-20 days some registrar's leave the domain working during this time but some take it down. Then it goes into a "redemption period" for anywhere between 25 - 60 days. In the redemption period the registry tacks on a fee that is somewhere between $60 - $200 so the extra fee gets kicked up the chain. Registrar: Who you registered the domain with Registry: The company that owns the tld