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https://www.whatsmydns.net/domain-expiration?q=eth.link https://www.whatsmydns.net/domain-expiration?q=eth.link This website does not agree on the expiration d

• bayindirh 4y ago
  WHOIS query returns the expiry as "Registry Expiry Date: 2023-07-26T19:31:41.508Z". AFAIK, this is the authoritative answer.
  • tialaramex 4y ago
    That's true, up to a point. That's what the .link registry says. It also says Domain Status: autoRenewPeriod .link is a modern gTLD, so its policies are set by ICANN†. ICANN registry policy says the domain automatically enters "autoRenewPeriod" status, it renews for a period (typically one year). But for a few weeks in this status the registrar (GoDaddy in this case) can delete the entry, signifying they don't want to actually renew it, and they aren't billed for renewal. So this lets them offer a "grace period" where eth.link doesn't work but when the subscriber notices hey my DNS entry doesn't work, they're told they can renew (possibly with an extra fee for late payment). GoDaddy also, as I understand it, uses the last few days of the ICANN policy window to run auctions, since you didn't renew but they have say on whether the name is deleted, the auction winner gets to just pay $$$ to have your name. † Some older gTLS have their own policies, and the ccTLDs since they are operated by or on behalf of sovereign entities, well, sovereign entities have armies and stuff, they're not inclined to listen to a bureaucrat about what they can or cannot do, so they set their own policies, making your own rules is sort of the point of being a sovereign entity.
• sp332 4y ago
  > eth.link was last updated on: > Thursday 25th of August 2022 The linked post is from the same day.