Hi All,

A URL was registered over a year ago, not renewed and now in the redemption period.

I would now like to re-register the URL. The service provider reckons a reclaim charge of 100 USD or to let it complete the redemption period then try to register the URL.

Quite some time ago I came across a web-page that listed old URL's that are once again available but unfortunately unable to find the site:(

Anyone any bright and constructive ideas that may help? Also, maybe to find the exact date that the URL will become available.

Cheers,

John_Betong

Godaddy will grab it for you for about 18.95 when it becomes available.

Who is trying to charge you $100?

Outrageous!

Godaddy will grab it for you for about 18.95 when it becomes available.

Who is trying to charge you $100?

Outrageous!

>>> Who is trying to charge you $100?

www.powweb.com

Their email:

Thank you for contacting Support.

It appears that your domain name 'XXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX' expired over 30 days ago

and is now in Redemption Period with the Internet Registrar. You or the

owner of the domain name must pay a fee to remove the domain name from

Redemption, as well as one year of domain renewal. The redemption fee for

OpenSRS (Tucows) is $100.00.

Please note that this does not include the renewal fee, and it will take 5-7

days to remove the domain from Redemption Status. To begin with removing

your domain name from Redemption, please contact us with your username,

password, and domain. We will need these to authorize the charge to your

card and to give you any information specific to the registrar that you may

need before finishing the transaction.

If you do not wish to pay the Redemption Period fee you will have to wait

30-45 days for the Redemption Period to end. After the period is over there

is a brief 5-7 days where the domain name is Pending Deletion, which will

then release the domain for normal registration. While this is more cost

effective, bear in mind this will allow others to register the domain name.

If you have any further questions, you can e-mail us seven days a week, 24

hours a day.

Sincerely,

Marvin Nelson

Customer Support

Hey

If the domain has any of the following extensions, it comes under the ICANN rules.

.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz

The Timescale used in all the above cases should be the one ICANN suggests, which is :

Up to and 40 days past the expiration date, you can renew at your domain registrars standard renewal rate.

After the 40 days has passed, the domain enters a redemption period and is in Redemption Period between 40 days and 75 days past the Expiration Date. The Registrars can in this period, charge their own additional fee to Renew the Domain, as they now in effect control the domain. My Registrar charges $ 375 during this period.

After the 75th day past the original expiration date, the Domain enters a Pending Delete period, where no one can do anything with the domain. This period exists for 5 days and then the Domain is released back into the public arena for registration by anyone.

If your domain is a 'valuable' name, you may find GoDaddy will be unsuccessful in getting it. There are three Main 'scavenger' registrars who have large processing capabilities and 'farm' domains when they leave the Pending Delete Period.

Strangely enough, one of these companies has exclusive 'first rights' to any domains registered via Network Solutions and they monitor the domain search/hits for domains and based on activity, they 'collect' these names and then put them up for sale/auction in due process. Similar to the ENOM service.

If the domain has little or no commercial value, GoDaddy is a good bet, but it is always a gamble.

Here are a couple of companies who are dominant in this arena : www.justdropped.com & www.deleteddomains.com

Regards

Peter

Go to godaddy and search for the domname, it will come back as registered and offer to grab it. (for a fee)

Easy peasy.

Edit: I agree with PJ, it's a gamble if it's a prime domain name, good advice from PJ.