I’m sure many of you have been eyeing an expired domain and were wondering, how long will it take for the domain to be available again!!? Click on the image below to see the domain life cycle.

Summary:

Typical TLD (top level domains) such as .COM, .NET, .ORG expire on the date listed in their WHOIS data. Once a domain expires, it has a 45 day period during which the registrant may renew their domain. After the initial 45 days, the following 30 days are a grace period allowing the registrant to redeem the domain for a certain fee. If the registrant does not redeem the domain during the grace period, it is then put on hold and deleted from the registry within 5 days.

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