Whenever a particular domain name is not renewed till the Expiry Date, it would slip into the Renewal Grace Period*. All such domain names would be put on a Temporary Commercial Parking Page, which would indicate that the domain name has expired. During this period, any website and mails associated with the domain name would become non-functional. Renewal Grace Period* for
different domain name extensions
|
Domain Name Extension |
Renewal Grace Period (Days) |
|
.COM and .NET |
40 |
|
.ORG |
40 |
|
.BIZ |
40 |
|
.INFO |
15 |
|
.NAME |
40 |
|
.ASIA |
40 |
|
.MOBI |
40 |
|
.TEL |
40 |
|
.US |
40 |
|
.IN |
40 |
|
.ME |
40 |
|
.EU |
0 |
|
.BZ |
40 |
|
.MN |
40 |
|
.CC |
40 |
|
.TV |
40 |
|
Third level .UK |
97 |
|
.WS |
0 |
|
CentralNic** domain
names |
5 |
IMPORTANT
- The above Renewal Grace Periods are applicable if your domain
name is expiring today.
- If your domain name has already expired, these values may have
changed since. Contact our Support Team at http://www.dotsiam.com/contact.php to
confirm the Renewal Grace Period for your domain name.
- A .EU domain name does not have any Renewal Grace Period. It
will expire on the second last day of the month, one year from the
date of its Registration/Ownership Identity Modification/Move/Transfer/Restoration.
The domain name will be deleted on the same day, if not renewed.
For example, if you register yourdomainname.eu for one year on 15
April, 2009, it will expire on 29 April, 2010 and will be deleted on
the same day, if not renewed.
If the domain name's Ownership Identity is modified or it is moved/transferred/restored
on 20 December, 2009, it will expire on 30 December, 2010 and will
be deleted on the same day, if not renewed.
Reference:
Ownership Identity Modification/Move of a .EU domain name >>
Transfer of a .EU domain name >>
- Renewal Grace Period for .UK Domain Names
You may renew your .UK domain name anytime from 6 months before
its Expiry, upto 97 days after its Expiry. If you do not renew your
domain name within 97 days after its Expiry, it would be
automatically deleted by the Registry.
It is important to note that there is no concept of a Redemption
Grace Period in case of a .UK domain name.
- Renewal Grace Period for .NAME Domain Names
A .NAME domain name will have a Renewal Grace Period of 40 days. If
you do not renew the domain name in the Renewal Grace Period, then
the domain name would be deleted and made available for Registration
as a fresh domain name by the Registry post a Pending Delete period
of 5 days, during which the domain name cannot be redeemed.
- CentralNic** domain
names include the following -
.EU.COM, .GB.COM, .AE.ORG, .KR.COM,
.US.COM, .QC.COM, .DE.COM, .GB.NET, .NO.COM, .HU.COM, .JPN.COM,
.UY.COM, .ZA.COM, .BR.COM, .CN.COM, .SA.COM, .SE.COM, .SE.NET,
.UK.COM, .UK.NET and .RU.COM.
When a domain name expires, the
Registry auto-renews*** it
and locks our funds for the same. However, the Auto-Renewal action is not
immediate, but is queued up for execution. This often takes up to 48 hours to
complete.
IMPORTANT
- Due to the above process in place, all expired domain names
(except the ones under the extensions listed below) display the
Expiry Date one year ahead of the actual date on which the domain
name has already expired, in the Registry Whois:
- .BIZ
- .US
- .UK
- .EU
- .WS
- CentralNic** domain
names
- .TEL
- ***Domain names
under the following extensions will not be
auto-renewed by the respective Registry once they expire:
- .BIZ
- .US
- .UK
- .EU
- .WS
- CentralNic** domain
names
- .TEL
Now, if you were to add another
Renewal action, the domain name would get renewed for an additional year, even
though you do not wish it to get renewed for any more years than you requested.
To avoid this situation, the
Parking Action is maintained under process. The domain name would bear the
following status at this stage:
Action Requested: Parking
of <domain name>
Status of the action: Awaiting
update at Registry
Once the execution is completed at
the Registry, our System will complete the Parking Action and readily renew your
domain name.
After you have renewed the domain
name, it would take around 24-48 hours for DNS Propagation to complete Worldwide
and the actual website to start resolving properly and mails to be received on
the domain name.
IMPORTANT
During this DNS Propagation period, your
website may intermittently revert to the Parking Page and then change
again to your actual website, depending on how ISP caches refresh.
However, if you have already renewed your domain name, do not renew your
domain name again. The Parking Page will automatically get removed as
soon as the DNS propagation completes.
Once a domain name has expired, it will go to
into Renewal Grace Period, where you can renew this domain name at normal costs.
If you do not renew the domain name in the Renewal Grace Period, then the domain
name would be deleted and the domain name will go into Redemption Grace Period
generally (provided there is no back-order for this domain name) and you
would get a chance to redeem it. Click
here to understand what Redemption Grace Period implies and how you can restore
your domain name from this status
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