When a domain’s registration expires, your renewal choices differ depending on the expiration date of your domain’s validity. On August 31, 2013, ICANN adopted the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP), requiring registrars to disclose important information to registrants and prospects about expiration notices, fees and redemption procedures. All of the required disclosures and information currently exist at various locations on our website. However, as an aid for depositors, this article contains links to all of the required elements of the new policy.

Once a domain’s validity has expired, the renewal process may be affected by all domain name extensions and their associated registry regulations. Some domains, such as ccTLDs, may have special requirements for renewals.

Within 30 days before and 30 days after the expiration date of your domains, we will send you several notification emails.

xpiration date First attempt to renew the domain. The domain can be renewed manually in your account at the standard price.

Day 5

Second attempt to renew the domain. In case of failure, the domain name is parked, which means that the DNS is interrupted and your email address and website stop working. The domain can be renewed manually in your account at the standard price.

Day 12

Third attempt to renew the domain. The domain can be renewed manually in your account at the standard price.

Day 19

The domain is suspended and deactivated in your account. The domain can be renewed manually in your account at the standard price.

Day 26

The domain is offered for auction on a domain with expired validity. You can manually retrieve your expired domain name for a buyback fee, or place an auction on the domain.

Day 30

If no auction is active on the domain, the domain will keep the Expired status in your account. You can manually retrieve your expired domain name for a buyback fee, or place an auction on the domain.

Day 36

If there are no pending reservations or no bidders during the auction of the domain name, we will add the domain name to a final closing auction. You can manually retrieve your expired domain name for a buyback fee, or place a bid on the domain.

Day 41

All auctions end. The domain is no longer available for auction.

Day 42

If there are no successful bids or pending reservations, the domain is deleted from your account and placed back in the registry. You can no longer place bids on your domain name or renew it. You may be able to register it once the registry has made it public. We are not able to tell you when the registry makes a domain public.