How long until purge?

[johno69]

If for example, I registered a domain name exactly 2 years ago today, and I let it drop, when will we expect to see it on the expiring auctions?

How many days after the 2 years exactly?

 

[johno69]

Nobody knows?

 

[Rhythm]

Isn't it 30 days?

 

[Joel]

Isn't it 30 days for expiry, plus 5 days for purge? That's my recollection last time I checked (a loooong time ago).

 

[findtim]

i was tracking a domain some time ago and thought i knew pretty well when it would come up on drops but it appears 3 weeks early.

i always thought it was 30days grace, then 30 days "you can have it back but we charge you more" then another 30days till drop, but that didn't work for the domain i was after.

Status
serverHold (Expired)

Status
serverRenewProhibited (Expired)

Status
serverUpdateProhibited (Expired)

 

[johno69]

Well I'm looking at a domain that was last registered on 22th Feb 2011, status is expired, last modified date on whois is March 8th 2013.

So it must have expired on Feb 22th this year. Not sure what happened on March 8th, but am trying to work out when it will be hitting the drops.

I can't really do much until it drops anyway, was more curious if there was a strict timeline I can work with.

 

[johno69]

The dates above were not exact (for obvious reasons), but I can say it was 50 days from the day registration lapsed until it dropped.

If anyone was wondering.

 

[findtim]

50 days, i've been told its :

expired, you have 30 days
you missed that so you can have it back in 30 days but we charge you more
you missed so its going to drops in 30 days.

thus a 90 day cycle

i've research and haven't been able to NAIL it, a domain name i was tracking drop at 72 day, another was 84 days so ??? from me.

i'd love to know as well

tim

 

[johno69]

I'd say it does vary. But the one I watched dropped today. Came up faster than I thought.

 

[findtim]

I'd say it does vary. But the one I watched dropped today. Came up faster than I thought.

yes, i almost got caught out as mine dropped on a sunday.

i'd really like the official timing on this, does anyone have that link? NOTE: i'm excluding PD's etc, just normal non-renewals

tim

 

[Joel]

According to auDA, it's just over 31 days if I read the document correctly from the day it expires until it purges/is available. I got that from 30 days expired status, plus the expiry cycle (which runs every 5 minutes), and then purge which runs daily.

HTML: http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2010-01/
PDF: http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/auda-2010-01.pdf (see the last page for a pictorial)