.com dump

[NodeWideLLC]

when does the .com registry begin deleting domains that are pendingdelete?

---------- Post added at 11:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 AM ----------

I am waiting for a domain name that I have backordered and it has not deleted yet... and its after 2pm Eastern.....

 

[dragtastic]

i dont think it will ever be deleted. If you backordered it, then you will probably get it registered and then transferred to your account.

 

[NodeWideLLC]

It will have to delete to be registered though...

 

[Erdy]

Drops start in 26 minutes at 3 pm eastern time:
http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/

and they will continue for 75 minutes.

 

[NodeWideLLC]

and I am checking WHOIS and have domain monitoring and its still pendingdelete

---------- Post added at 11:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 AM ----------

Drops start in 26 minutes at 3 pm eastern time:
http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/

and they will continue for 75 minutes.

Oh... I was under the notion that they drop at 2pm :D

 

[Erdy]

Hmm, you could be right. Probably I mixed the times after.

---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:56 PM ----------

I called verisign and they said it is 2pm Eastern Time. They also said when the time changes to daylight saving time it still remains 2pm eastern time.

So maybe I shouldn't have set everything on my website according UK time, including my dropcatching script.

I just checked how the daylight saving time works. The UK time went back one hour at the end of 31 October. However Eastern time will go back one hour on 7 November. So the time zones don't change all at the same time.

Anyway, you just need to use 2pm eastern time always and not mix with other time zones like I do. I was calculating the drop time as 19:00 UK time in my mind and then reflecting this to eastern time but that doesn't work between 31 october and 7 november.

 

[East Coast King]

Great info. In regards to Eli's question: If you look at NameJet, they say their pending deletes start at 9AM. But it always seems much later than that. Is it EST for this site? I contacted them but didn't get a response.

Any idea if it's the same time for all their drops? Thanks!!!

 

[Erdy]

http://www.namejet.com/Pages/FAQ.aspx

Pending Delete Backorder requests up until the published deadline on the website (usually 9AM PT for .COM and .NET and 4AM or 5AM PT for .ORG, depending on daylight schedule).