Domains Release Time

[rlopes]

Hello, I was searching for this topic on Google and I found the following info here cvul.com Expired Domain Names Released And Become Available | Domain Acquisition but it doesn't seem to be correct:

.COM 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
.NET 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
.ORG 14:30 - 15:00 GMT
.INFO 10:00 - 10:30 GMT
.BIZ 17:00 - 17:30 GMT
.US 18:00 - 18:30 GMT

Does anybody have reliable info about this?

 

[rlopes]

I can't believe nobody knows it

 

[mis_chiff]

Should be able to find what you need here - within the site
ICANN | Life Cycle of a Typical gTLD Domain Name
it's the lifecycle but I'm sure there are times some where or Google "domain drop times"

 

[HappyBunny]

FAQ| NameFlipper

 

[tricolorro]

Hello, I was searching for this topic on Google and I found the following info here cvul.com Expired Domain Names Released And Become Available | Domain Acquisition but it doesn't seem to be correct:

.COM 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
.NET 18:00 - 20:00 GMT
.ORG 14:30 - 15:00 GMT
.INFO 10:00 - 10:30 GMT
.BIZ 17:00 - 17:30 GMT
.US 18:00 - 18:30 GMT

Does anybody have reliable info about this?

Hi,

Your chart above is correct at least for .COM, .NET and .INFO.

I haven't followed the other extensions but they may also be correct.

GMT time has now been changed to UTC in the WhoIs.
Coordinated Universal Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However it's just a different way to say the same thing. Times are equal.

I don't know what time zone you are in but I am in Eastern Time Zone (ET) which is currently 4 hours behind GMT or UTC.

In the fall season when the clocks are changed one hour back we are 5 hours behind.

There are 24 hours in a day as you know.

To avoid confusion between AM and PM, the 24 hour clock is converted to military time

Thus way there is no 2AM and 2PM, etc and no possibility of confusion.

"The main difference between regular and military time is how hours are expressed. Regular time uses numbers 1 to 12 to identify each of the 24 hours in a day. In military time, the hours are numbered from 00 to 23. Under this system, midnight is 00, 1 a.m. is 01, 1 p.m. is 13, and so on. "

Source: Military Time


The .COM and .NET domain drop starts at 2PM ET (14:00)and last about 2 hours but usually is done in less time.

2PM ET is 14:00 Military Time so 4 hours ahead is 18:00 UTC or GMT.

The .INFO drop starts around 6AM ET (06:00) so four hours ahead is 10:00 UTC or GMT.

Therefore your chart above is correct.
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I converted the GMT/UTC time zones to my Eastern time zone in case you find it helpful.

Domain Drop Times:

.COM 18:00 - 20:00 GMT = 2PM - 4PM ET
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.NET 18:00 - 20:00 GMT = 2PM - 4PM ET
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.ORG 14:30 - 15:00 GMT = 11:30AM - 12Noon ET
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.INFO 10:00 - 10:30 GMT = 6AM - 6:30AM ET
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.BIZ 17:00 - 17:30 GMT = 1PM - 1:30PM ET
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.US 18:00 - 18:30 GMT = 2PM - 2:30PM ET

 

[indam]

It is interesting that although a domain might be released (the zone returns NOT Found), most of the registrars still have some kind of cache which presents the domain as active and still deny registration.

Right now trying to register a .org domain.
whois -h whois.pir.org [domain].org
NOT FOUND

Tried to register it with Godaddy but says cannot be registered. A whois -h whois.godaddy.com says again not found.

Tested with Namecheap and OnlineNic. All show the domain as unavailable for registration!! The domain is not in the .org zone any more.(Dropped already!)
Assuming the results on Godaddy/Namecheap/Onlinenic are all coming from some cache, seems catching a dropped domain needs also a good registrar which has a better caching layer.