Expiring GoDaddy DN

[john_karr]

Hello, if a DN is register under Godaddy and expired, do all of Godaddy DN that pass the 45th day to re-register the DN go on Auction on Godaddy? How long is the auction for?

 

[Erdy]

Hello, if a DN is register under Godaddy and expired, do all of Godaddy DN that pass the 45th day to re-register the DN go on Auction on Godaddy?

Yes they do. However it is not 45 days. They are listed 26 days after expiry.

Example: "bwacp.com" expired on 14 Aug 2010. It is listed today on Godaddy. The page is here:
https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?ci&domain=bwacp.com
It will stay there for 9 days. This is a public auction. Anybody can join at any time. After the time is over the domain will move to Closeouts (buy now). It will stay there for 6 more days.

All expired domains are auto renewed for 45 days by Verisign for free. This was planned to give the original owner a chance to recover. However the registrars are using this time to sell the domains.

Godaddy thinks any domain that is registered with Godaddy is property of Godaddy. Godaddy does not accept property rights of domain owners. This is written in their terms of service. They define domains as a service they provide. So this should give you an idea how things work in domain business.

How long is the auction for?

9+6=15 days.

 

[john_karr]

Yes they do. However it is not 45 days. They are listed 26 days after expiry.

Example: "bwacp.com" expired on 14 Aug 2010. It is listed today on Godaddy. The page is here:
https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?ci&domain=bwacp.com
It will stay there for 9 days. This is a public auction. Anybody can join at any time. After the time is over the domain will move to Closeouts (buy now). It will stay there for 6 more days.

All expired domains are auto renewed for 45 days by Verisign for free. This was planned to give the original owner a chance to recover. However the registrars are using this time to sell the domains.

Godaddy thinks any domain that is registered with Godaddy is property of Godaddy. Godaddy does not accept property rights of domain owners. This is written in their terms of service. They define domains as a service they provide. So this should give you an idea how things work in domain business.


9+6=15 days.

So it doesn't make sense to backorder a Godaddy DN with pool, snapname, and Namejet right?

 

[Name Trader]

What Erdinc said. After the 45 days they go into a 30 day registry redemption. Then on the 6th day after that they are available for re-registration.

 

[Erdy]

So it doesn't make sense to backorder a Godaddy DN with pool, snapname, and Namejet right?

That's right. It doesn't make any sense at all and this is typical newbie mistake. Let's take the earlier example bwacp.com
https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?ci&domain=bwacp.com

You can wait until the last day of this auction and join just minutes before it closes. You would get the domain for $12 + reg fee. This is about 20 USD.

After that stage the domain will go to clouseouts and will be listed with $10 buy now price plus reg fee. Each day it will be re-listed 1 USD less. So on the 6.th day it will be $5 plus reg fee. This is only $13 including reg fee.

Only if nobody buys that domain during these two stage then it will continue the drop process and it will eventually reach pending delete. When this happens the same domain will be listed at snapnames, namejet, pool and name.com and they will charge you $59 or $69 to get that domain and there are a lot of newbies who keep searching those pending delete lists.

Instead you should get the domain during pre-release. I even created a site that makes it possible to search all pre-release domains from all major providers in bulk for free. However I don't get much traffic and people still keep focusing on pending deletes. I'm also writing a lot about these subjects in forums but still most newcomers don't understand pre-release or are not aware.

I suggested namepros to open a video section where members can post domain related videos. A few weeks ago when I talked to somebody from NP management they said they will think about this. If you want to support this idea I just opened a new thread. You can post here:
http://www.namepros.com/namepros-in...ou-open-video-section-domain.html#post3927559

 

[john_karr]

What are some other sites where I can place a backorder on this DN besides, pool, snapnames, and namejet?