GoDaddy Whois search trap?

[horusprim]

I used Namecheap.com's whois search for domain I wanted to acquire. Godaddy is the registrar of record. This is the result of the whois search:

Namecheap whois:
Registrar Registration Expiration Date : 2016-08-05T13:32:15Z

Notice that the expiration date was the 5th of August of 2016.

A few minutes later the Verisign.com's whois search was double checked:

Verisign.com whois:
Expiration Date: 05-aug-2017
Last update of whois database: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:34:21 GMT

The new expiration is now August 5 of 2017 and it was updated today August 8, 2016, a few minutes after my first whois look up at Namecheap.

The domain is available for auction at Godaddy now.

Is this just a coincidence? What it looks like is any domain search the hits Godaddy's whois server automatically gets re-registered and placed in a Godaddy auction.

 

[Kate]

The name is probably in grace period.
It's provisionally renewed at the registry (Verisign) that says 2017.
Check the whois record carefully: look at registrar expiration date (not at Verisign).

 

[horusprim]

The name is probably in grace period.
It's provisionally renewed at the registry (Verisign) that says 2017.
Check the whois record carefully: look at registrar expiration date (not at Verisign).

I am not familiar with the term "provisionally renewed at the registry". Please elaborate?

Admittedly, I did not check the whois directly from Godaddy... but directly from Namecheap
which presumably pulled the Whois data from Godaddy's Whois Server.

Incidentally, the deadline for the auction passed around noon time today.
Now, the domain is on auction again for a dollar less minimum bid.

 

[Kate]

I suppose the domain is in closeout, and you might be able to buy it now.