Need help regarding an expired domain

[aamir515]

hi
I have been waiting to grab a domain since last two years. Finally last november its owner did not renew it. Nov. 7 to be exact. Register.com was the registrar. It went through its grace period but register.com still has not deleted it. Rather they renewed it for another year in their own name. This is the whois record of the domain:

-----.biz is Registered.
whois lookup at whois.neulevel.biz...
Domain Name: -----.BIZ
Domain ID: -------BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: REGISTER.COM
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 9
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: pendingDelete
Registrant ID: 4522779BA1C7A690
Registrant Name: Domain Registrar
Registrant Organization: Registercom
Registrant Address1: 575 8th Avenue
Registrant City: New York
Registrant State/Province: NY
Registrant Postal Code: 10018
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +1.9027492701
Registrant Facsimile Number: +1.9027492701
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Name Server: NS2.EXPIREDDOMAINS.REGISTER.COM
Name Server: NS1.EXPIREDDOMAINS.REGISTER.COM
Created by Registrar: REGISTER.COM
Last Updated by Registrar: REGISTER.COM
Domain Registration Date: Wed Nov 07 00:01:00 GMT 2001
Domain Expiration Date: Tue Nov 06 23:59:00 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Sat Jan 13 10:41:34 GMT 2007

My question is that is it normal for registrars to renew the expired domains in their own name for another year. Will I have to wait till Nov. 2007 for them to delete the domain. Or will they not delete it at all?

Thanks for taking time to answer my questions guys.

 

[bluearrow]

I think there us 75 days period a registrar holds a domain before deleting it.


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[1901gt]

Yupz..

 

[Fka200]

Is the grace for the user or for the registrar to make an extra 8$? Can we email them and ask if they'd be willing to sell to us?

 

[hitchhiker]

too late by than . . . you need to use a backordering service once the domain has been transfered to pending delete status.

 

[shmekerosu]

Doesn't it go in the wild if you or no one backorder it? Is the backordering stuff the only way to get an expiring domain, if no one else is looking after it !?

thanks and good luck with your domain!

too late by than . . . you need to use a backordering service once the domain has been transfered to pending delete status.