Offers for Dropping Domains

[Name Trader]

I have noticed quite a huge increase for price requests from Afternic(/maybe GoDaddy) for domains I have decided to drop and which are now in Pending Delete. It's gone from 0/day to approx 0-4/day. Has anybody else experienced this? Any ideas what's causing it.

 

[Name Trader]

What would be interesting to know is are these inquiries/offers from domainer noobs or, endusers actually interested in buying the domain. I'm assuming experienced domainers wouldn't be making these kinds of inquiries/offers.

 

[brindle123]

I hope you get a sale from it.

Good luck.

 

[AEProgram]

Soon we will find out that registrars are contacting their domain holders in order to trick them into renewing hahahahaa

I wonder if soon we can create a pattern of many who have domains at a certain registrar getting offers after their domain expires.

Imagine? You are a registrar that has 25,000 domains expiring daily, you write a script to email offers or hire people to contact brokers to reach out to domain holders lol.

In your case you caught it elsewhere, maybe the gig is to get you to renew with them. Some have a restore fee too.

PaRa
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[Name Trader]

@AEProgram - As I've already said to @brindle123 - You cannot renew a domain in Pending Delete.

 

[brindle123]

@AEProgram - As I've already said to @brindle123 - You cannot renew a domain in Pending Delete.

I'm not sure how far into the drop cycle you can pay the fee to pick the domain back up. There is some time after the domain has expired that you can still renew it, but I'm not schooled on those times. Godaddy has an $80 charge to renew once the domain has gone so far into the drop process.

 

[jideofor]

I had similar experience over 2 weeks ago.

 

[NamesMax]

I'm not sure how far into the drop cycle you can pay the fee to pick the domain back up. There is some time after the domain has expired that you can still renew it, but I'm not schooled on those times. Godaddy has an $80 charge to renew once the domain has gone so far into the drop process.

@stub is the master of the drop system and has an awesome, detailed thread regarding it, including an illustrated chart with time frames. I didn't take time to find the link, but I will and post it here.

Here it is: dropping strategy

 

[Name Trader]

I'm not sure how far into the drop cycle you can pay the fee to pick the domain back up. There is some time after the domain has expired that you can still renew it, but I'm not schooled on those times. Godaddy has an $80 charge to renew once the domain has gone so far into the drop process.

You can renew a domain right the way from expiry until it goes into pending delete. Different registrars have different rules and fees. GoDaddy are about the most flexible and cheapest. eNom charge $250 for the same service, for example.That is, unless the domain is taken away from you and given to somebody else who won it at a Pre-Release Auction

ICANN rules, which all registrars trample over, and GoDaddy again are the most generous (42 days) says the original owner can renew the domain (at regular renewal fees) right up to the date it is deleted from the registrar (day 45) and can still renew the domain right up to the time it goes into Pending Delete, by paying the Registry Redemption Fees (quoted above). eNom/NameCheap are just below 30 days, like a lot of registrars.

This is the simple explanation. GoDaddy charge their $80 after 18 days, but allow you to transfer away up to day 42.