question What happens if a domain does not get sold in GoDaddy Closeouts?

[Aman Tibrewal]

What happens if a domain does not get sold in GoDaddy Closeouts? In how many days does the domain get available to hand-register again?

 

[karmaco]

I don’t know how long but it’s roughly 60 days after the expiration date when they actually drop as long as no backorder was placed. Not sure how GoDaddy handles it.

 

[Name Trader]

Depends on the TLD. for .com the life cycle is as follows:-

0 Expiry
45 Registry Redemption Grace Period
75 Pending Delete
80 Registration Available*

* Any decent domain will be picked up by drop catchers within milliseconds of the drop. So it is better to backorder any decent domains at a drop catch company. Than to try to hand-register an expiring domain. The three biggest drop catchers are DropCatch ($59), SnapNames ($79), NameJet ($79). DropCatch are the most successful of these 3. But if there is more than 1 backorder on a domain, it goes to a public auction. Wheras in the case of SnapNames/NameJet, it goes to a private auction of the people who backordered the domain.

 

[oskaaay]

Depends on the TLD. for .com the life cycle is as follows:-

0 Expiry
45 Registry Redemption Grace Period
75 Pending Delete
80 Registration Available*

* Any decent domain will be picked up by drop catchers within milliseconds of the drop. So it is better to backorder any decent domains at a drop catch company. Than to try to hand-register an expiring domain. The three biggest drop catchers are DropCatch ($59), SnapNames ($79), NameJet ($79). DropCatch are the most successful of these 3. But if there is more than 1 backorder on a domain, it goes to a public auction. Wheras in the case of SnapNames/NameJet, it goes to a private auction of the people who backordered the domain.

Means it of no use waiting as it could take 3-4months after it dropped unsold from Godaddy closeout to be available for hand reg is not dropcatched

 

[silveraden]

The owner would probably renew it or you could wait until it appears at expireddomains.net

 

[Name Trader]

Means it of no use waiting as it could take 3-4months after it dropped unsold from Godaddy closeout to be available for hand reg is not dropcatched

I don't see where you get the 3-4 months from. The domain will be available to register 80 days after expiry. Not 3-4 months after it's not picked up at closeout $5 auction (which from memory is about 35-38 days after expiry). Also. Do you really want to run the gauntlet of it being picked up by a dropcatcher, when you can secure the domain for $5?