Drop, Expired, Deleted terms explanation?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by madarcu, Jul 12, 2007.

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    Can someone please tell me the differences between dropped domains, expired domains and deleted domains?
    I know that expired domains are the domain that has not been renewed by the owner which has a 30 days period to renew..but how do you call the domains that are expired and available to the general public?
     
    madarcu, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  2. kohashi

    kohashi Well-Known Member

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    they are essentially interchangable by their common usage.

    Expired, as you said, can mean past registration date where it enters drop cycle (hold, redemption grace period, pending delete). That would be proper usage imo (but you will see it used as synonymous to dropped,

    Dropped and deleted tends to mean domains that have gone through deletion cycle and have been registered again by new registrants.
     
    kohashi, Jul 12, 2007 IP