Have a question about expiring domain

I have a domain that is expired, no longer showing in domain control center. Was sent several emails that domain was expiring but never logged into that email address for months. Just did yesterday and got an email from reg company on 31 Jan 2007 07:14:51 that the domain is cancelled. Only the hosting is still going, website active and whois information is showing:

Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 24-jan-2007
Creation Date: 19-jan-2006
Expiration Date: 19-jan-2008

Is this domain dead to me? Never let one expire before. In the email, I see this:
Important note: Expired domains will be held for a 30-day Redemption Period, during which time any associated Web site or email services may stop working. Retrieving the domain name during the Redemption Period will result in an $80 reactivation fee.

This is a PR 3 domain but played some blackhat on it long back and has always had a penalty by SE's with crap traffic. Better to just let it go? I really don't see worth paying $80 to bring it back out of redemption, if that's what it's in? Any suggestions?

 

if u think that its not worth it and it doesnt get a lot of traffic then dont get it back

 

I'm just wondering if this is normal behavior for redemption period...showing the domain as registered for another year? The site itself suks, but the links out are still given some weight by Google, the only reason I have kept it around I guess. I just figured when a website was in redemption period that it wouldn't resolve. Isn't that how its supposed to work? I can still log into Cpanel and all. Has got me a bit confused.

 

Your hosting has nothing to do with the domain. Why dont you wait till the redemption period is over and just buy it normally ?

 

if you need this domain,you should pay for it!

 

I think the Redemption Period differs from registrar to registrar but is usually of the order of 40 days - check the registrar's policies.

Cheers,

 

its the normal behavior . . . will take up to another 90 for it to expire completely

 

Hey, if it has expired on 30th Jan.. it is not too late.. generally the domain is in grace period for some days.. contact your registrar and get them the cost of renewing or gaining the domain back.. I think you should be able to renewing it in normal prices..

 

Well, I emailed support and they indicated that the domain was

So they want $89.20 for a junk domain that gets about one or two uniques per day. I believe I will pass on that "deal" Maybe if it comes back up I will grab it but if some squatter wants it bad enough to grab it, more power to them. I'll just grab another domain here in a day or two and start from scratch. Thanks for the advice!