Hello Guys, I need a help here. I found a great domain name that has been registered 1997 and would like to buy it. The domain is classified under "Pending Delete" area. My question is, does the registration date will be reset to 2013 after I purchase that domain? Your help is much appreciated. Thank you
yes, once the domain is available for registration after pending delete, the registration date will be the date you register it.
Thanks man for the confirmation. I did researched on the internet and yes, there's no point to bid a PendingDelete auction unless the domain name has the commercial value and strong backlinks.
yes, there are millions of dropping domains. Believe me, if you can register a dropped domain at a regular registration price, it won't be a good domain.
A quick answer to your question: Yes, the creation date will be re-counted. The only way to maintain a domain name's age is to keep renewing the domain name. In addition, a 16-year-old domain name(if it was registered in 1997 as you mentioned above), might be not easily grabbed as a great many domainer is staring at it, and the final bid price is in general not low.
As far I know. If you are looking this up from a domain registrar auction service, like from godaddy auctions, then when you will buy it it will be renewed and date count wouldn't be reset. It will still show the first registration date. Regards!
That is not true. If one domain is on pendingdelete status, the registration date must be reset after registration.
I agree to this. The pendingdelete status as far as I know with most registrar is like 5 to 6 days and it will be available for registration to anyone after that number of days. Once it is registered again, the registration date should be the recent and not the 1997. If the domain is somehow valuable, competition would be very stiff and to get a upper hand with competitors, better contact the registrar and ask for the exact date and the possible exact time when it will be available for registration.