I've found a .co.uk domain that has its renewal date as late March this year and it doesn't appear to have been renewed. For some time it's been showing up in the WHOIS as: Registration status: Renewal required. *** This registration has been SUSPENDED. *** Code (markup): Does anyone know how long it takes for .uk domains to become available again? Nominet's site seems to be a bit vague compared with .com/.net/.org where there is a fixed timeline for domains being dropped. Also, if I want to get hold of this domain before anyone else does, can anyone recommend any companies that provide this sort of service? I'm not looking to register lots of expired domains, just this one in particular, so ideally I'd like a service that gives me a full refund if they don't manage to register it for me.
It's depends from the registrar how much time they giving to renew the domain, but you can ever backorder it to be sure you'll get this name, but you may need to bid for it if there are other ppl intrested in this name. Wish you luck
It will be deleted either 92 or 99 days from the renewal date. If the name is any good it will be picked up by one of the UK drop catchers, your only chance would be to contact one or two of them that offer a catching service.