I’ve been waiting for a particular domain name to become available. The current ownership expires today?

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fowlersofyork asked:

does this mean I can purchase it if the current owner doesn’t renew? If so how quickly and where do I go to find it?



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3 Responses to 'I’ve been waiting for a particular domain name to become available. The current ownership expires today?'

  1. curious-gal - February 19th, 2009 at 5:12 am

    No you can’t buy it. The domain registrar places a lock on the domain (not sure how long). I think it’s typically a year, because an expired domain I wanted to buy back is currently locked for a year.

  2. satsui - February 21st, 2009 at 5:01 am

    After a domain name expires, you will have to wait a month for it propagate out of the nameserver for you to get it.

    You can also check out and see if you can pre-register it still.

  3. Ryan S - February 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 am

    No. Odds are that you won’t be able to get it. You can go to and “backorder” it but all that does is establish your bid price for when the domain name goes to auction. There is also a “buy” service that will try to negotiate a deal for you. Good Luck!


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