I’ve been wondering why that seems to happen so frequently. It would seem there are many people that register a domain name and throw up a web site expecting their make millions overnight. Of course, that doesn’t happen… and in no time, they Quit. I’ve been thinking that perhaps I should attempt to contact these individuals and show them a business model that really works.

In other cases, the domain name is a good one with some traffic already established. In these cases, it would be a good idea to consider taking over the registration of the domain and capitalize on its popularity.

When you receive a message from your domain name registrar that you have an expired domain name, you should carefully consider if you want to renew such expired domain name and understand the basic process that the domain names go through when they are noted as “expired domain names” and on their way to deletion from the registry.

Domain names may only be registered for a maximum ten year period. Even upon the domain name renewal, the domain name registration period can not extend past a ten year period.

When a domain name becomes an “expired domain name” or shortly after the domain name goes past its expiration date, the expired domain name will then be deactivated. With the deactivation process, the domain name services involving the web page and the email will no longer function. However, the expired domain name may still be renewed during this period but it will take for 24 to 72 hours before the domain name services will be reactivated.

When the expired domain name reaches the “domain name grace period” with approximately 40 days after it becomes noted as “expired”, the domain name will not be active and may be renewed without paying any additional fees. Next, the expired domain name enters a period termed as the “domain name redemption period”. This is a 30-day period for a domain name which at the end the WHOIS contact information such as the name, address, telephone numbers, and others will be deleted and the domain name will still be inactive. Accordingly, the domain can be renewed during this time by its original holder with a renewal fee. And since it is a manual process for the registry to add the name, address, and other contact information back to the domain registry records, the process will really take much time.

Finally, after the domain name redemption period of the expired domain name, there comes a final period known as the “domain name deletion period”. Five days after the end of the redemption period for the expired domain name, the domain name will be totally deleted from the registry and will then be made available by anyone who wishes to register it.