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Domain Expiry

Once a domain expires, For 30 days after the expiration date the domain will be available for renewal during a grace period. From the 30th day the domain enters The Redemption Period. After the 30 day grace period, the domain will enter a hold period known as the Redemption Period for another 30 days. To recover the domain during the Redemption Period the registry requires a fee and a manual redemption process. After the fee is paid there is a 5 day period where the domain is Pending Delete from the registry and finally its deleted from the registry and becomes available for re-registration. The Redemption Period applies to .COM, .NET and .ORG domains. Other TLDs may have different policies.