Hi there,
Whether or not you can still renew this domain depends upon your
registrar - each registrar has its own rules.
For example, DomainsNext automatically expires domain names. There is
no "hold" or "grace period", and customers are urged to renew as soon
as notices are sent out (typically 30 days prior to renewal). Miss
your deadline, and you can expect to lose your name:
"Should you fail to renew or cancel your domain name registration by
the expiration date, your domain name registration shall AUTOMATICALLY
EXPIRE and you shall lose all rights in and to the expired domain
name. Expired domain names are routinely deleted on a regular basis.
There is no grace period and under no circumstances will
DomainsNext.com be able to renew the domain after the automatic
expiration.
Although you will no longer be able to renew your expired domain name,
you can attempt to re-register the expired domain name if it is not
registered by someone else."
Domain Renewal - DomainsNext.com
http://www.domainsnext.com/renewals.htm
DoRegi.com places a "hold" on expired domain names to give the most
recent owner the opportunity to renew - names aren't re-released to
the public for forty days:
Information > Expiration Domain
http://www.doregi.com/shtml/domain_expire_info_en.shtml
DomainGuru notes that though some registrars offer a holding period
after expiration, one shouldn't rely on it - someone else can grab
your name the day it expires, leaving you with no recourse:
"Q. What happens if I haven't renewed by the expiration date?
A. The timing varies from registrar to registrar, but as soon as the
first day after the original expiry date, you are in danger of losing
the use of your domain name and having it re-registered by another
party."
DomainGuru
http://www.domainguru.com/faq/159/37
"Q. I didn't renew my domain. Can I get it back?
A. Registrars place unpaid domains "on hold" for a period of anything
from one day to two or more months, allowing the original registrant
to make a payment to regain use of the domain. However, this "on hold"
period shouldn't be relied on. And once the registrar deletes the
name, the only way to get it back is to re-register it. If somebody
else gets there first, getting the name back could be very time
consuming and expensive."
Domain Guru
http://www.domainguru.com/faq/163/37
There *is* a possibility that you might be able to get your name back
through arbitration, if your domain name is your trademark. You'd
need to prove prior use of the name as your trademark, however, and
arbitration through ICANN is expensive. Additionally, you'd need to
prove that the current registrant grabbed it solely for the purpose of
selling it back to you:
"(i) circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have
acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling,
renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the
complainant who is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a
competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess
of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain
name"
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
http://www.icann.org/dndr/udrp/policy.htm
I urge you to carefully read your registrar's expiration policies to
see if you domain name has merely been "put on hold". If they have no
hold policy, you are likely not going to be able to get your name
back, except through arbitration, and then only in the circumstances
noted above.
Hope this helps!
--Missy
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