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Life cycle of a domain name

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September 15, 2011
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Domain is the most important asset of internet. Everyday hundreds of thousands of domain names are registered and thousands are expired. And all the domain has to follow a predefined domain life cycle. Every domain goes through the various phases. Did you ever wonder about the life cycle of a domain name. Are you interested in knowing. Here it is, I am writing the phases of a domain in sequential order:-

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  • Available
  • Active
  • Expired
  • Redemption Period
  • Pending Delete
  • Deleted And Active

Available

This is the first phase of the domain name life cycle. A domain name is available to the public for registration for a period not to exceed a maximum term of 10 years. A user can only register a domain name for a period of 10 years. However, after 10 years he can again extend the registration for another 10 years, of course, if he is interested. Cost of domain registration varies from registrar to registrar.

Active

Once the domain name is registered it comes in active state and can be renewed for a period not to exceed a maximum of 10 years.

Expired

If the domain is not renewed on or before its expiry date, the domain name is expired. All services related to domain name ceases. The expired state generally ranges from 0-45 days. However, if the domain is not renewed by the owner during this phase, the domain goes into the redemption period phase.

Redemption Period

The redemption period generally lasts for 30 days during which the domain can still be renewed by the original owner for redemption fee+normal registration fees. The redemption fee varies from registrar to registrar is generally quite high.

Pending Delete

If the domain is still not renewed by the owner in the redemption period then the domain name goes into the pending delete phase. This lasts for 5 days. After 5 days the domain will be deleted and available to public for registration.

Deleted And Active

The domain name is deleted and available to anyone for registration at normal registration fees.

However, it becomes quite difficult to get the domain registered after its expired because many companies are always working hard to get the expired domains registered s that they can make money out of the domain name.

Ashish Jha
Ashish Jha
I am Ashish Jha, Blogger at ashishjha.com blog. I use this blog to write about the things i like and explore. I share my everyday learning experiences with my readers through this blog. I love to answers concerns of my users and readers which you can ask through contact us form located at contact us page of the blog.

2 Comments

  1. maggie says:
    August 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    Excellent Information about Domain name, Now i know the difference between the Available domains and the Active domains. Many Thanks for sharing………. Keep up the good work……

  2. Greg says:
    January 16, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    The redemption period should be removed. Just extend the experation period instead. It’s a waste of 30 days.

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