Expired Domain: When Can I Register It Again? (Timelines)

If you need to know when one of your domains will be free or are interested in knowing the details about when an expired domain can be re-registered, you are in the right place.

We know that it may be difficult for you to understand all this information, so we will explain the life cycle of domains according to their extension (.es, .com, .net) in greater detail. (If your domain has just expired, you might want to read first what happens when a domain expires today).

Domain extension lifecycle

To know exactly when a domain registration will expire, you need to know its life cycle according to its extension. In general, this cycle is divided into three stages:

• Renew Grace Period or grace period.
• Redemption Period or punishment period.
• **Pending Delete **or deletion period.

Depending on the extension, each of these phases can have a longer or shorter duration and precisely according to their duration, the time you will have to wait for a domain to be free again will vary.

When do .com domains expire?

When .com domains expire they will have a grace period of 42 days, during this time, if you are the owner of the domain you will be able to renew it, for this you will only have to make the corresponding payment for renewal of the extension.

Once the grace period is over, the punishment period will begin,** its duration is 30 days** and during this time you will be able to opt for renewal. You only have to pay the respective penalty.

Finally, after these days the elimination period will begin, the duration is about 5 days and during this time the domain renewal cannot be carried out.

When the three stages described have been completed, that is, once these 77 days have passed, the domain will be free, this means that any other person can register it.

When do .es domains expire?

In the case of .es domains the whole process changes, for these domains the grace period will only last 10 days, during which time, as in the previous case, the owner will be able to renew.

****.es domains do not have punishment or elimination periods, this means that their release occurs automatically as soon as the grace period ends.