Domain Name Redemption Period

A domain name redemption period is the 30 day period during which a deleted domain may be reclaimed by the original owner by paying an additional fee. The redemption period basically allows the registrants to recover their domain names before deletion.

What is the Time Frame for the Domain Redemption Period?

When a domain name expires without being renewed, it is deleted within a period of 45 days. The domain names which fall in the redemption period are put on hold by the registrar. Once this happens, the website and email services will stop working for a period of 30 days before the domain is included in the list of domains available for registration.

What is the Domain Redemption Process?

The registry will charge an amount as redemption fee to redeem a domain name. During this period the domain status may be displayed as “Redemption Period” or “Pending Delete-Restorable.” The redemption period is actually the last option for the registrant to recover the domain name. ICANN requires that the registries implement this facility so that the domain name holders might redeem a deleted name.

After the deletion of domain name, if the registrar does not request the name to be in registration grace period, then it enters the redemption hold period. After that the name will be available for re-registration. Once the domain name enters the redemption hold period then the registrar won’t be able to renew the domain. If a domain name is in redemption hold period then its status will be “Pending Delete-Scheduled for Release”. So it is strongly recommended to renew your domain name before it enters the redemption period otherwise the zone files get automatically deleted from the DNS.

Learn about other domain status codes here.