What is a domain name life cycle?
In general, your domain name goes through the following life cycle right from the date of purchase: Again explained with an example for a .com tld (Date of purchase taken as 7th May 2007 with validity of 1 year). • Domain term starts: 7th May 2007 • Domain term ends: 7th May 2008 • Domain term Grace period starts: 8th May 2008 • Domain term Grace period ends: 40 days from the start of the grace period • Domain term redemption period starts: Starts at the end of the grace period • Domain term redemption period ends: Ends after 30 days from the start of the grace period • Available for public purchase again: Domain term end + grace period + redemption period General caveats: Different domain tlds (com, info, biz, etc.) have different grace and redemption periods. • .info has 15 days of grace period • .biz has 0 days of grace period • Once the domain name goes to redemption period, you would not be able to renew it again. You can only make a fresh purchase if it is publically available af
