What is the difference between a domain name thats available, one thats registered, one thats expiring, one thats deleted, and one thats for sale?
• AVAILABLE when it has no registration status of any kind. Although it may have been registered at one time, an available domain name can be registered by anyone at any time at the price a registrar charges to register a new name. Once you register a domain name, its status changes to REGISTERED. • REGISTERED when someone has paid to register the name through a Registrar, and it isn’t ready for renewal yet. • EXPIRING when it has passed the expiration date. Once a name passes the expiration date, it will start through the deletion process, which consists of the passage through the On-Hold, Redemption Period and Deleting status. • DELETED when it completed the deletion process, has been released by the registrar and is now available again for registration. • FOR SALE when someone who registered it wants to sell it to someone else. There is a discussion (outside the bounds of this FAQ) about whether a domain name is property or not, and can be sold, but in practical terms it acts like p
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