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Domain Redemption Fees

Applies to:
Domains

Difficulty:
Easy

Time Needed:
5 minutes

Introduction

When a domain name expires, the domain enters a grace period which gives the owner of the domain name a limited amount of time to renew it, before it expires. The length of the grace period can vary from domain-to-domain, and is usually set by the registrar.

When the grace period has expired, the domain then enters it’s redemption period. Similar to the grace period the length of the redemption period can vary from domain-to-domain. Just like the grace period, the redemption period gives the owner a window of opportunity to renew their registration. Crucially however, renewing a domain name whilst it’s in redemption will incur additional costs that are set by the domain registrar.

If the domain is not renewed during either the grace period or the redemption period, the registration expires and will become available for the general public to purchase.

If you wish to avoid paying additional redemption fees, we strongly recommend you renew any important domain names prior to their expiry.


Redemption periods

Below is a table of the domain tld’s which can incur redemption fee charges.

TLDGrace PeriodRedemption Period
.com40 days30 Days
.net40 days30 Days
.org40 days30 Days
.info40 days30 Days
.biz40 days30 Days
.us40 days30 Days
.cc40 days30 Days
.ca30 days30 Days
.tv55 days30 Days
.co0 days30 Days
.fr0 days30 Days
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