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by kuroguro 1690 days ago
Most registrars have a grace period of 30-40 days, where the original owner can still reclaim it IIRC.
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JCWasmx86 1690 days ago
> Following the failure to renew, the domain then went into a grace period but when that expired too, it appears to have been removed from DNS records.
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kuroguro 1690 days ago
Oh wow, didn't see that. How did nobody notice...

Well there should still be a redemption and "pending delete" period [0]. I believe the original owner can still reclaim during those.

[0] https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/expired-dom...

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jackorange 1690 days ago
That's right. After grace period it goes into a period called redemption where they can still get it back but it cost like $120.

Source: Used to work at registrar.

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recursive 1690 days ago
So if I buy the domain, and give it the original DNS records for 45 days, then I could take control?
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corobo 1690 days ago
Reclaim as in renew their claim. Not reclaim as in claw back

No, you could not have purchased the domain

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