While on Twitter lately, I spotted a fabulous question.
“Is it possible to transfer a domain that expired only a few days ago without renewing it first then initiating transfer which meant paying for the domain twice.”
Most people’s first re-action would be, “No, I don’t think you can. Sorry dude, but you’re stuck with paying twice” but that’s not true. There are circumstances when a domain registrar can reject your transfer. Two of those are
- When your domain has been registered less than 60 days or
- Your last transfer was less than 60 days ago
That’s probably what led to the mis-interpretation that you can’t transfer an expired domain. As long as the domain is still within the 30 or 45 days (depending on your registrar) redemption grace period and the registrar hasn’t begun to delete it, you can initiate a transfer from the new registrar. This can be confirmed on ICANN’s web site.
Great, this is something I did not know, thanks!
JR
Thanks for the info Lynette, I always thought that you indeed had to pay twice for a domain.
@JR & @sparen: Welcome! I didn’t realize it for a long time either 🙂
Thanks for the info Lynette, I always thought that you indeed had to pay twice for a domain.