What is a Domain Backorder?
To backorder a domain name, you place a request with us. We will try to secure the domain name for you as soon as it comes available after the grace period ends. Once you’ve placed the backorder request, you wait until you’re notified by us that the domain has been secured. We will then charge you a small fee if we were able to get the domain name.
What is Involved in Backordering a Domain?
Domain names are registered for periods from one year to a maximum of 10 years. The majority of domain name owners, especially those who haven’t built a website on their domain property, renew on a year to year basis. Sometimes they forget to renew it at all. In other cases, they may let a domain name expire because they didn’t have the time to develop it. For whatever reason, they may not want to pay the yearly renewal fee to re-register it. This can work in your favor.
When a domain name expires, it becomes available to the public. All domains have an expiration date, but it doesn’t become open for registration by the public as soon as it expires. Upon expiration, any website hosted on the expired domain name becomes non-functional, but there is a grace period during which the original owner can still renew it. This grace period varies in length from 30 to 45 days.
After the grace period, an expired domain enters the ‘redemption period’. During this 30-day period, the original domain name owner can still reclaim their domain, but they will have to pay an additional fee to get it back. This could amount to several hundred dollars.
Five days after the grace period ends, the domain name is deleted. When this happens, the domain name is available to be registered by a new party – and that could be you.
Is Domain Backorder the Right Service for You?
Backordering a domain name gives you an opportunity to secure a domain name you might otherwise not be able to get. All you have to do is place a request, and be patient. We do the work.
So, if your heart is set on a domain name and someone else has already claimed it, use a domain backorder service to help you get it. Many people have used this service and have been successful Why not you?