redemptionPeriod domain status
redemptionPeriod means the registrar has asked the registry to delete the domain, most often after it expired. The name is held for 30 days so the original registrant can still restore it before it drops.
Updated
- Set by
- Registry, on a registrar delete request
- Effect
- Domain is out of DNS; a restore can still recover it
- Typical duration
- 30 days, then about 5 days of pendingDelete
- RDAP shows
- redemption period
What redemptionPeriod means
When a registrar sends a delete command for a domain, the registry does not purge it immediately. It moves into redemptionPeriod, the Redemption Grace Period defined by RFC 3915, which ICANN policy sets at 30 days for all unsponsored gTLD registries. The name is already out of the DNS zone, so nothing resolves.
During redemptionPeriod the registrant can still get the name back through the registrar, which submits a restore request and then restoration documentation to the registry. Registrars charge a restore fee on top of the renewal. ICANN policy requires all unsponsored gTLD registries to offer this 30-day window.
If no restore completes, the domain enters pendingDelete for five calendar days and is then purged from the registry database. From that point it is available for anyone to register.
On a domain you are watching
A lookalike in redemptionPeriod is on the path to dropping: roughly 35 days separate the start of redemption from open registration, and the name no longer resolves while it waits. If the domain belongs to your brand, this is the window to plan recovery before it opens to anyone.
Check a domain’s status codes
The lookup reads a domain’s live RDAP record and returns its current status set.
What to do about redemptionPeriod
If it is your domain, contact the registrar immediately. Only the registrar can file the restore request with the registry, and once redemptionPeriod ends the name cannot be recovered short of re-registering it.
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Frequently asked questions
30 days at all unsponsored gTLD registries, which ICANN policy requires to offer it. It is followed by about five calendar days of pendingDelete, after which the name is purged and open to re-registration.
redemptionPeriod is the 30-day window where the registrant can still restore the deleted name. pendingDelete is the short final state after that window closes: no restore is possible and the domain drops within about five days.
The registry charges the registrar a restore fee, and the registrar sets the price passed to the registrant, usually on top of a renewal. The amount is registrar-specific and commonly far above a normal renewal.
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