Find a candidate
Public opportunities are drawn from real domain records. Searches made inside a customer account stay separate from the public inventory.
How DeletedBusiness determines domain status
Every status should answer a simple question: what is known about this domain now, and when was that information observed?
Assign the current stage
The record is classified as expiring, grace, redemption, pending delete, recently dropped, verification pending or confirmed available only when the available information supports that state.
Keep the dates separate
A lifecycle date, the time DeletedBusiness observed the record and a later status check answer different questions. They are not collapsed into one date.
Update when the status changes
A renewal, restoration, release or new availability result can replace an older expectation. Monitoring is useful because domain status is time sensitive.
Treat estimates as estimates
When the exact future release time is not known, the platform shows the current stage or observed date instead of presenting a forecast as a guaranteed drop.
Confirm current availability
Available Now requires a fresh availability confirmation. A deletion signal or an earlier availability result is not enough on its own.
The important distinction
Expiration, deletion, and availability are different things.
A domain can remain registered after its expiration date. A pending delete name has not been released yet. A released domain can also be taken by someone else before a later check. Keeping these states separate prevents a possible opportunity from being presented as a guaranteed registration.
- Public discovery stays separate from personal searches
- Status observations include their time
- Estimates are not presented as guarantees
- Available Now requires a fresh availability confirmation
Primary policy references
Generic domain lifecycle rules have published sources
Lifecycle rules vary by extension. For generic top level domains, ICANN publishes the Expired Registration Recovery Policy and explanations of EPP status codes such as redemptionPeriod and pendingDelete. DeletedBusiness uses the status of the specific domain instead of assuming that one schedule applies to every TLD.
Use the list that matches the status you need
Expired, pending delete and deleted domains are shown as separate stages so you can research the right set of names.
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