Reglikedomain industry desk

60 day hold on expiring domains — GoDaddy places

GoDaddy is now auctioning off its own expiring domains (see this posting). Still, it appears they are placing a 60 day hold on all expired domains won at auction ahead of the winner gets control. This certainly reduces its value!!

Since GoDaddy has more active .com domains than any other registrar, GoDaddy’s fresh expired domain system will send major ripples through the expiring domain market. With Network Solution and Bulk Register’s expired domains going to SnapNames, Dotster’s going to NameWinner, and GoDaddy’s going to itself, independent exchanges like Pool better start lining up some exclusive contracts!

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