There are millions of domain names across the World Wide Web these days and some of them are so close in name that if you type the wrong letter or number into the URL bar on your Internet browser you will end up on a page you definitely weren’t intending to land on. Many people wonder how companies determine whether or not a domain name is still available when signing up for a website with a hosting company. The answer is quite simple; hosting companies have a database of unavailable domain names that they electronically search when determining whether or not a domain name can be used.
What happens when the registration for a domain name is complete and the website no longer exists? The first step of the deleting of a domain name includes the original or previous owner of the domain name. The owner has anywhere from one to 45 days to determine whether or not they want to renew their purchase of that domain name. If they do then the domain is still not available for anyone else to use. If they do not register the domain name again it will go into a grace period.
The owner can buy the domain name back during the grace period but it will come at a much steeper cost than if it was purchased within the first 45 days of being expired. The grace period typically lasts 30 days. Once the grace period is complete the owner has no way of registering the name again and it will be deleted and made available to the public for purchase within at least five days.
