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> Note that most domains have a grace period (eg, 30 days) where the original owner can renew even after it has expired.

Back in the day Microsoft dropped the ball with passport.com, shutting down hotmail over Christmas.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/8999

https://www.doublewide.net/faq.html

You’d think Microsoft would have learnt their lesson but no, 3 years later it was Hotmail.co.uk that dropped off

https://www.theregister.com/2003/11/06/microsoft_forgets_to_...



It turns out that grace periods (called a "redemption grace period") weren't proposed until 2003. I'm not actually sure when this process was approved by ICANN - sometime between 2003 and 2013.

The latest version of ICANN's registrar accreditation agreement, in 2013, includes grace period provisions. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-20...




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