Watch the name in Unique Domains with the condition Becomes available: when our check finds it free to register, an email reaches you within ten minutes.
Condition: Becomes available
Watch the name once. We follow it to the drop and write when it opens.
The day it drops, a name costs a registration. After that, it costs a sale.
6,644names in pending deletePending deleteThe last stage before an expired name is released. Nobody can renew or restore it any more; once the registry releases it, anyone can register it.Read the definition
109of them drop this week
$10.98to register a .com
$4,025the median one-word .com sale
We are not a registrar, a backorder service or a marketplace.
The holder can still renew. The registrarRegistrarThe company you buy and renew a domain through, such as Namecheap or GoDaddy. It does not own the name, it only registers it for you.Read the definition may sell the name in its own auction.
Only the last holder can restore it, for a fee.
Nobody can renew it. The day it drops is set.
Anyone can register it, first come, first served.
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Contact meNo. It tells you, and you register the name yourself at a registrarRegistrarThe company you buy and renew a domain through, such as Namecheap or GoDaddy. It does not own the name, it only registers it for you.Read the definition. The email reaches you within ten minutes of our check finding the name free. A name nobody else wanted can stay open for days after it drops. A name others backordered is often taken by a drop catcherDrop catcherA service or an investor that places backorders on expiring names, to register each one the moment it drops.Read the definition the moment it drops; for that one, place a backorderBackorderA paid request to register a name the moment it is released. It is a bid, not a claim: if others ordered the same name, it goes to an auction among you.Read the definition at a venueVenueA place where names change hands: a marketplace or an auction house.Read the definition before its drop dayDropThe day an expired name leaves the registry and anyone can register it again. We give an exact day only on endings whose pending delete period we have measured, and only when we saw the name move from redemption into that stage.Read the definition.
On most generic endings, up to 80 days: a grace periodGrace periodThe weeks right after a name expires, when its owner can still renew it at the normal price. Many registrars park or auction the name during this time.Read the definition of up to 45 days set by the registrarRegistrarThe company you buy and renew a domain through, such as Namecheap or GoDaddy. It does not own the name, it only registers it for you.Read the definition, 30 days of redemptionRedemptionAbout 30 days after the grace period, when the name is deleted but only its last owner can still restore it, for a fee. If nobody does, it moves to pending delete.Read the definition, then 5 days of pending deletePending deleteThe last stage before an expired name is released. Nobody can renew or restore it any more; once the registry releases it, anyone can register it.Read the definition, after which the registryRegistryThe organisation that runs an ending, like the company behind .com. It sets the rules and the price registrars pay.Read the definition deletes the name and anyone can register it. Many names never get that far, because the holder renews or the registrar sells the name during grace. Country endings follow their own rules.
The expiry date is when the registration runs out, not when the name is free. During grace the holder can still renew and the registrarRegistrarThe company you buy and renew a domain through, such as Namecheap or GoDaddy. It does not own the name, it only registers it for you.Read the definition can sell the name in its own auction; during redemptionRedemptionAbout 30 days after the grace period, when the name is deleted but only its last owner can still restore it, for a fee. If nobody does, it moves to pending delete.Read the definition the last holder can still restore it, for a fee. The name is free only once the registryRegistryThe organisation that runs an ending, like the company behind .com. It sets the rules and the price registrars pay.Read the definition deletes it at the end of pending deletePending deleteThe last stage before an expired name is released. Nobody can renew or restore it any more; once the registry releases it, anyone can register it.Read the definition, and Becomes available fires then.
A backorderBackorderA paid request to register a name the moment it is released. It is a bid, not a claim: if others ordered the same name, it goes to an auction among you.Read the definition is a bid, not a claim. At most drop catchersDrop catcherA service or an investor that places backorders on expiring names, to register each one the moment it drops.Read the definition you pay only if the name is caught for you. If anyone else backordered it at the same venueVenueA place where names change hands: a marketplace or an auction house.Read the definition, it goes to an auction among you, so the listed price is where the cost starts. For a dropping name you watch, the Watched page shows the drop dayDropThe day an expired name leaves the registry and anyone can register it again. We give an exact day only on endings whose pending delete period we have measured, and only when we saw the name move from redemption into that stage.Read the definition and a venue’s backorder price, and links you there.
At one venueVenueA place where names change hands: a marketplace or an auction house.Read the definition, the backordersBackorderA paid request to register a name the moment it is released. It is a bid, not a claim: if others ordered the same name, it goes to an auction among you.Read the definition on a name it catches become an auction among the people who placed them. Across venues, only the drop catcherDrop catcherA service or an investor that places backorders on expiring names, to register each one the moment it drops.Read the definition that registers the name first gets it, and the others catch nothing. Everyone who watches the name hears the same news, so on a name others want, act on the drop dayDropThe day an expired name leaves the registry and anyone can register it again. We give an exact day only on endings whose pending delete period we have measured, and only when we saw the name move from redemption into that stage.Read the definition you can see in advance rather than on the alert.
Not always. Each registryRegistryThe organisation that runs an ending, like the company behind .com. It sets the rules and the price registrars pay.Read the definition sets its own rules after expiry: other periods, no pending deletePending deleteThe last stage before an expired name is released. Nobody can renew or restore it any more; once the registry releases it, anyone can register it.Read the definition, or names released on the registry’s own schedule. That is why we give an exact drop dayDropThe day an expired name leaves the registry and anyone can register it again. We give an exact day only on endings whose pending delete period we have measured, and only when we saw the name move from redemption into that stage.Read the definition only on endings whose pending delete period we have measured, and only once we saw the name enter it; elsewhere the page shows the stage and no day.
Yes. Watch any name and add Becomes available: the condition waits for as long as the name stays registered, and fires once if it ever drops. Most names in use are renewed every year, so if you need the name soon, approaching its holder is the other way in.
Buy a domain that is already takenNo. Unique Domains is not a registrarRegistrarThe company you buy and renew a domain through, such as Namecheap or GoDaddy. It does not own the name, it only registers it for you.Read the definition, a backorderBackorderA paid request to register a name the moment it is released. It is a bid, not a claim: if others ordered the same name, it goes to an auction among you.Read the definition service or a marketplaceMarketplaceA site where owners list domains for sale and buyers make offers, such as Sedo or Afternic.Read the definition. It tells you when a name you watch changes, shows its price and where it is sold, and sends you to the registrar or the venueVenueA place where names change hands: a marketplace or an auction house.Read the definition to register, backorder or buy it, at their price.
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