Domain Transfers + Expired Domain Question

[Lee]

Does anyone know if it is possible to transfer a domain name away from its original registrar to a new one if it has expired the day before the transfer request is initiated?

I just realized that a domain we own expired yesterday and this morning i sent a transfer request to the registrar for the few domains we have over there still including the one that expired.

Is this expired domain actually going to transfer or should i renew the domain before the transfer goes through and, if i renew the domain prior to the registrar doing anything with the transfer request, is that going to throw things off for this one domain name?

Regards,

Lee

[gaybucks_chip]

No registrar I've used will let you transfer an expired domain. Some even prohibit you from transferring a domain for 60 days after a renewal.

I'd go ahead and pay at the old registrar and find out if they have a waiting period after renewal.

I just got dinged on a bunch of EU domains I was planning to transfer that weren't even due... bastards at Dotster renewed them 45 days early at a rate about 3 times what Enom charges.

[Bec]

Yea, I'd renew it and try the transfer in 60 days. I just finished moving some domains off one registrar to my godaddy ... it's really the least expensive and all my stuff is one place so I can see pretty quickly what needs renewed, dns changes, etc etc

[Lee]

Yea, I'd renew it and try the transfer in 60 days. I just finished moving some domains off one registrar to my godaddy ... it's really the least expensive and all my stuff is one place so I can see pretty quickly what needs renewed, dns changes, etc etc

Yeah thats why im wanting to move stuff to, i know some people have had issues with GoDaddy but they really have been great for me, even have a guy that i can call up during business hours who gives me discount codes when i ask for them if i cant find them online LOL

Regards,

Lee