Expired Registiration Recovery Policy

On Aug. 31, 2013, ICANN adopts the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP),
    which requires registrars to disclose important information to Registrants and prospective
    customers about expiration notices, fees, and redemption procedures. This policy contains all required elements in the new policy to abide with,
    /and to help you properly update your web site and existing terms and conditions
    so that you keep pace with ERRP's requirements.


    1. Expiration Notice Reminder:
    1.1 Prior to the expiration of any gTLD registration, resellers must notify the registered name holder of the expiration date at least three times.
    One of these notices must be sent approximately one month prior to expiration and one must be sent approximately one week prior to expiration and
    other other must be sent approximately 5 days after its expiration date.

    1.2 Resellers must describe on their websites the methods used to deliver pre- and post-expiration notifications, and how and when they will be sent.


    2. Fees and Procedures
    2.1 Resellers must make their renewal fees, post-expiration renewal fees (if different), and redemption/restore fees reasonably available to registered name
    holders and prospective registered name holders at the time of registration of a gTLD name.
    2.2 Resellers are required to clearly display all fees pertaining to the purchase of a domain on their web site. These fees include renewal fees, post-expiration renewal fees (if different) and redemption fees at the time a new registration or transfer takes place. Resellers are also required to directly include or provide a link to these fees in their terms of service.
    2.3. If you do not have a website or online presence to display your fees and handling procedures, you must include it in your agreement, contract or service terms.


    3.Redemption Grace Period
    3.1 You must permit the registered name holder to redeem a deleted registration during the redemption grace period, if a redemption grace period is offered by the respective registry.
    3.2 The fee and redemption procedure must be displayed on your website or included in your agreement, contract or service terms.
    4.A Sample of fee table for your reference
    These timelines do not apply to ccTLD and gTLD domain names.
    Days after expiration    Action
    Day 8    Domain enters Redemption Grace Period for a total of 8 days. The domain name can be renewed by the registrant for the cost of $85 redemption fee.
    Day 60    We return the domain name to the registry.
    A registrant may renew an expired domain name at no extra cost until the domain is in Renewal Grace Period. Afterwards, the original registrant can attempt to redeem the domain up until day 60 with the $85 redemption fee.

    5. To all members in Domain Name API,
    5.1 Domain Name API is automatically handling this requirement by sending an email notification to your account's registrant email address 31 days prior to expiry, 8 days prior to expiry, 3 days after expiry.
    5.2 The renewal fee, post expiration fee are the same as its registration fee. Kindly check our price table on https://domainnameapi.com/pricing . Please understand that
    the fee varies depends on the different level of member.
    5.3 Unless it is specially pointed out in this policy or our service term, the redemption fee $120 apply each of generic tlds provided in Domain Name API.
    5.4 For at least the last eight consecutive days (after expiration), we will interrupt the existing DNS resolution, as a reminder of domain name has expired and RAE shall renew it.
    In this eight consecutive days period, you may renew it at no extra cost.
    5.5 On day 10 of expiration, we may add expired domain name to an auction served by the industry auction provider. Once a expired domain name is auctioned to a third party successfully,
    we will transfer the domain name registration to the third party, and the third party will control domain name service. We are not obliged to contact you to alert you that the domain name
    registration services are or were auctioned. We do not have to pay you any of the proceeds we may earn as a result of such an auction.
    5.6 From day 11 of its expiration date, you acknowledge and agree that we may, but are not obligated to, offer this process, called the "renewal grace period." You acknowledge that you assume
    all risks and all consequences if you wait until close to or after the expiration of the original term of domain name registration services to attempt to renew the domain name registration services.
    You acknowledge that we, for any reason and in our sole discretion, may choose not to offer a renewal grace period and that we shall not be liable therefore.
    5.7 In the event that the gtld registry offer a Redemption Grace Period ("RGP") of 30 days immediately following the deletion of a registration, Domain Name API permits RAE and its belonged member to redeem it back.
    In the case, the redemption fee plus one year renewal fee will be charged.