Deleted Domains is an independent editorial project built as a technical reference on the domain deletion lifecycle: what actually happens between a missed renewal and the moment a name returns to the open pool. DeletedDomains.io is written for people who want the mechanism, not the folklore: developers, researchers, domain investors and anyone who has stared at a WHOIS status code and wanted a straight answer.

What the site covers

The blog publishes practical weekly guides, reference tables and data-backed explainers: the lifecycle stages from expiration through auto-renew grace, redemption and pendingDelete, how policies differ across TLDs and registries, what EPP and RDAP status codes mean in practice, and how drop timing works. Sources are linked in each article, and for lifecycle mechanics those sources are registry and ICANN documentation wherever one exists.

Accuracy over drama

Because this site leans reference, precision matters more than takes. Claims are grounded in published policy documents and the public pages of the tools involved; where registries genuinely differ, the article says which registry the statement applies to. Tools that are dead or discontinued are labeled as such rather than recommended, and corrections are treated as the most important mail we get.

The blog also translates the reference material into practice: what a pendingDelete date means for your backorder, why redemption fees vary as much as they do, and which lifecycle stage is the last realistic moment to recover a name you still own.

Disclosure

The site is reader-supported. Some links, most notably to DomCop, are sponsored or affiliate links, marked with rel="sponsored". Commissions fund the writing and nothing else: rankings and conclusions are not for sale, and reference material is never bent to fit an affiliate relationship.

Contact

Deleted Domains is a small independent operation with no office and no phone number. The way in is email, described on the contact page.