Non-drop on drop date

[William]

Hi all,

Not sure of this is a pretty noob question, but is the first time I've seen it before.

There is a domain that was meant to drop yesterday, which still hasn't, and is still showing as non-dropped and non renewed, pending deletion.

It was my understanding that a domain always dropped on the drop date - any idea of reasons a domain may not? And if this is a common occurrence, any guideline timeframes for when they typically do eventually drop?

Cheers!

 

[William]

@RobM - only just seen your thread.. Is this related?

 

[RobM]

I posted a thread in the nominet section. Sadly, although this is not common, it does happen often enough to be annoying. There are no timeframes for when a domain will drop if at all. I have been told in the past that this is due to people issuing renewal requests and money not being available to cover it. That gives the person x amount of time to cover it. There were some tagholders that used to constantly abuse this but that seemed to disappear for a while. The upshot is - nominet know the domain won't drop - they still however show incorrect data. If only they had more money to put an extra line in the whois.....

 

[William]

Thanks for clearing that up Rob!
Yeah if only they had a stash of cash laying around somewhere not doing anything... *cough*