About

Tools that make choosing a domain name easier.

PendingDelete.net is a service for anyone trying to find, evaluate or catch a domain name. We check each name directly against its registry and show you what it reports, including when an expiring name is due to be released, across 1078 top-level domains.

Why we built it

Thousands of .com and .net domains expire every day. Most are renewed, but many pass through a redemption period and a five-day pending-delete window before being released for anyone to register. That timeline is public information, but it is spread across registry records, written in registry terminology, and often republished by sites working from lists that are hours or days out of date.

We wanted a direct answer to three questions: is the name taken, is it on its way out, and when will it be released. That is what PendingDelete.net is built to provide.

What the site does today

Enter a domain in any of the 1078 extensions we track, and PendingDelete.net will tell you where it sits in the deletion process, based on a live query to the registry's RDAP service. For names in pending delete, the result includes a countdown to the release window. For names in redemption, it shows the projected release date and how reliable that projection is. For registered names, it shows the expiry date and the earliest date the name could become available if it is not renewed. Every result includes the registry's own status codes and a record of previous checks, so you can verify the answer for yourself.

The site also provides a whois lookup for IP addresses and a What's my IP page.

What is coming

A daily list of domains being released, a sortable drop list, and additional data to help you assess a name at a glance, such as its age, length and history. We add features when they are ready and accurate, not before.

How the site is funded

Some result pages include links to domain registrars and backorder services. If you register or backorder a name through one of those links, we may receive a referral commission at no additional cost to you. These arrangements do not affect the results we display. We do not sell registry data, do not redistribute it in bulk, and do not contact domain owners.

Contact

Questions, corrections and feature requests are welcome through the contact form.