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Deleted Domains

Watch your brand or keyword: which matching names were registered, and which disappeared, since the previous daily snapshot.

3–20 letters, digits or hyphens. Compares each day’s .com zone with the previous snapshot.

“New” means the name appeared in the zone since the previous snapshot: a new registration, or an existing name that has just been given nameservers. “Deleted” means it left the zone: deleted, expired, or put on hold; use Check now to see which. A keyword is required and only the first 200 matches can be browsed, because this is meant for watching your own brand, not for downloading the zone. A new name that resembles a brand is not proof of abuse.

Questions about the Deleted Domains

What does the deleted domains tool show?

Which .com names matching your keyword or brand were newly registered, and which left the zone, since the previous daily snapshot.

Is a deleted name available to register?

Not necessarily. A name that left the zone may be in a registry hold or be re-registered quickly. Check availability before you act.

Can I get alerts instead of checking by hand?

Yes. NameDaemon Pro sends a daily email or Telegram alert for the names that match your keyword rules. To follow one particular name, you can watch it for free from the Drop calendar or the Availability checker.

Terms used on this page

Expired domain An expired domain is a name whose registration period ended without being renewed. It is not released at once: it passes through several grace periods first.
Redemption period The redemption period is a stage of about 30 days after the grace period when a deleted domain can still be restored by its owner, for an extra fee.
Domain drop A domain drop is the moment an expired name is finally deleted by the registry and becomes available for anyone to register again.
Backorder (drop catching) A backorder is a request to a service to try to register a domain the instant it is deleted. Drop catching is the practice of doing this at scale.
Zone file A zone file is the registry's list of every domain in an extension that has nameservers, with those nameservers. The .com zone has well over 160 million names.