At the end of the grace period, our registrar can choose to pay the renewal fee and put domains up for auction. While most domain names are not auctioned, domain names with a history of high website traffic or domain names that have a high level of marketing potentional may not go into redemption.

For your convenience, we provide a grace period for expired domain names. During the grace period domains can be renewed without penalty. After 40 days, expired domains are placed into redemption.

If a domain enters redemption it can only be restored by paying a $100 registry fee in addition to a one year service renewal. If a domain is not redeemed it is marked for deletion 70 days after expiration so it can be made available for public registration again. Domains that are marked for deletion are typically deleted 5 days later, or 75 days after the expiration date.

To recover domains that have entered redemption please contact a customer adviser by email at help@hover.com or by phone at 1-866-731-6556.

Some country code top-level domains, such as .CA domain names, have unique grace periods or do not offer a redemption period. The chart below provides specific details for all top-level domains supported by Hover.

* The .CA and .UK registries allow domain privacy only if the domain is registered to an individual. If the registrant is listed as an organization, privacy cannot be enabled.

** The .UK registry only permits purchases and renewals in 2 year batches. Domain names cannot be renewed for an additional 2 years until they are within 60 days before expiration.
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