The redemption period is a "grace period" of up to 30 days that begins once a domain registrar deletes a domain name. This deletion normally occurs sometime within the first 45 days after a name expires without being renewed.

Instead of actually being deleted and re-available for registration within a few days, what happens is the central VeriSign registry holds the name in a new "REDEMPTIONPERIOD" status. The grace period basically gives the original domain owner a chance to renew their domain name.

This redemption period is of particular importance, not just because it extends the time available to renew expired domains, but because all names that enter the redemption period are removed from the zone files, which list the domains that are currently in the global DNS.

Pending Delete Phase

When a domain is in Pending Delete Phase, no one is allowed to renew the domain and it cannot be yet registered because it is still not returned to the public domain pool. After the 5-day Pending Delete Phase the Registry will release the domain name back into the public pool of available domain names enabling fresh registration.

For more information, go to "Redemption Grace Periods for Deleted Names" at: http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/redemption-proposal-14feb02.htm

HowTo get your domain name back
The domain name is recoverable and there is $200 fee to get your domain name back. If interested, please contact Customer Service at: sales@winhosting.com.