Trademark monitoring of expired domain names (“Redemption Alert”)
Solidnames’ “Redemption Alert” enables brand monitoring among expired domain names. In this way, the trademark owner is alerted to disputed domain names containing his or her name that have expired.
The service is a domain name expiration alert. The expired domain name monitoring service will detect abandoned names that are identical to, contain or are similar to a trademark (“typosquatting”).
The user then receives a notification when a domain name goes into “Redemption Period” or “Pending Delete” status.
monitoring expired domain name
The deliverable is an email sent to users of the Redemption Alert service. It includes:
- the domain name with the associated Internet extension
- domain name whois
The results are also available and archived on the Solidnames customer extranet. This includes the names of the DNS servers indicated.
Brand monitoring expired domain names
The monitoring of expired domain names covers historic generic extensions (e.g. .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO) as well as new ones (“nTLDs”) such as .APP, .CLUB or .XYZ.
Among country-code Top-Level-Domains (“ccTLDs”), Solidnames covers .FR.
The fee for trademark monitoring of expired domain names is €96 excl. tax per year (subject to acceptance by our sales and production department). Please note that the service can be ordered on a prorata temporis basis for the duration desired by the user.
Knowing when a domain name expires
“Redemption Alert” checks daily for expired domain names containing a term. These include brand names, but can also be generic words (e.g. cuisine) or geographical names (e.g. Lyon, France…). SEO professionals can thus be aware of expired domain names that include a word of interest to them in their subject areas.
For rightful owners, monitoring expired domain names enables them to find out which domain names have just expired. Sometimes, domain name disputes cannot be settled out of court. In these cases, the trademark holder obtains non-renewal of the domain name when it expires. Redemption Alert” confirms that the domain name has not been renewed.
Knowing the expiry date of a domain name is not an end in itself. An expired domain name is not free. After the expiration date, domain names are protected for a period of 30 days. This “Redemption Period” varies from one Internet extension to another. It enables the holder to renew an expired domain name, particularly in the event of forgetfulness or administrative error.
How do I recover an expired domain name?
With Redemption Alert, you’re alerted to expired domain names featuring your brand.
Are you interested in an expiring domain name? If so, you can purchase an expired domain name by subscribing to our backorder offer. This allows you to recover expired domain names. This is an automatic purchase service for expired domain names.
The monitoring of expired domain names completes Solidnames’ range of monitoring services. While “Redemption Alert” alerts you to expired domain names incorporating a trademark, “Brand Alert” alerts you to new registrations. Finally, “Sub-Domains Alert” detects the activation of trademarked sub-domains.
It’s worth noting that “SecURL” monitoring lets you track a particular domain name on a daily basis at web, email and whois level.
If your brand is protected in the GlobalBlock program, an expired domain name in the covered extensions is automatically blocked when it expires.