Something to know about backorder

From the first .it backorder domain, there is much talk about this service, but what is it exactly? What is a backorder?

A backorder is the action through which it is possible to recover an expiring domain previously registered by another user. A typical case is when a registrant of a .it domain forgets to renew it. In this case, before the deadline, we experience a series of specific stages in which only the proper user can proceed with the renewal of the domain, he has the precedence. These stages follow domain expiration and often there is the renewal of the contract between the registrant and registrar.

After this period, the domain can be registered by third parties or by the owner, when he realized his oversight. At this time, however, the old registrant does not have any priority on the domain and have to "compete" with other users who may interested to register the domain.

At this stage backorder services come into play. A user who wants to have more possibilities to register a domain, asks for backorder, ordering a domain.

The backorder does not guarantee domain recovering, as there may be, for example, other people using backorder services, but it certainly increases the success rate of the recording phase.

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