domainers: how long after expiration do domains drop?
 

just noticed a particular domain registered with tucows has dropped, been keeping an eye on it, and it doesn't appear that it is going to be renewed. so how long can i expect to wait before it is back on the buying block, or at the least comes up to auction?

Depends on the registrar usually. 30-90 days is a good bet for maximum time before its available again (either auction or dropped totally).

Registrars ain't stupid, if it's got traffic or good keywords it will probably end up at snap names or something.

back trace it.

Guess I'll just throw a backorder on it and see how that pans out.

ill watch too