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Exploring Domain Status

Exploring Domain Status :

Before having a look at the domain status lets check out some definitions  which would help you out:

Registrar: It is a business that has the ability to register domain names on behalf of anyone interested in obtaining a domain name. The registrar maintains the information regarding each domain and manage registration, expiration and NIC fee collection process.

Registrant: Registrant is the person or organization registering a domain name, the registrant is also recorded as legal owner of the domain name.

Registry: A Domain registry is a database that contains information about every registered domain name. when you register a domain name every information regarding the domain is stored in the registry database. Different registries exist for different top level domains.

Lets see some of the states the domain would be in its lifetime.

Domain Status:

Active: The registry sets this status. This is the default or normal  status code at the registration time. The domains which are active are used for websites or for registering name servers. Active status denoted that the domain can be transferred from one registrar to another(After completing atleast 60 days with the current) registrar.

Registry-Lock: This status is a preventive step taken for security measures for the domain. This will lock the domain name at the registry level and  prevent it from being transferred, deleted or modified. It can be renewed  though.

Registrar-Lock: The Sponsoring registrar sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain will be included in the zone

Registry-Hold: The registry sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain will not be included in the zone.

Registrar-Hold: The sponsoring registrar sets this status. The domain cannot be modified or deleted. The domain can be renewed and it will not be included in the zone.

Redemption period: The registry sets this status when a registrar request that the domain name be deleted from the registry and the domain has been registered for more than 5 days. The domain will not be included in the zone, also cannot be modified it can only be restored. The domain will be held in this status for a maximum of 30 days.

Pending Restore: The registry sets this status after a registrar request restoration of a domain that is in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status. Registrar cannot modify or update domain. The domain will be included in the zone. The domain will be held in this status while the registry waits for the registrar to provide required restoration documentation. If the registrar fails to provide documentation to the registry within 7 calendar days to confirm the restoration request, the domain will revert to REDEMPTIONPERIOD status. The domain status will be set to ACTIVE only if the registrar provides documentation to the registry within 7 calendar days to confirm the restoration request.

Pending Delete: The registry sets this status after a domain has been set in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status and the domain has not been restored by the registrar. The domain will not be included in the zone. Once in this status all registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected. The domain will be purged from the registry database after being in this status for 5 calendar days.

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Unlimited domains and Types of domains

Unlimited Domains:

Once you grow with your business you need to add more domains to your account. Why not make sure about the domains you will be allowed to host under a single website. Many of the hosting companies provides unlimited domains and sub domains.

Let’s have a look at benefits of Unlimited Domain hosting:

• You can host unlimited no of Domains and Sub domains within a single website.
• Unlimited domains in fact have there own FTP, email, database etc.
• This facility provides you an option to grow online.
• You can add as many domains as you can without additional cost, the only thing is keeping traffick, Disk space and other resources which would be shared in mind.

What is Domain parking?

Domain Parking is pointing a domain to another domain existing on the server. Consider you have a domain abc.com and another domain xyz.com. suppose you have parked xyz.com on abc.com  and u access xyz.com you will see the same page as abc.com. The name servers of parked and the main domain point to same name servers.

What is Add on Domain?

Addon domain is as good as a new Website. The add on domain will be hosted or pointed to a folder in public_html folder of your main domain. This is feature provided by the hosting provider, which allows to host multiple domains on single hosting account. This feature allows you to reach a sub domain directly by entering the name of add on domain. You can add multiple domains and remove them from the  addon domain maintenance menu. The addon domain are listed under current addon domains.

Please remember that the add on domains should be already registered and name servers for the addon domain pointing to same name servers as of your main domain.

Consider the following example :

You have addon domain named add.com and your main domain is main.com. you can access in three ways.

1 add.com
2. main.com/add
3. add.main.com

What is Sub Domain?

Sub domain utilizes the existence main domain name. It does not have its own domain name. A sub domain points to a folder in Public_html directort of your main domain.

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