transfer grace period

The days right after a domain moves to a new registrar (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar. If the new registrar deletes the domain in this window, the registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry credits it with the transfer fee. In many gTLDs (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD it lasts five days. Any limit on moving the domain again comes from the transfer rules, not from this grace period (glossary)grace period A window after a registry action when it can be reversed, usually with a credit to the registrar. Full definition of grace period.