The Auto-Renew Grace Period (AGP) is ICANN's mandate that registries hold expired domains for at least 30 days (most allow 45) before charging additional fees. During the AGP, the registrant can renew at the standard renewal price.
Two important sub-meanings of "AGP":
- Customer-facing AGP: the 45 days post-expiration during which YOU can renew normally.
- Registrar-facing AGP: a 5-day window after registration during which the REGISTRAR can delete a new registration for a full refund from the registry. Modusdom does not pass this through as a customer refund — registrations are final once submitted.
The customer-facing AGP is where most expiration recoveries happen. As long as you respond to the renewal-reminder emails within ~45 days of the expiration date, you pay only the standard renewal fee.
The 5-day registrar AGP is bounded by the ICANN AGP Limits Policy: registrars can't refund more than 10% of their new registrations per month (or 50 domains, whichever is greater) without consequences. This prevents abuse of the grace period for "domain tasting."
