It's been already more than a month since it expired, and I still can't purchase it. This is horrible business practice and I find it amazing that registrars are allowed to do such a thing.
I will soon be in similar situation and I am truly concerned since godaddy seems to be doing lots of money on putting other people's expired domains on auction! I do not agree they belong to godaddy to make profit of it!<p>It will take up to 41 days if you are lucky and nobody buys that domain.<p>Read here: <a href="https://uk.godaddy.com/help/what-happens-after-domain-names-expire-6700" rel="nofollow">https://uk.godaddy.com/help/what-happens-after-domain-names-...</a><p>--- edit<p>This seems an interesting article too: <a href="https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain" rel="nofollow">https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatc...</a><p>As well as this one: <a href="http://www.scottphillips.com/2011/01/buying-an-expiring-domain-name/" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottphillips.com/2011/01/buying-an-expiring-doma...</a>