Domain Statuses

Status Name	Actions or status on Billing side	Actions or status on Registrar's side	Notes
Prepared	A very initial status of domain. Nothing was done yet.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Registered	Domain is registered and is fully functional.	Domain is registered.
Selected for Registration	Domain can be sent for registration to registrar.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register contacts / nameservers before domain registration itself.
Registering Domain in External System	Domain is under registration in provisioning system (e.g., Operations).	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Registered Domain in External System	Domain is registered in provisioning system (e.g., Operations).	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Acquiring Name Servers	Provisioning system (e.g. Operations) is asked for nameservers for domain.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Submitting for Registration	Billing is trying to send request for domain registration to registrar.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitting for Contact Creation	Billing is trying to send request for contacts registration to registrar.	Optionally: nameservers for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitted for Contact Creation	-	-	Status is not used.
Checking for Contact Creation	Billing is checking whether request for contacts registration is completed by registrar.	Optionally: nameservers for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Waiting callback for Registration	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent registration request.	Request for domain registration is in process.
Waiting callback for Transfer	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent transfer request.	Request for domain transfer is in process.
Waiting callback for Renewal	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent renewal request.	Request for domain renew is in process.
Waiting callback for Cancelation	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent cancelation request.	Request for domain cancelation is in process.
Waiting callback for Name Servers	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of nameservers registration request.	Request for nameservers registration is in process.
Waiting callback for Contacts	Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of contacts registration request.	Request for contacts registration is in process.
Submitting for NS Creation	Billing is trying to send request for nameservers registration to registrar.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Submitted for NS Creation	Nameservers for domain were registered.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Checking for NS Creation	Billing is checking whether request for nameservers registration is completed by registrar.	Request for nameservers registration is in process.
Submitted for Registration	Request for domain registration is sent.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitted for Manual Registration	Billing is waiting for manual domain registration by a vendor.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Checking Registration Status	Billing is checking whether request for domain registration is completed by registrar.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitting for Transfer	Billing is trying to send request for transfer to registrar.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitted for Transfer	Request for domain transfer is sent.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Submitted for Manual Transfer	Domain was submitted for manual transfer that must be completed by a vendor.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Checking Transfer Status	Billing is checking whether request for domain transfer is completed by registrar.	Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.	Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.
Checking Manual Transfer Status	Billing is checking whether domain transfer was completed by a vendor.	Domain doesn't exist yet.
Submitting for Renewal	Billing is trying to send request for renewal of a domain.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Submitted for Renew	Request for a domain renewal was sent to registrar.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Submitted for Manual Renewal	Domain was submitted for manual renewal that must be completed by a vendor.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Checking Renewal Status	Billing is checking whether request for domain renewal is completed by registrar.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Registered, Notifying	Billing is notifying provisioning system about domain successful registration.	Domain is registered.
Registered not Notified	Recent attempt to notify provisioning system about domain successful registration failed.	Domain is registered.
Submitting for Cancelation	Billing is trying to send request for cancelation of a domain.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Submitted for Cancelation	Request for domain cancelation is sent.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Submitted for Manual Cancelation	Domain was submitted for manual cancelation that must be completed by a vendor.	Domain is registered (can be graced).	Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.
Checking Cancelation Status	Billing is checking whether request for domain cancelation is completed by registrar.	Domain is registered or terminated already.
Canceled, Notifying	Billing is notifying provisioning system about domain cancelation.	Domain is terminated.
Canceled, Not Notified	Recent attempt to notify provisioning system about domain cancelation failed.	Domain is terminated.
Canceled	Domain is canceled.	Domain is terminated.

Prepared

A very initial status of domain. Nothing was done yet.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Registered

Domain is registered and is fully functional.

Domain is registered.

Selected for Registration

Domain can be sent for registration to registrar.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register contacts / nameservers before domain registration itself.

Registering Domain in External System

Domain is under registration in provisioning system (e.g., Operations).

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Registered Domain in External System

Domain is registered in provisioning system (e.g., Operations).

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Acquiring Name Servers

Provisioning system (e.g. Operations) is asked for nameservers for domain.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Submitting for Registration

Billing is trying to send request for domain registration to registrar.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitting for Contact Creation

Billing is trying to send request for contacts registration to registrar.

Optionally: nameservers for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitted for Contact Creation

-

Status is not used.

Checking for Contact Creation

Billing is checking whether request for contacts registration is completed by registrar.

Optionally: nameservers for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Waiting callback for Registration

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent registration request.

Request for domain registration is in process.

Waiting callback for Transfer

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent transfer request.

Request for domain transfer is in process.

Waiting callback for Renewal

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent renewal request.

Request for domain renew is in process.

Waiting callback for Cancelation

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of recent cancelation request.

Request for domain cancelation is in process.

Waiting callback for Name Servers

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of nameservers registration request.

Request for nameservers registration is in process.

Waiting callback for Contacts

Billing is waiting for an e-mail from registrar about status of contacts registration request.

Request for contacts registration is in process.

Submitting for NS Creation

Billing is trying to send request for nameservers registration to registrar.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Submitted for NS Creation

Nameservers for domain were registered.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Checking for NS Creation

Billing is checking whether request for nameservers registration is completed by registrar.

Request for nameservers registration is in process.

Submitted for Registration

Request for domain registration is sent.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitted for Manual Registration

Billing is waiting for manual domain registration by a vendor.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Checking Registration Status

Billing is checking whether request for domain registration is completed by registrar.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitting for Transfer

Billing is trying to send request for transfer to registrar.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitted for Transfer

Request for domain transfer is sent.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Submitted for Manual Transfer

Domain was submitted for manual transfer that must be completed by a vendor.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Checking Transfer Status

Billing is checking whether request for domain transfer is completed by registrar.

Optionally: nameservers and contacts for domain are registered at registrar.

Most plugins do not register nameservers before domain registration itself.

Checking Manual Transfer Status

Billing is checking whether domain transfer was completed by a vendor.

Domain doesn't exist yet.

Submitting for Renewal

Billing is trying to send request for renewal of a domain.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Submitted for Renew

Request for a domain renewal was sent to registrar.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Submitted for Manual Renewal

Domain was submitted for manual renewal that must be completed by a vendor.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Checking Renewal Status

Billing is checking whether request for domain renewal is completed by registrar.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Registered, Notifying

Billing is notifying provisioning system about domain successful registration.

Domain is registered.

Registered not Notified

Recent attempt to notify provisioning system about domain successful registration failed.

Domain is registered.

Submitting for Cancelation

Billing is trying to send request for cancelation of a domain.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Submitted for Cancelation

Request for domain cancelation is sent.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Submitted for Manual Cancelation

Domain was submitted for manual cancelation that must be completed by a vendor.

Domain is registered (can be graced).

Grace period is stipulated by most registrars.

Checking Cancelation Status

Billing is checking whether request for domain cancelation is completed by registrar.

Domain is registered or terminated already.

Canceled, Notifying

Billing is notifying provisioning system about domain cancelation.

Domain is terminated.

Canceled, Not Notified

Recent attempt to notify provisioning system about domain cancelation failed.

Domain is terminated.

Canceled

Domain is canceled.

Domain is terminated.