An expired .es is released in ten days. A .com can give you eighty
Infoblox published on 13 August that around 65,000 expired domains were re-registered every day during the first half of 2026: nearly 20% of all the registrations they observe. A .com calendar gives you room —up to 45 days of auto-renew grace and 30 of redemption. A .es one does not: ten days after expiry it is cancelled and available again, with no redemption, and only the administrative or billing contact can request the renewal. What the catcher is buying, what still points at that name once it is no longer yours, and when there is nothing to renew.