My experiences with some Domain hosts and Whois Search
Thinking of registering my domain with other better hosting company (and lack of knowledge of domain transfer then), i have cancelled it with my then hosting company. Since then i was checking status of the domain at least twice a day with the whois database. I have been closely monitoring the developments of the domain status like REDEMPTIONPERIOD, PENDINGDELETE etc, The whois databases i have used were from Melbourneit.com.us, whois.net and Enom....