I have been getting emails every couple days about the release of 1.8 million .uk names. The website TheUKdomain.UK has laid out the plan for acquiring these names. Starting from 1 July 2019, any previously reserved .uk domains that have not been registered will be available on a first-come, first served basis in a two stage process:Stage OneA release process, running from the 1st to the … [Read more...]
Must Read Story: Nominet Overcharges .UK Customers To Pay For Cheaper New gTLD’s
Kieren McCarthy published a post yesterday entitled "The Great British domain name rip-off: Overcharged .uk customers help pay for cheaper .vodka; Time for competition authorities to take a hard look at Nominet" Here are some of the highlights of the story ".UK domain name holders are being overcharged while the company behind it wins contracts by undercutting the market in what may be illegal … [Read more...]
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. Peter Thornton told SellingUp.com, that the domain name Houses.Co.Uk is for sale but it was never actually available for £2,999. "Instead, he has … [Read more...]
Nominet (.UK) Release Domain Name Dispute Report For 2014
Nominet, the nonprofit that behind .UK, released its the annual summary of domain name disputes bought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) which is similar to the UDRP system. A total of 726 complaints were made, up 8% on 2013. However, 2014 also saw a 51% increase in the number of cases where people were able to come to an agreement themselves and with the help of a Nominet … [Read more...]
Owners of C.UK Generating 100,000 Uniques a month
Mike stumbled upon a very interesting use of a typo domain in the .UK extension. If you go to ebay.c.uk like Mike did, or any domain where you leave off the o in .co.uk, you get a page that explains that the company behind the domain is Claims.co.uk. The company has apparently done a lot of work helping charities and they are also owners of C.co.uk and the matching C.uk. So what the company is … [Read more...]
Is .London Killing The Value Of .Uk Domains?
If you have been following NameJet.com over the past couple of weeks you couldn't help but notice the number of two letter .co.uk and .Uk that have been at auction. Two letter domain names are some of the most valuable Internet real estate space. In the past few weeks over 50 two letter .co.uk and .Uk domain names have been at auction at NameJet.com As you can see from the list below, no … [Read more...]
Nominet Handles 674 Domain Complaints Down 17%; 55% Result in Domain Transfer
Nominet the company that operates the .co.uk and now the .uk domain name extension (ccTLD) just released its report for its Dispute Resolution Service in 2013 (DRS). In 2013 Nominet handled 674 complaints down 17% from 2012 although the number of domain names registered increase 2,7% Brands using the DRS in 2013 included Lego, Swarovski, Cash Converters, O2, Virgin, L’Oreal, Coast Fashions, … [Read more...]