At eleventh hour, most .uk registrants still don’t own their .uk names

[dog]

Less than a quarter of all third-level .uk registrants have taken up the opportunity to buy their matching second-level domain, just a few months before the deadline.

http://domainincite.com/24003-at-eleventh-hour-most-uk-registrants-still-dont-own-their-uk-names

 

[aZooZa]

I guess the takeaway is that they’re not wanted, and are just a confusing pest.

 

[RobM]

Makes you wonder why they introduced it......

At least they're going to market it in May... 1 whole month before forci...er offering the domains to everyone.

'Get your uk before someone else does and dilutes your brand, ruins your business, and may even attempt reverse hijacking on you later - purely optional of course'.

'Dilute someone else's brand and earn from their success - get your uk now'

'Get your UK now - not only our registrar friends/family need new Ferraris - nominet board members in need'.

 

[aZooZa]

'Get your UK now - not only our registrar friends need new Ferraris - nominet board members in need'.

Don't forget the impoverished DRS crew...

 

[RobM]

Yeah I forgot. The £750 fees will be rolling in. It's good though because really the uk benefits....um....had it...nope it's gone.

 

[domainscot]

The first .UK that goes after a .Co.Uk will be very interesting court case.

 

[Sam]

Yeah I forgot. The £750 fees will be rolling in. It's good though because really the uk benefits....um....had it...nope it's gone.

They don't even need to pay £795 to start the case they will be flooded with them and they don't even seem to block the silly ones...

 

[Sam]

Don't forget the impoverished DRS crew...

Yes they have a much larger team now and will be getting ready just for this.

 

[martin-s]

Everyone knows how much I hate .uk, yet I also know that I have to protect the .uk for my business. So I hopped online to register the extension for a bunch of domains... and Nominet's online panel through a hissy fit about something, so I gave up.

I will sort it out before the deadline, but I still basically view it as a pointless price increase on .co.uk.

 

[fuzzer]

Am I right in thinking we can reg them for one year free of charge with an SMT - before end of March?

 

[dog]

Money.

Makes you wonder why they introduced it......

 

[dee]

Am I right in thinking we can reg them for one year free of charge with an SMT - before end of March?

I just had a quick scan as i thought id got an email about this. Heres what i got

The final sign up deadline for the Right of Registration (RoR) promotion is quickly approaching! If you would like to participate for the last month of March, please login to your Online Services account before 12 noon on 24th February to complete the sign-up process.

 

[Skinner]

If you phone nominet up, they can manually add you to the free 1 yr scheme before hand, its the first time this has been offered but they need to take up to be big so bending over backwards.

My account, I signed up Feb/Mar for the free 1 year and it wasnt applied, so I phoned up a few days ago and they said they can manually add me.

 

[dog]

Here is what Tommy Butler thinks.

I dumped 99% of my .co.uk domains about3 years ago some them had since 1999. Two reasons for this first when Nominet increased price by 100% overnight it told me that things getting out hand in UK namespace. Also with brexit going to kick in you really need .com if your doing business on global market. WE started to focus more on .com and increase buying up .com domains. Pleased with sort names we have manged to pick up.

There is another factor being Scottish as soon Scotland becomes independant its just a matter of time then will no such thing as United Kingdom any longer thus making the .UK name space wrong. Then add the .UK domain ect into market this extention should have been given to .Co.uk owners but greed took over and now your being sort blackmailed into taking the ext just to protect what you have built up over the last 20 years.

Yes its a total messed up extention not worth the value it one had due to stubid politics and little England mentality by the politicians and brexiteers. Now makes buying .co.uk &.UK domain more than .Com and .com is domain with the value. as domainer and business owner. just sometimes you have to mark hard choice of deleting domains that you dont see any value in any longer.

https://www.thedomains.com/2019/07/01/will-you-be-investing-in-uk-domains/#comment-230571

 

[RobM]

A well written, thought out, and proof read article.

 

[BREWSTERS]

Here is what Tommy Butler thinks.



https://www.thedomains.com/2019/07/01/will-you-be-investing-in-uk-domains/#comment-230571

Tommy owns Glasgow.com amongst other top geos. Just shows you don't need to be literate to make money

 

[dog]

It was a comment from an article.

A well written, thought out, and proof read article.

 

[RobM]

Yeah I meant 'comment'.

 

[domainscot]

Yes I do have a touch of dyslexia and also blind in right eye. Its never stopped me from doing what do best. After all some people dont have social skills. really just being a spoiled little prat. yeah I meant PRAT.

 

[RobM]

Calm down Tommy. Used to see comments like that a decade ago when you'd just got back from the pub