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[Siusaidh]

That is very true, Ben!

 

[anthony]

...As far as access to the market, anybody can become a registrar, buy a script and crack on. Anybody can also fix their own boiler by taking a few courses and getting certified. Most of us still hire a plumber because it’s easier to pay somebody for their expertise than do it yourself.

Most plumbers are rip off merchants who overcharge their customers!

 

[Siusaidh]

I think we can take analogies too far.

Anyway, while the system is the way it is, I respect the skill, work and tenacity of this name-catching community, especially in the face of what looks like some serious collusion and rule-breaking by what might be called a cartel gaming the system. I sent my views to Nick W-S yesterday, because the way the system has been played like this is appalling.

While the system is the way it is, I'm grateful for people who have been catching names for me in a very challenging week. Got 2 this morning. I'm particularly grateful to Aaron and Dbcatch for getting Worship.uk for me. As some of you know, I deal in religious domains more than anything else, and this domain was my primary target. I will be developing it, along with Christ.uk that Total caught for me last July.

I have 30 more targets this month. I rely on what Ben calls the 'convenience' of name catchers, and I pay for that. I personally think the system should be opened up, but while it works the way it does, it's pretty obvious from this week's shenanigans that a lot of people here are 'the good guys'.

 

[anthony]

I think we can take analogies too far.

Anyway, while the system is the way it is, I respect the skill, work and tenacity of this name-catching community, especially in the face of what looks like some serious collusion and rule-breaking by what might be called a cartel gaming the system. I sent my views to Nick W-S yesterday, because the way the system has been played like this is appalling.

While the system is the way it is, I'm grateful for people who have been catching names for me in a very challenging week. Got 2 this morning. I'm particularly grateful to Aaron and Dbcatch for getting Worship.uk for me. As some of you know, I deal in religious domains more than anything else, and this domain was my primary target. I will be developing it, along with Christ.uk that Total caught for me last July.

I have 30 more targets this month. I rely on what Ben calls the 'convenience' of name catchers, and I pay for that. I personally think the system should be opened up, but while it works the way it does, it's pretty obvious from this week's shenanigans that a lot of people here are 'the good guys'.

I would mirror all you say there, simply as this approach is the current 'best option' for non-members. However, like you, I would like to see new options developed by Nominet for the wider public interest.

 

[Siusaidh]

I was a winner last night, but lots of my targets were nuked by Tool Domains who seemed to be having a storming night.

It would be nice to think that process could be improved before the deluge of dropping .uk domains in June. But I won't hold my breath.

 

[Aaron Clifford]

I think we can take analogies too far.

Anyway, while the system is the way it is, I respect the skill, work and tenacity of this name-catching community, especially in the face of what looks like some serious collusion and rule-breaking by what might be called a cartel gaming the system. I sent my views to Nick W-S yesterday, because the way the system has been played like this is appalling.

While the system is the way it is, I'm grateful for people who have been catching names for me in a very challenging week. Got 2 this morning. I'm particularly grateful to Aaron and Dbcatch for getting Worship.uk for me. As some of you know, I deal in religious domains more than anything else, and this domain was my primary target. I will be developing it, along with Christ.uk that Total caught for me last July.

I have 30 more targets this month. I rely on what Ben calls the 'convenience' of name catchers, and I pay for that. I personally think the system should be opened up, but while it works the way it does, it's pretty obvious from this week's shenanigans that a lot of people here are 'the good guys'.

Glad I could be of assistance!

 

[webber]

Glad I could be of assistance!

Yeah, Aaron caught me a great domain last night as we well – sprig.uk
Must have been half asleep when I booked that one... I probably read it as spring
If anyone wants it I will sell it for the fee I have to pay Aaron

 

[Siusaidh]

Yeah, Aaron caught me a great domain last night as we well – sprig.uk
Must have been half asleep when I booked that one... I probably read it as spring
If anyone wants it I will sell it for the fee I have to pay Aaron

Hi Ciprian, was that you who got thegallery.uk ?
If so, it will make a nice site for new art talent.

 

[webber]

Hi Ciprian, was that you who got thegallery.uk ?
If so, it will make a nice site for new art talent.

Yes, I got a few good ones today including inc.uk (through Untagged.co.uk)

 

[Whois-Search]

The Bulgarians / Tool.Domains / Seo.Domains are bang at it with there 20 million tags running in sync around the clock, ive been analysing every request and between nominet so i can see exactly when they are sending their EPP requests based on the returned ID's... They must be running in sync... Here are some more culprit tags to add the the rest of their fake tags:

Antoniya Pavlova [Tag = APAVLOVA]
DotSensei Ltd. [Tag = DOTSENSEI]

Further breakdown: https://companycheck.co.uk/company/...ompanies-house-data#directors-and-secretaries

I could go much deeper and link all their staff / directors to all their accounts but really cant be bothered as its too blatant anyway, all you need to do is look at the director database (not the link through on companies house but the actual downloadable persons of significance database)

There is having a competitive script and outright taking the piss!

Bulgarian tags are still active ...

Catching high value traffic names now:

v-a.uk 2020-01-23 EDOMS
grassrootsfootball.co.uk 2020-01-23 HKOSTOVA
dover-kent.co.uk 2020-01-22 TOOLDOMAINS
stern.uk 2020-01-21 MIXACTIVITY
mhn.uk 2020-01-21 NET-IN
mgv.uk 2020-01-21 APAVLOVA

Nominet have done nothing about it...

 

[Sam]

Bulgarian tags are still active ...

Catching high value traffic names now:

v-a.uk 2020-01-23 EDOMS
grassrootsfootball.co.uk 2020-01-23 HKOSTOVA
dover-kent.co.uk 2020-01-22 TOOLDOMAINS
stern.uk 2020-01-21 MIXACTIVITY
mhn.uk 2020-01-21 NET-IN
mgv.uk 2020-01-21 APAVLOVA

Nominet have done nothing about it...

Shocking really when they know whats going on and won't do anything.....

 

[Paullas]

Are you expecting them to do something?

 

[Murray]

Are you expecting them to do something?

I think Denys made a good point in his blog post, If they aren't going to do anything just remove it from the rules

 

[Whois-Search]

Shocking really when they know whats going on and won't do anything.....

Have you seen “The File” ?

https://seo.domains/thefile.xls

 

[bluerock]

Have you seen “The File” ?

https://seo.domains/thefile.xls

Thats really interesting Andrew. Where does it originate from?

 

[Whois-Search]

Thats really interesting Andrew. Where does it originate from?

Go here: https://tool.domains/buy-domains

Click on Seo.domains

Click Check out domains now

Click Download .xls

 

[3gmedia]

Most plumbers are rip off merchants who overcharge their customers!

Not me mate !

 

[Lovekraft]

I was a winner last night, but lots of my targets were nuked by Tool Domains who seemed to be having a storming night.

It would be nice to think that process could be improved before the deluge of dropping .uk domains in June. But I won't hold my breath.

You're doing better than me, not caught a single .uk this time around, in large partly due to the million new tags that have appeared on the scene recently hoovering them all up. I used to enjoy this but it's just being abused left right and centre now.

 

[webber]

You don't see BHAYDOM complaining....

 

[super-whois]

Interesting post from another thread:

Maybe we should all start applying for extra tags right now so Nominet get the point ?

Each tag has six EPP connections...The name you put first on each EPP thread has a chance of getting through Nominet’s firewall at a set drop time.

During the ROR drop a Bulgarian SEO company http://tool.domains did this tactic and got some of the most contested names:

https://forum.nominet.uk/forum/memb...-new-tags-on-ror-uk-testbed?p=12543#post12543

SCHAKALOV - Simeon Chakalov
HKOSTOVA - Hristina Kostova
MIXACTIVITY - Tatyana Karataneva
MDOBCHEVA - Maria Dobcheva
IGEORGIEVA - Ivelina Georgieva
SPANEVA - Severina Paneva
TOOLDOMAINS - Tool Domains Ltd
SUPERSTOR - SUPER STORE BG LTD

Can anyone confirm if these tags participated in the RoR drop which had a participation deadline of the 3rd May? I see SUPERSTOR caught job.uk - so I presume so, but I would prefer evidence.

I have made a request under Section 116 of the Companies Act 2006, so I now have the dates of when each member joined. If you were barred from participating in the RoR drop, feel free to message me.