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@ellis dropping his first name in .uk and .co.uk?

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I'm aware of a registrar that was/is a member here @Ellis that appears to have dropped his first name (Alex) in .co.uk and .uk.

I wouldn't normally draw attention to names that are dropping cause I'd like to snag them for myself, but doesn't this seem like strange behaviour for a domain investor to drop their first name (a popular name at that) in an extension they're supposed to be a registrar in.

Looks like it was purchased in 2006 here at acorn.

It makes me wonder if @Ellis is ok? Maybe my worries are misplaced...
 
Dealt with him in the past. Just dropped him an email.
Brilliant. Thanks! I hope he's OK.

Hopefully his email address wasn't @ the .co.uk, as it's past the point of no return so won't be functioning...
 
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I asked Nominet to send him a message and it seems like they have failed to get into contact with him... nor do they care to be honest haha.

He could literally be deceased and his tag still lives on...
 
That's very sad news. We should all have something in place regarding valuable names should the worst happen.
 
I didn't know him and I did think it was strange for him to be dropping alex in .co.uk and .uk.

Thanks for finding out. I'm sorry that it is the worst news regarding him RIP. I have followed up with Nominet, not that I expect they'll do anything.
 
I recall him mentioning involvement with beds.co.uk site. Looking at archive.org, the company behind the site was 05012340, they now operate https://shortybeds.co.uk. Companies house shows he resigned in Mar 2023 and year of birth makes him around 52 years old. So more than likely it is him. Sad if true.
 
I recall him mentioning involvement with beds.co.uk site. Looking at archive.org, the company behind the site was 05012340, they now operate https://shortybeds.co.uk. Companies house shows he resigned in Mar 2023 and year of birth makes him around 52 years old. So more than likely it is him. Sad if true.
He also has shortybeds.uk and bedexpress.uk under his tag, which matches the companies house record for a dissolved company with his name Bed Express Ltd. His name, year and month of birth on companies house matches the one from the linked obituary.
 
I recall him mentioning involvement with beds.co.uk site. Looking at archive.org, the company behind the site was 05012340, they now operate https://shortybeds.co.uk. Companies house shows he resigned in Mar 2023 and year of birth makes him around 52 years old. So more than likely it is him. Sad if true.

He was 52 Mo. I met him once many years ago, was quite enthusiastic about domains, like all of us. He did some community work in Lancaster and had kids. Very sad at 52 and shows how vulnerable we all are.
 

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