September .uk drop discussion

3gmedia · Sep 15, 2020

signature said:
Is there a way to compile a list, may be create a separate thread with just the names in one place.

Below are the ones compile by @Whois-Search on his twitter feed:
sunset .uk
waterfall .uk
quest .uk
sharon .uk
tag .uk
sonic .uk
swipe .uk
par .uk
pad .uk
ultra .uk
shine .uk
pigeon .uk
peacock .uk
sparrow .uk
trending .uk
pyramid .uk
slam .uk
scratch .uk

Addition to the above list:
trident .uk - Still suspended
tct .uk - Still suspended
trm .uk - Still suspended
yummy .uk - Renewed

I emailed & linkedin messaged a few of .co.uk asking if they wanted to sell but didnt get a single reply back.

webber · Sep 15, 2020

gregfindley said:
Tempted to contact Shoes .co.uk and ask them, if I can reach the right person.

The company was dissolved last year. The liquidators might know what happen to the domain

davedevelopment · Sep 16, 2020

@Whois-Search just mentioned on the nominet forum that something might be happening - tag.uk looks to have been "unrenewed" ?

https://www.nominet.uk/whois/?query=Tag.uk

3gmedia · Sep 16, 2020

Most have been unrenewed, looks like they might drop.

DomainMagic · Sep 16, 2020

Going back to the original "who got what" I've just spotted some more I caught in my Nominet WDM account that I'd not shared, all now on Flip btw

pyg.uk
rgg.uk
snmp.uk
qnap.uk
provided.uk
merger.uk

Warning: these were all caught in the boring old fashion way and no Fasthost staff or services were harmed in the process

Aaron Clifford · Sep 16, 2020

Anyone got a list of the "unrenewed" domains?

LCHappy · Sep 17, 2020

https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/17/dot_uk_domain_sales/

The claim from Fasthosts is 38 names, I thought there was more stolen names than that.

"Fasthosts said the sales were "a mistake," with its head of sales and marketing Michelle Stark telling The Register on Wednesday that 38 expiring domains had been renewed and shifted before they publicly dropped in a "one-off online transaction" due to "human error.""

Murray · Sep 17, 2020

LCHappy said:
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/17/dot_uk_domain_sales/

That article is incredibly kind

Why does it say "sold" in the title and throughout the article, these weren't sales?

Why has Nominet said..

“We have intervened to ensure that any domains which have also been transferred to different registrars are reinstated to the correct registrant. Fasthosts have reversed the remainder this morning."

No they haven't?

"Fasthosts allowed at least one of its customers to renew and obtain the domain names on the day of their expiry, just before they were due to drop."

"Fasthosts said the sales were "a mistake," with its head of sales and marketing Michelle Stark telling The Register on Wednesday that 38 expiring domains had been renewed and shifted before they publicly dropped in a "one-off online transaction" due to "human error."

" and one of those transfer requests was wrongly processed. She insisted there were “no loopholes” in the system."

one?

dropped.uk · Sep 17, 2020

gregfindley said:
I would like to reply with the full list of names, can anyone help me compile the list of names in question?

I can provide those that were backordered, which was a fair few of them. I'll email you the details.

Edit: email sent.

dropcycle · Sep 17, 2020

A list has already been submitted.

signature · Sep 17, 2020

gregfindley said:
Just received from Nominet, I would like to reply with the full list of names, can anyone help me compile the list of names in question?

Nominet must have footprint of all domains, they should no which domains were renewed and moved to new registrant, this should be within their data. You can only provide information on the ones you know about which cannot be the full list.

Nominet needs to be better than this.

Murray · Sep 17, 2020

I just spoke to someone at Nominet on the phone

They told me they will take back domains transferred to different tags as soon as today

Worryingly when pressed on what will happen with the registrars involved he used the word "intent" a couple of times. You can sign a contract with t&c and still claim you didn't know and that seems fine with them somehow

They said they had no evidence this had happened before until recently

They will be working to ensure this doesn't happen again and might release a statement regarding that but no statement was likely on punishments fore registrars involved that will be handled internally

dee · Sep 17, 2020

Murray said:
I just spoke to someone at Nominet on the phone

They told me they will take back domains transferred to different tags as soon as today

Worryingly when pressed on what will happen with the registrars involved he used the word "intent" a couple of times. You can sign a contract with t&c and still claim you didn't know and that seems fine with them somehow

They said they had no evidence this had happened before until recently

They will be working to ensure this doesn't happen again and might release a statement regarding that but no statement was likely on punishments fore registrars involved that will be handled internally

Is there a list of the registrars they were transfered too ? I guess difficult if any of them allow outside registrations and aren't a self managed. Although realistically , you cant ban a TAG that already holds domains legitimately bought before all this.

Murray · Sep 17, 2020

dee said:
Although realistically , you cant ban a TAG that already holds domains legitimately bought before all this.

If they feel you've broken the t&c I think they can terminate you contract as a registrar or take any actions under sanctions in the registrar agreement they feel are appropriate

signature · Sep 17, 2020

Looks like Trident, tct and trm dropped yesterday, now caught.

Were they dropped my Nominet or the person looking to move them delete them or FastHost delete them..

Murray · Sep 17, 2020

signature said:
Looks like Trident, tct and trm dropped yesterday, now caught.

I was told domains renewed on fasthosts and left with them were reversed by fasthosts on Wednesday

I'm guessing they dropped legitimately, if you caught one it's probably best to second check with Nominet

armistice · Sep 17, 2020

signature said:
Looks like Trident, tct and trm dropped yesterday, now caught.

Were they dropped my Nominet or the person looking to move them delete them or FastHost delete them..

trident.uk,Y,N,2020-09-16,2021-09-16,MELITAWEB 2020-09-16 13:31:58 . 5568
trm.uk,Y,N,2020-09-16,2021-09-16,DROPPED-UK 2020-09-16 14:21:02 . 5665
tct.uk,Y,N,2020-09-16,2021-09-16,BHAYDOM 2020-09-16 23:09:21 . 0897

ukbackorder · Sep 17, 2020

Murray said:
I was told domains renewed on fasthosts and left with them were reversed by fasthosts on Wednesday

I'm guessing they dropped legitimately, if you caught one it's probably best to second check with Nominet

Some of them went into suspended state. Those dropped. The ones in 'renewal required' didn't. Some added a year onto their registration so I assume these won't drop for at least another year. Who knows...certainly not nominet it seems. There were others. vortex, plumb etc.

3gmedia · Sep 17, 2020

signature said:
Looks like Trident, tct and trm dropped yesterday, now caught.

Were they dropped my Nominet or the person looking to move them delete them or FastHost delete them..

I've got the list running on my platform to catch and I did see the ones that have been caught.

Murray · Sep 17, 2020

sigh said:
Some of them went into suspended state. Those dropped. The ones in 'renewal required' didn't. Some added a year onto their registration so I assume these won't drop for at least another year. Who knows...certainly not nominet it seems.

Thanks, yeah I just looked at domains still at fasthosts and they haven't had their renewals reversed so god knows, Nominet aren't giving out the most accurate information