The UK ROR 'WHO GOT WHAT?' thread

[lazarus]

Precisely why .uk is a shit show and all of you are lining their pockets for another round of big bonuses.

Yes, I agree the whole thing is / was a shit show. At the end of the day it happened and I don't blame domineers for speculating, especially the ones that where late to the party.

 

[daxio]

How on earth could the owners of carsforsale.co.uk claim passing off of carsforsale.uk if both websites are listing cars for sale with different looking websites?

It would be grossly unfair...

this is what TMs were invented for , so if its generic and not TM'd .. maybe. I think what will be clear in DRS cases is that they cannot say 'that's my .uk'. Well we all hope not.

 

[Sam]

I have seen a few people on twitter finding out they have lost there ll.uk which is now on auction now complaining to nominet

 

[3gmedia]

The owners of their .co.uk have had fair warning, a whole five years. A strong defence to owning the .uk, its a whole different matter if you try to pass off the .uk as the co.uk

If you have any problems with .co.uk holders, you may want to contact John Berryhill, johnberryhill.com , https://twitter.com/berryhillj?lang=en

He is the go to guy regarding domain disputes.

 

[Murray]

For all the issues with it (I agree overall .uk introduction is a negative thing) I can't remember the last time domains had been this fun or the forum has been so vibrant and friendly

 

[twostepsbehind]

In hindsight they should've just given all .co.uk holders the .uk with a 2-year reg and if they don't renew after that, it goes to the open market - would've been even fairer, although having 5 years and not registering is fair enough

.uk was the natural step in terms of the way tech progresses

 

[dropcycle]

The best bit was the conference call to Nominet on Monday - I haven't laughed so much in ages.

 

[Constantin S]

For all the issues with it (I agree overall .uk introduction is a negative thing) I can't remember the last time domains had been this fun or the forum has been so vibrant and friendly

To me the .uk introduction was just natural and sooner or later it should've happen.
Nominet IMO did really good when compared to most gtld launches, where there were dropping servers left and right and for some reason most of them even had "premium" prices to acquire & renew them.
That's why I focused only .com until now.

 

[daxio]

In hindsight they should've just given all .co.uk holders the .uk with a 2-year reg and if they don't renew after that, it goes to the open market - would've been even fairer, although having 5 years and not registering is fair enough

.uk was the natural step in terms of the way tech progresses

This was about money. If there had not been a financial opportunity .uk would simply have been reserved for all .co.uk holders , or the first if .org.uk, with the option to use both and migrate to .uk at the owners own pace and whim. The .co.uk should have always been .uk from the start if it hadn't been for the eggheads. They would never have introduced .co.uk after .uk needless to say ... because the problem now is that .uk is much more elegant and I believe will eventually take over - 10 years maybe. It will only take a couple of big sites to switch and it will snowball. Anyway who knows given the state of things we may be doing all this again for .gb or .en (which I believe is reserved).

 

[AssetDomains]

This week is the first time I missed having a TAG looks like you have all been having fun.

I booked a few at public places with a view to develop one day but not much luck.
Picked up
chiangmai.uk
golfcourses.uk
And hand regged giftsformum.co.uk / uk in the run up

If anyone's still taking booking for todays stuff there's a geo I'd like drop me a PM please.

I also have the option of lots of nice stuff via snapnames closed auctions but it got a bit pricey for me yesterday on the one I really wanted
If anyone didn't book there and is interested in some of the premiums let me know

 

[daxio]

This week is the first time I missed having a TAG looks like you have all been having fun.

I booked a few at public places with a view to develop one day but not much luck.
Picked up
chiangmai.uk
golfcourses.uk
And hand regged giftsformum.co.uk / uk in the run up

If anyone's still taking booking for todays stuff there's a geo I'd like drop me a PM please.

I also have the option of lots of nice stuff via snapnames closed auctions but it got a bit pricey for me yesterday on the one I really wanted
If anyone didn't book there and is interested in some of the premiums let me know

your inbox is full

 

[AssetDomains]

your inbox is full

Cleared some

 

[Siusaidh]

I'm travelling and offline the next 2 days, so I won't know what I get from today. (I'm on Mastermind and they're filming tomorrow.)

Just want to wish you all good luck.

It's been great to see the way people have interacted, sometimes helping each other out. And to see how people have used their initiative to get domains they want.

I'm non-techy and a nurse. That's what I do. But I like getting domains I want to develop as little websites. And I've always managed to get pretty nice domains by doing research and being sneaky. I love people who tinker and manage workarounds.

This forum has been helpful to me and friendly (I've actually been on it since 2011, I previously used 'Susannah' as my username, but I forgot my details so I re-reg'd... shambolic! Simon at Dropcatcher got me 4 good domains I really wanted. I've used other sources too, overall haul: 11 domains out of 31 targets. Pretty happy with that. My favourite catches were probably Christ.uk and Susannah.uk (seeing as it's my name).

Hope today goes well for you!

 

[mdb]

Yeah, if anyone fancies chasing one for me, please inbox me your price

Managed to hand reg compareenergy.uk yesterday.

... And bladerunner. Just for fun.

 

[twostepsbehind]

compareenergy.uk - hand reg...has to be at the top of ones the slipped through the net...

 

[mdb]

I'm travelling and offline the next 2 days, so I won't know what I get from today. (I'm on Mastermind and they're filming tomorrow.)

Just want to wish you all good luck.

It's been great to see the way people have interacted, sometimes helping each other out. And to see how people have used their initiative to get domains they want.

I'm non-techy and a nurse. That's what I do. But I like getting domains I want to develop as little websites. And I've always managed to get pretty nice domains by doing research and being sneaky. I love people who tinker and manage workarounds.

This forum has been helpful to me and friendly (I've actually been on it since 2011, I previously used 'Susannah' as my username, but I forgot my details so I re-reg'd... shambolic! Simon at Dropcatcher got me 4 good domains I really wanted. I've used other sources too, overall haul: 11 domains out of 31 targets. Pretty happy with that. My favourite catches were probably Christ.uk and Susannah.uk (seeing as it's my name).

Hope today goes well for you!

Agree, I'm not a catcher but have always taken an interest and followed along on Acorn. Folks have been friendly and helpful over the years...

The state the country's in, it's been a welcome bit of fresh air watching over the past week how you've all picked up stuff. Congrats to all.

 

[mdb]

compareenergy.uk - hand reg...has to be at the top of ones the slipped through the net...

Well, I looked at well over 1000 yesterday. Debating some others out there, but yeah, think this was a lucky find.

 

[davedevelopment]

I have seen a few people on twitter finding out they have lost there ll.uk which is now on auction now complaining to nominet

Who's complaining?! I'm intrigued

 

[Constantin S]

Does anyone know if cregisp accepts backorder requests? (and his/her contact details)

 

[Kaleido]

I also have the option of lots of nice stuff via snapnames closed auctions but it got a bit pricey for me yesterday on the one I really wanted. If anyone didn't book there and is interested in some of the premiums let me know

I'm in three of the SnapNames auctions with you

A couple of the premium one-worders are a bit rich for me too, so if anyone is curious and fancies a crack, drop me a line.