In a Sedo auction that ended a few hours ago Tip.co.uk was sold for £10,501 and another decent name Elizabeth.co.uk reached £1,310 - both of which are interesting pointers in the often secretive .UK market.
We will keep an eye on where the names end up , reseller or end user?!
Cybernetnews (what a 1996 domain name) reports that FireFox 3 will incorperate something similar to the LocationBar plugin as standard.
In summary the plugin highlights the domain name in the browser address bar, this makes it easier for a user to identify what site they are on. This will draw attention to the domain name being […]
Part Two of our look at the recent PAB policy papers looks at Domaining! That is to say the trading of domain names and associated services.
The FSB Paper
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) were asked to comment and have supplied a position paper. In this they recognise Domaining as a ‘growing industry’ and one that […]
It has been a busy time in Nominet Towers with both domaining papers and DRS review papers being issued.
In this first post we will look at what the DRS Review has come up with - the full paper can be found here
We feel the key points are:
- Most of the DRS will stay unchanged.
- £10 […]
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, today announces the registration of the six millionth domain name, klassikbuilders.co.uk. The domain name was registered by Tony Hunt, a tradesman from Merseyside.
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, today announces the registration of the six millionth domain name, klassikbuilders.co.uk. The domain name was registered by Tony Hunt, a tradesman from Merseyside.
.Nz has more in common with .UK than just sharing a DRS system - they also have decent domain sales! Recently a large .nz (mainly .co.nz we believe) portfolio sale was made by Domain World Ltd (New Zealand based company) to Portfolio Brains LLC (USA based company) including domains such as CreditCards.co.nz.
It is rumoured that […]
Further to previous posts regarding the problems arising from Nominet UK upgrading their systems it seems several more bugs have been spotted roaming in the wild.
- IPS-TAG change emails are not turning up at ISPs. This means that a registrant can change the TAG of their domain yet the tagholder (or in the new Nom […]