DRS for your Surname!

mat · 18-02-2009, 10:24:17 PM

My last name is taken in every option!

The owner wont sell me the domain as its his last name and business name!

Funny story though, I came home one night bit drunk and something was telling me to look up my last name, so I did, and oddly the .org.uk was sat there unregged. It had been taken for years so must of expired!

So got my last name in .org.uk for reg fee which I cant complain about but its still not the .co.uk!!

Skinner · 18-02-2009, 10:43:39 PM

STJ has almost all the variations of my firstname and my surname in .co.uk, and other extentions are held by some ancesters who broke off 400 yrs ago and now own a multi million investment fund, and have TM applications on all new .ext incl .me/.mobi/etc.

doodlebug · 20-02-2009, 04:10:04 PM

I could have my surname in .org.uk but wuldn't do anything with it,so not bothering.

I do own my name now AndyMacdougall.com after waiting 6 years for it

The previous owner has since left a message on my guestbook saying " Hi ! i owned this name but let it go " yeah right,he forgot about it more like.
How else did he know i turned it into a site ?

When he went to re-reg and discovered i had snapped it up.

I did aquire my sisters first name in .co.uk but she doesn't want it

So much for trying to do something nice.

GeoMal · 23-02-2009, 03:22:29 PM

A bit off topic but related, I bought my surname .com somewhere around 1999, free to reg, using a small local ISP that the company I worked for used. Never used it but paid my dues to them (somewere around �50 per year!) happily each year to renew, then checked it one day a few years later to find it was registered to someone in the states.

ISP said that they were using an email registration system that failed at the time, sorry and all that but nothing we can do.

It's now registered to an Italian company, they wanted Eur 4K last time I asked. Winds me up every time I think about it, would love it now for email addresses for the family.

18-02-2009, 10:24:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
mat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 3,328 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 40)	My last name is taken in every option! The owner wont sell me the domain as its his last name and business name! Funny story though, I came home one night bit drunk and something was telling me to look up my last name, so I did, and oddly the .org.uk was sat there unregged. It had been taken for years so must of expired! So got my last name in .org.uk for reg fee which I cant complain about but its still not the .co.uk!! __________________ Mathew.co.uk - Follow me on Twitter here

18-02-2009, 10:43:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
Skinner Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,507 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	STJ has almost all the variations of my firstname and my surname in .co.uk, and other extentions are held by some ancesters who broke off 400 yrs ago and now own a multi million investment fund, and have TM applications on all new .ext incl .me/.mobi/etc. __________________ Browse:

20-02-2009, 04:10:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
doodlebug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: This time next year we'll be millionaires ! Posts: 4,651 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 32)	Names I could have my surname in .org.uk but wuldn't do anything with it,so not bothering. I do own my name now AndyMacdougall.com after waiting 6 years for it The previous owner has since left a message on my guestbook saying " Hi ! i owned this name but let it go " yeah right,he forgot about it more like. How else did he know i turned it into a site ? When he went to re-reg and discovered i had snapped it up. I did aquire my sisters first name in .co.uk but she doesn't want it So much for trying to do something nice. __________________ No links for me thanks !

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23-02-2009, 03:22:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
GeoMal Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 453 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 14)	A bit off topic but related, I bought my surname .com somewhere around 1999, free to reg, using a small local ISP that the company I worked for used. Never used it but paid my dues to them (somewere around �50 per year!) happily each year to renew, then checked it one day a few years later to find it was registered to someone in the states. ISP said that they were using an email registration system that failed at the time, sorry and all that but nothing we can do. It's now registered to an Italian company, they wanted Eur 4K last time I asked. Winds me up every time I think about it, would love it now for email addresses for the family.