Finally...a use for .UK

[archibel]

I've just accidently typed in dailymailco.uk and got a third-party website with affiliate links.

I see amazonco.uk, tescoco.uk and ebayco.uk are similarly set up and I expect they all get a decent quantity of mistyped traffic.

Whilst I don't condone passing-off, it's nice to see that someone other than Nominet is making money out of .UK

 

[Scottie]

I stumbled across threeco.uk parked at sedo.

 

[anthony]

this is apprentice talk!

 

[Retired_Member42]

Perhaps the plan for .uk all along was to fleece domainers and make a killing on future DRS fees

 

[Skinner]

During the consultation, didn't nominet specifically mention this problem ? I know I brought it up a few times.

 

[scooter]

Even some small "registrars" getting in on the act

Domain name: carphonewarehouseco.uk
Registrant: Stefan Hansmann


Registrar: Nanjing Imperiosus Technology Co. Ltd [Tag = NANJING-CN]
URL: http://www.domainerschoice.com


Domainerschoice CEO
Stefan Hansmann



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[Retired_Member42]

Does anyone here own something similar? I'd be interested to see how much traffic one of these generated and what you could actually do with it without getting sued.

 

[diablo]

Still, as long as the address details validate, the public is safe.

 

[The Ferryman]

Still, as long as the address details validate, the public is safe.

 

[sdsinc]

Nice find. That was to be expected though, and if somebody ran a survey it would certainly show a few surprises.