thought I was onto something!

[Drago1986]

I must admit I was slightly shocked that it was free to register but anyway through 1and1 I put my name down for www.sportsnews.co.uk

Clearly this is a good name and I was a bit excited by the prospect. Couple of hours later they tell me it cannot be registered to me as it was not available!

Very peeved. Although I should say not surprised

Does this kind of thing happen regularly with the registrars?

 

[Systreg]

through 1and1

Avoid 1and1 like the plague, do a forum search for 1and1, 1&1 etc, they are proper scammy b@stards.

 

[Drago1986]

duly noted.

are 123 better then?

 

[fish]

duly noted.

are 123 better then?

marginally :mrgreen:

 

[Drago1986]

oh dear thats not encouraging

Who would you recommend fish?

 

[ratboy]

1&1 take about 4hrs to register an available name from memory.

That said when I was starting out I hand registered lyrics.co.uk with them. But you have no chance these days

 

[AssetDomains]

Domainmonster are pretty good for registrations.

Also if you looking at the name for a project I have the next best UK alternative if your interested.

sportsnews.org.uk

 

[fish]

oh dear thats not encouraging

Who would you recommend fish?

Heart Internet (however they now are owned by same company as 123reg so who knows what will happen with them over time)

Domainmonster are also good

 

[monaghan]

Who would you recommend fish?

If you are going to be a serious player, why not become a Nominet member, get a TAG and reg your own domains?

 

[eurorealtor]

101Domain.com having same problems, show unavailable domains as available. Also take forever to get a domain after you pay for it. On the other hand you may register probably any ccTLD worldwide with them.

 

[Lovekraft]

fell for that couple of times a while back, its such a deflating feeling.

I recommend Daily.co.uk, control panel is nice and clean, always found 123 Reg's to be pretty dated and crap on most browsers, bordering on unusable at times. Saying that i think Daily are also owned by the same company (webfusion) as 123 but they got it right with this one.

 

[doodlebug]

You can't go wrong with Domain Monster, I use them and nobody else 8)

 

[cc976a]

I'd also suggest Daily.co.uk

Instant registration as far as I'm concerned, and good customer service

STAY AWAY FROM 1&1 - otherwise like many (and I mean many) you'll seriously regret it, very quickly!

 

[Blossom]

Saying that i think Daily are also owned by the same company (webfusion) as 123 but they got it right with this one.

Nope they aren't...doubt they would be bought by them either. If they did buy Daily they would dissolve it into their existing brands (personal opinion).

 

[D600]

Namecheap.com for .co.uk is the same and maybe cheaper than 123 reg when I registered a name the other day based on currency conversion

 

[D600]

123 regs new control panel for DNS only seems to work for me in firefox and multiple domain edits doesn't exist!

 

[Lovekraft]

Nope they aren't...doubt they would be bought by them either. If they did buy Daily they would dissolve it into their existing brands (personal opinion).

I thought i used to see the webfusion brand at the bottom of Daily's site but having looked it isn't there so I stand corrected then.

 

[gigikentgigi]

Godaddy?

 

[Edwin]

Godaddy?

Why? There are many better choices for the UK market...

 

[Bailey]

Why? There are many better choices for the UK market...

Indeed, I'm fortunate enough to have an assigned exec account rep at Godaddy (for .coms and i'm sure many have) It certainly makes for easier/cheaper renewals and management (not to mention grace period back to 32 days)

*If you've got a couple of hundred plus domains there - Ask for it

But for .co.uk Godaddy is not even in the ball-park