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Hi,
I'm in the process of acquiring a domain name from a third party. Just to make sure I'm up to speed on the process I have a couple of questions:
1. What escrow service would people recommend (it's a GBP transaction)? I've seen https://www.transpact.com/ get recommended here before.
2...
Cheers fellas. It's a really good community you've got here and everyone's been super-helpful, but I definitely don't reckon I'm in the gang - at least not enough to make a difference :)
LOL, I'd draw the line at cold, hard cash thanks :p
I can't see that posting the domain name would do anything other than increase exposure around it so I'd rather not go there tbh.
I got a back-up domain, which isn't ideal, but it's not the end of the world; I just need to move on.
As a developer I'm aware of .uk domains, and if I was pushing forward with a decent sized brand, it would make sense to pick up the pair, but I'd not even considered it stand-alone as I don't feel like they have the same 'clout' as .co.uk's, certainly not at the moment. Maybe in future it'll be...
Sure, sorry, I didn't mean to annoy - just frustrated I guess. I've put in an offer of high £££ but don't hold out much hope - I can only afford what I can afford.
This is all really helpful, thanks!
I don't think the domain was popular at all as I didn't back order it until mid December and I was the only back-order in the places I tried. Most of the other TLDs for the domain are still available too. Just a shame that dropped.uk and Daily failed and I...
Thanks, so literally if I went to any of the common registrars at 00:00:01 on the 92nd day, it'd be available?
If only Nominet could have told me this it'd have saved so much heartache :(.
When I was looking for back-ordering services, most of the ones I saw (especially the big ones like...
Hi,
I've had my eye on an expiring .co.uk domain since it expired 3 months ago. I was really desperate to secure the domain as I'd got a product it fitted perfectly that I want to push forward this year. Not knowing a great deal about the process or domain catching I did the following...