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September .uk drop discussion

Discussion in 'Drop catching Domain Names' started by Murray, Sep 3, 2020.

  1. Hay

    Hay Active Member

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    Historic domain data... Both Ha.uk and the other one sold contains the same persons details
     
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  3. DomainAngel

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    No way in a million years were these renewed due to someone contacting the owner. Won't see any tag or name changes for a good while as they've been scared well off.

    Maybe someone contacted them and said they were collecting generic single word domains for numerous charities they are setting up? No one likes to refuse someone playing the charity card.

    Still nothing new, domain industry bent as a nine bob note lol
     
  4. Hay

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    @DomainAngel your wrong because i know who bought the domain and ive spoken to them and they are a member on here!!
     
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  5. DomainAngel

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    I'm quite often wrong, but no one sells a domain at the last hour, you renew yeah and deal with it the next day, not at the death.
     
  6. Hay

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    Susannah bought a domain today that was 18 hours into the drop which was waiting to drop... she bought it and got it sent to her tag within seconds! have you not seen the above posts about Charlie.uk today?
     
  7. DomainAngel

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    lol yes I have
     
  8. davedevelopment

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    For the first time in a year or so, I spent half an hour last night shuffling things around to change my tactics a little and I actually saw a ",N" this morning! Pleased I'm taking one domain away from all this and it's related to my new found woodworking hobby - mdf.uk.

    Blown all my quota though now, so good luck to all of you for the rest of the day.
     
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  9. DomainMagic

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    My catching script went rogue this morning and caught gayporn.uk :eek:

    You'll all be pleased to know that I won't be accompanying it with a suitable photo like Boris yesterday morning ;)

    If anyone would like gayporn (just the domain!) please PM as i'm open to offers :confused:
     
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  10. Lovekraft United Kingdom

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    Many years ago I purchased FL.co.uk (this was when it was one of only a very limited number of 2 letter domains in existence, registered before 2 letter registrations were blocked, long before the rest were eventually auctioned) from the administrators of an Icelandic bank that had went under, right at the last minute, a couple of days before it was due to drop simply by contacting them after digging around a bit. It was actually quite complicated due the company being in administration as Nominet needed loads of signed paperwork from ex directors, copies of invoices etc to first of all get it renewed. The poor sod I was dealing with actually went to great lengths to assist in getting everything we needed, rooting through the basement to find all the paperwork etc, emailing all the ex directors to get them to sign a permission slip etc.

    It was quite stressful because I had paid them for the domain and then it eventually reached the day it was due to drop while the administrators and ex director were still scrambling around to get all the right paperwork. In the end Nominet actually put a lock on the domain dropping to allow more time for the paperwork to arrive which I'm not sure I've ever seen happen before.

    So yeah I used the contacting method to my advantage before i was properly drop catching but I didn't bother repeating it because it was a lot of work in the end!
     
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    nominet did the same for me in an identical situation; they were very helpful.
     
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  12. Lovekraft United Kingdom

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    Theres a name for the whole process, can you remember what it's called?
     
  13. Murray

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    @Murray nothing surprises me... this whole industry is corrupt and full of snakes :rolleyes:
     
  15. 3gmedia

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    Ok, caught these so far today.

    Fintec

    Obama

    LochnessMonster

    Large

    Fishmonger
     
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    dee Well-Known Member Acorn Supporter

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    Nice. Like fintec and large especially
     
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  17. Hay

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    Footy.uk and Fi.uk all renewed for snakes on here :D
     
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    Just out of interest, if somebody has worked out who owns the domains and contacted them asking if they wish to sell them how does that make them a snake?
     
  19. Hay

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    Yeah when your 13 hours into the day, I also know for a fact that one of the domains sold was not properly owned by the person who sold it.... They sold it on the basis that the owner of the .co.uk (Likely does not want it otherwise they would have taken/renewed it) because they sold the .co.uk to the owner who did not claim the RoR Rights thus the ROR is still sat with the bulk registrations.
     
  20. Lovekraft United Kingdom

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    I mean i guess it must be annoying if you were chasing the domain, i get that but it's still a legit method of acquiring a domain regardless.
     
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    @Lovekraft - if i sold you Abc.co.uk a year ago (prior to ROR) and you didnt claim the .UK during ROR so fasthosts bulk register them all, meaning i still have access to that ABC.uk but not ABC.co.uk through nominets domain manager or through fasthosts and iknow ABC.uk is dropping today because you have not claimed or renewed the domain... am i ok to sell ABC.uk to someone else and not let it drop? No im not because i dont own the .co.uk anymore and i dont own the rights to the .uk.

    In my eyes thats domain theft?
     
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