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1&1 - .UK domains

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When I log into Nominet I see that 1&1 has regged a bunch of .UK domains without me asking them to. They haven't invoiced me.

Guess I'm free to transfer these via Nominets system? Nothing 1&1 can do to stop that?
 
I assume these are the .uk right of registration counterparts to your .co.uk domains.
They could only be registered to the .co.uk owner, so yes you can transfer them as you wish via Nominet.
 
I assume these are the .uk right of registration counterparts to your .co.uk domains.
They could only be registered to the .co.uk owner, so yes you can transfer them as you wish via Nominet.

Yes, sorry should have been clear.
Yes they are the .UK versions of the .co.uk that I held.
 
There shouldn't be anything stopping you, but it will be interesting to see how that goes. There are well over 100,000 .uk domains registered in June by Fasthosts and Ionos 1&1, without the registrants requesting them to do it. Given that registrants are meant to agree to Nominet's terms and conditions before registration, and Registrars are required to obtain that consent, the whole process is quite unorthodox, though sanctioned and blessed by Nominet "to stop cybersquatting".

If you want to, it would be interesting if you could confirm that the move away from Ionos 1&1 goes through alright.
 
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