Have you ever not bought a domain name due to the cost to transfer it?

[Aaron Clifford]

Have you ever not bought a domain name due to the cost to transfer it?

(on behalf of rob!)

 

[retired_member13]

Definitely.

I was pretty keen on Watch.co.uk, but they want £100,012 to transfer it to me, which really did put me off, so I didn't buy it.

Have you ever not bought a domain name due to the cost to transfer it?

(on behalf of rob!)

 

[philiporchard]

Definitely.

I was pretty keen on Watch.co.uk, but they want £100,012 to transfer it to me, which really did put me off, so I didn't buy it.

Hehe - like it

 

[Ashton]

My answer: I would buy more lower price domains if the cost of transfer was lower

But then again, I want to move to high value domains as soon as I can really

 

[mat]

Its very hard to buy a "bargain" domain name for a tenner, when its going to cost the same again to transfer it.

They should lower the cost to a few quid.... or free

 

[Retired_member41]

Its very hard to buy a "bargain" domain name for a tenner, when its going to cost the same again to transfer it.

They should lower the cost to a few quid.... or free

I agree...........

 

[anthony]

The relative cost, or whether it is affordable, is not the point. To re-iterate something I said in the other thread, all previous admin charges were 'cost neutral', neither losing nor making money for Nominet either way. This method however, strips Nominet almost entirely out of every electronic transfer, so therefore it is massively profitable to them.

There is no logic to an arguement which says that their admin charge for a domain name is about £3 per year, yet it is £12 to allow the registrants to effect a direct sale without Nominets' input, you're forced to pay it!

 

[mat]

I almost want to be able to opt in for paper work transfers, just so it feels like im getting my moneys worth again

 

[BREWSTERS]

Why would anyone stop buying a name because of the £12 fee? If you don't believe that the name is worth at least that, what is your initial interest in it?

 

[seanc]

why is it £12 to transfer but only half that to buy it new?!?

a transfer cant involve much more work than a new registration?

 

[davedevelopment]

I have avoided 'bargain' purchases because the transfer fee would double the cost, but I think ultimately that's been a blessing in disguise.

 

[BREWSTERS]

why is it £12 to transfer but only half that to buy it new?!?

a transfer cant involve much more work than a new registration?

Probably doesn't involve any work - all automated. But, there are more records that need to be updated with a transfer perhaps (albeit automatically).

Maybe it's a ploy to prevent there becoming an ultra-low market; if it's not worth paying the transfer fee then it's not worth your time buying it in the first place.

 

[retired_member32]

why is it £12 to transfer but only half that to buy it new?!?

a transfer cant involve much more work than a new registration?

never thought of that before.....god damn it,it is secondhand

 

[retired_member13]

I prefer the .com system for transfers.

"In registrar" transfers are free, but to transfer out requires a domain renewal - so you pay a years renewal fee for the transfer but get the extended renewal time.

Saying that, the .com system makes domain theft a lot easier, as it's possible to change the registrant without an "official" registry transaction.

Overall I think it's part and parcel of operating within the UK system and should be treated as such.

Another way of looking at it is that there are loads of times when I've bought more than one name because of the transfer fee - ie if you're going to pay £12 to transfer you may as well take 3 £10 names as one.

 

[BREWSTERS]

I'd much rather transfers are handled by the registry than a registrar.

Does everyone remember the Registerfly debacle?

Also, I had a few .uk names at Godaddy - they use a German registrar for their .co.uk names. The trouble I had moving those names out was ridiculous - it seems that nobody out of Godaddys 5000 staff knew anything about .co.uk names.