How to contact an owner?

ian · May 26, 2014

Done to death no doubt, but struggling. Interested in a domain (won't disclose sorry), .co.uk, UK individual. Have tried a number of different email addresses @ the domain, but all bounce with "all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts". The domain isn't being used (from a web presence perspective) and of course the owners details have been hidden as a UK individual.

Any thoughts on what I might be able to do to get in touch?

fuzzer · May 26, 2014

if only you and the owner went 'wayback' - may help...

DaveP · May 27, 2014

If there is no website, address, phone number and all emails are bouncing you can always try http://www.archive.org/ see if it used to have a website with address details or use http://www.companycheck.co.uk/ or you can do a google search for the domain. If that all fails then get twittering perhaps?

Edwin · May 27, 2014

A few more ideas for you here http://www.webmastering.co.uk/domain-names/finding-couk-domain-owner/

Retired_Member39 · May 27, 2014

LinkedIn might be worth a try.

ian · May 27, 2014

Sorry guys, should have said I've tried a number of those already. The way back time machine only offers a few results, all of which are holding pages back to 2008 from Domain Monster, which remains where the domain is parked today.

Would I have any joy in contacting Domain Monster and asking them to forward a message on, or does anyone here work for them and may be able to help?

Other than that, as Tictak has said, I might only find joy in trying a few places based on the name of the owner.

SF · May 27, 2014

Hi Ian

I am confussed, you said you were getting out of domaining and now you are contacting domain owners?

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/125862-why-domaining-isnt-me.html

DaveP · May 27, 2014

SF said:
Hi Ian

I am confussed, you said you were getting out of domaining and now you are contacting domain owners?

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/125862-why-domaining-isnt-me.html

Perhaps he just wants to buy a domain as an end user from someone or some company? I don't equate buying a domain as an end user for development purposes as domaining.

SF · May 27, 2014

Sorry just thought only a few days ago he was saying hes getting out of domaining and then within a matter of hours hes looking at buying a domain name?

DaveP · May 27, 2014

SF said:
Sorry just thought only a few days ago he was saying hes getting out of domaining and then within a matter of hours hes looking at buying a domain name?

See my post above yours.

Also people change their mind all the time. So what if he said that a few days ago?

SF · May 27, 2014

ian · May 27, 2014

SF said:
Hi Ian

I am confussed, you said you were getting out of domaining and now you are contacting domain owners?

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/125862-why-domaining-isnt-me.html

Sorry for the confusion. I won't be continuing to attempt to catch domains or deal in buying or selling them for the time being, but do have a couple of projects I really need to get moving on and this is for one of them. Having no joy at the moment finding who the owner is, so anyone from Domainmonster can help, let me know

Skinner · May 27, 2014

I don't know about domain monster but 123-reg used to forward enquiries on from people all the time, so assuming they are the same support staff, then maybe they will.

AssetDomains · May 27, 2014

I'm not sure if the accounts still monitored

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/members/monster_sam.html

Have you tried contacting there support used to be very good when I used them. Not sure these days they were acquired by host Europe since I've had my TAG

SF · May 27, 2014

ian-d said:
Sorry for the confusion. I won't be continuing to attempt to catch domains or deal in buying or selling them for the time being, but do have a couple of projects I really need to get moving on and this is for one of them. Having no joy at the moment finding who the owner is, so anyone from Domainmonster can help, let me know

Ok makes sense

ian · May 27, 2014

Thanks, I've PM'd the staff member on here and also submitted a support enquiry to see if they can help. Will update.

Retired_Member38 · May 27, 2014

SF said:
Hi Ian

I am confussed, you said you were getting out of domaining and now you are contacting domain owners?

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/125862-why-domaining-isnt-me.html

Acorn member in "talking rubbish" shocker

Source: all of TicTacks posts

ian · May 27, 2014

Contacted Domainmonster, they replied within an hour to say they have forwarded on my enquiry to them. Must say, in all my dealings with Domainmonster, they've always been prompt and efficient in their replies. Here's hoping I get some joy!

ian · May 27, 2014

Might have this sorted, will update soon.

ian · May 27, 2014

Domain purchased

What a straight forward transaction with an individual that I don't believe has any involvement in domains. He just had the domain for a project that didn't start, so was happy with my offer (low £xxx).

All transferred, just waiting for the MX records to catch up so I can set up the email and website. I guess the transfer and switch to DAILY can take a little while!?!?

Won't mention the domain name at the moment, as it is part of a project I'm starting and want to ensure I have trademarks and associated domains in place first. Hoping it could be something big. Fingers crossed.