traffic.co.uk

[retired_member27]

Sorry, if this is not in the right section. Just thought people would like to know that traffic.co.uk which is in a SUSPENDED state is up for auction on the auctionurls website.

 

[Paullas]

how can it be there ? do they know when it will drop etc or do they just take a gamble.

 

[retired_member27]

Well they once had rock.co.uk and that dropped before they could auction it, but yes it does seem strange.

 

[Paullas]

moved:

hmmm yes i find it strange that sites like this can do that on suspended domains.

 

[keys]

It would be a surprise if this one is not valuable enough for someone to buy it, and for Bona Vacantia to achieve a sale before it drops.

And if it does drop, there is one canididate most likely to grab it.

 

[tifosi]

I thought nominet had ended their arrangement with bona vacawhotsit and were allowing domains to drop 'naturally'

S

 

[grantw]

I thought nominet had ended their arrangement with bona vacawhotsit and were allowing domains to drop 'naturally'

S

As far as I know they have, someone from Nominet confirmed it on a thread somewhere. I don't think bona vacawhotsit have a clue what they are doing.

Grant

 

[jonno]

well the domains last updated date changed a couple of weeks back when it should have dropped so someones done something

maybe someone at nominet can confirm their position with bona vacantia?

 

[Jay Daley]

maybe someone at nominet can confirm their position with bona vacantia?

Domains registered before our October 2004 rules change and not since renewed (at which point they sign up to the Ts &Cs) go BV. pre-noms, like traffic.co.uk also go BV. If I remember rightly then once it enters BV (and we agree it should) then we don't drop it.

 

[Paullas]

Domains registered before our October 2004 rules change and not since renewed (at which point they sign up to the Ts &Cs) go BV. pre-noms, like traffic.co.uk also go BV. If I remember rightly then once it enters BV (and we agree it should) then we don't drop it.

So does BV own this domain name now and if it does not drop then what happens with it? sorry i am not familiar with BV and how there process is as im sure domains that where on BV in the past have dropped ??

 

[Jay Daley]

So does BV own this domain name now and if it does not drop then what happens with it? sorry i am not familiar with BV and how there process is as im sure domains that where on BV in the past have dropped ??

In the case of this domain I don't know. If a BV domain has dropped in the past then I think this is where we disagreed with them about whether it should go BV, or possibly us or BV made a mistake. But it they properly have it then it should not drop (or so I think anyway - can't call anyone to check right now).

 

[retired_member11]

Clint Eastwood

traffic.co.uk is a pre-nom, and therefore the rights are not party to any Nominet contract.

The rights pass to the Crown at The Treasury Solicitor (BV) for final disposal.
If you want it you have to make a SINGLE (only one bid allowed) BLIND (you don't know what others have bid) bid.

So, one could be paying way too much for the rights (this is not like keyword bidding where one can 'gap surf' and pay just that one unit more than the next highest bidder to get top spot), and also be having to place TOTAL FAITH in Nominet (an interesting juxtaposition) not dropping the reg in the period AFTER one has made the non-refundable payment to BV for the rights but BEFORE the transfer forms are signed, sealed and delivered to Nominet. GULP! DARE I? "My hand trembles as I sign the cheque - was that five zeros or only four".

Clint Eastwood: "Do you feel lucky, punk"

Well, do ya?

 

[Paullas]

so if you place a bid now do you have to pay now ? or do you only pay if you are the winning bidder.

 

[retired_member11]

so if you place a bid now do you have to pay now ? or do you only pay if you are the winning bidder.

There can't be two winners. The winner pays.

I would be interested to know what BV would do if the high bid was made by two separate bidders.

 

[Paullas]

ah sorry, had no sleep for 2 days

 

[aqls]

plus all the outrageous BV admin fees.

-aqls-

 

[retired_member11]

The question is whether traffic is such a great name anyway, and especially so under such unappealling bidding rules (?). As a dropped name it seems attractive, but as a BV auction name much less so. A little ugly in fact.

 

[retired_member11]

plus all the outrageous BV admin fees.

-aqls-

...how much?

 

[aqls]

£293.75 per domain (£250 + VAT)

-aqls

 

[aqls]

that's what happens when you get government and lawyers involved.

Keep Nominet out of government hands.

-aqls-