I thought in light of the recent announcement about stopping certificates I would try to reduce some of the time and paper involved in transferring a domain, so i've just started a little experiment.
1. I agreed to buy a domain last night from someone in Ireland
2. Paid via bank transfer which he got straight away
3. He faxed me pages 1 & 2 of the transfer forms this morning together with his covering letter. (would have been better if he could have scanned & emailed it but never mind)
4. I filled in my sections of the form and produced a covering letter and emailed to Nominet.
5. Nominet have confirmed receipt of documents and are processing it.
Time taken less than 24 hours
1. I agreed to buy a domain last night from someone in Ireland
2. Paid via bank transfer which he got straight away
3. He faxed me pages 1 & 2 of the transfer forms this morning together with his covering letter. (would have been better if he could have scanned & emailed it but never mind)
4. I filled in my sections of the form and produced a covering letter and emailed to Nominet.
5. Nominet have confirmed receipt of documents and are processing it.
Time taken less than 24 hours