Why did you buy Nominet membership?

[Helmuts]

Even though this question will make many of you smile - why did you decide to become a member of Nominet?

cheaper domains? .. are they really cheaper?
domain catching?
domain availability checker?
backlink + credibility?
other?

thank you in advance,
Helmuts

 

[Edwin]

cheaper domains (even a few pennies add up when you're renewing thousands of names) + one less layer of customer service (any problems and I can go straight to Nominet, who always seem to have an answer) + own TAG which looks better in Whois

 

[monaghan]

I was trying to run a business and everyone at the time offering .co.uk's gave me pants service so I bit the bullet and joined Nominet so there was only me to blame if anything went wrong. Never looked back.

Drop catching was a technical challenge waiting to be solved and it came along (to me anyway) a few years after joining.

 

[martin-s]

Complete control and lower costs initially, then catching shortly after.

It easily pays for itself even without the catching.

 

[ian]

DAC/EPP for catching, simple as that!

 

[RobM]

to use the automaton and buy lots of domains before people knew about overture

 

[KarlM]

Drop Catching

 

[sdsinc]

While we are not a member (yet), I think the main motive would be being in control.
Some registrars are buggy and have actually lost domains. Not just 123...

Example: you pay for a renewal, you get an order confirmation, an invoice, but the renew command was not carried out at the registry for some reason. A buggy script that does not handle errors will not trigger any warning and you don't notice until it's too late.

 

[Helmuts]

thank you guys for taking your time and sharing your thoughts..

enjoy the evening,
Helmuts


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