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.co.uk has expired... how long til i can register it?

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  • 08-02-2005 2:19am
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    DJB
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm chasing a .co.uk domain name that expired on 28 November 2004. Normally it is about 60 days for a .com after it has expired, that it becomes available for registration by anyone. I don't know about the .co.uk's though! Is it roughly the same? I keep checking every day or two to see if it is available but no joy so far. Any way of simplifying this process?

    Thanks in advance,

    Dave


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    97 days from the expiry date, give or take.

    adam


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    DJB
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭DJB


    Thanks! Another month or so to wait! :)


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    If it's a desireable domain name, it's worth looking into SnapNames. They don't guarantee registration, but they can take a lot of stress out of the hunt, and they're probably more likely to get it than somebody hovering over a domain name, like yourself; should there be other hoverers that is. :)

    adam


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    The previous domain holder also has a greater degree of leeway in reactivating the domain than with a CNOB

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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    DJB wrote:
    Hi all,

    I'm chasing a .co.uk domain name that expired on 28 November 2004. Normally it is about 60 days for a .com after it has expired, that it becomes available for registration by anyone. I don't know about the .co.uk's though! Is it roughly the same? I keep checking every day or two to see if it is available but no joy so far. Any way of simplifying this process?
    You could be waiting a while. The domain may have expired but when you see "DETAGGED" in the whois data, it generally indicates that the domain is up for deletion. From then on it is a case of catching the domain when it drops. You could also ask in the Domain Names Forum on Webmasterworld.com ( http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum25/ )- a lot of up to speed .UK people would be able to answer your questions there and advise you on how to go about obtaining it.

    Regards...jmcc


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    I know they were awful about this a couple years ago John, but I'm pretty sure their procedures are a lot stricter on it now.

    adam


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    dahamsta wrote:
    I know they were awful about this a couple years ago John, but I'm pretty sure their procedures are a lot stricter on it now.

    adam
    They still seem to detag them and leave them in limbo

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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    blacknight wrote:
    They still seem to detag them and leave them in limbo
    Yep a few domains I've seen have even been left detagged for over a year before being deleted.

    Regards...jmcc


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭jmcc


    dahamsta wrote:
    I know they were awful about this a couple years ago John, but I'm pretty sure their procedures are a lot stricter on it now.
    They did improve things Adam,
    But the DETAGged thing is more of a problem because the original registrars have effectively removed themselves from the domain and there is nobody, other than the registrant, left to deal with the domain. From what I can remember, they are deleting domains more regularly now but there is a strong drop catcher market in .co.uk domains.

    Regards...jmcc


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