Martyn, Slightly haywire on the advice mate! Get your facts straight ;-)
There is a distinct difference between holding a Nominet Tag and being a Nominet Member. They are not one and the same thing. Neither for that matter does an IPS Tag cost �500!!! See: http://www.nominet.org.uk/members/membership.html Cheers, Chris Xeotech [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice/fax: +44(0)7092 199733 ( to email ) mbl: +44(0)7957 724648 ----- Original Message ----- From: "FULLdetails.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:14 AM Subject: Re: .uk DETAGGED records Rob if you had an IPS TAG you would have paid � 500 for it and been invoiced � 100 annually for its renewal - plus the cost of any domain renewals all-be-it @ � 5 for 2 years instead of the � 80 Nominet charge the public just go to www.nic.uk or http://www.nominet.org.uk/members-private or http://195.66.240.196/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?query=natweb.co.uk the rules are simple - just RTFM :-) Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: RE: .uk DETAGGED records > Thanks Brian, they are actually domains I registered some time ago and was > not prepared to pay the registry their exorbitant transfer fees to get it > across to OpenSRS. So I let them expire and was going to re-register them > afresh. > I actually have a Nominet TAG (which I've never used) so as the previous > registrant does that mean I could get in touch with Nominet and get them to > allow me to renew using my own TAG - I might as well use mine as I've paid > for it;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 May 2002 16:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: .uk DETAGGED records > > > Rob, > > > > I want to register two .co.uk domain names which are shown in WHOIS as > > DETAGGED but when I try to register them I get a "Sorry, domainname.co.uk > > has already been reserved". > > I thought DETAGGED meant the domain was available > > this is unfortnately not the case. > > 'DETAGGED' simply means that the current registrars (the TAGholders) have > told Nominet that they no longer wished to be invoiced for renewals of this > domain.... there may be a number of reasons why this could occur - most > likely will be the tagholders failing to get renewal fees from the client... > > it is also worth bearing in mind that just because a domain is detagged > doesn't mean the owner of the domain doesn't want it... > > I could register a domain for myself today, pay the invoice from Nominet > (i'm a member) and then detag it - the domain would still be mine for the > two years (though it would be unwise as there would be no DNS entries and > hence the domain wouldn't point anywhere! ) - but you get my point?! > > it would also mean that Nominet would contact me in two years time and offer > to renew it at their standard price of UK�80+VAT (UK�94) > > to answer your next question, "when will it become available?"... the answer > is who knows... > > i've seen domains DETAGGED for years... they are *supposedly* being released > back into the pool of available domains, but i've got no firm evidence that > it actually occurs! > > best advice I can give is to find out when it was registered, add 2 years > (or multiples of) to that date and work out when it expires... you can tell > when it was detagged as the date will be mentioned in the whois. > > if there's a while left, then it may be worthwhile contacting the owner > directly (potentially not easy as details are limited in .uk whois for now) > and making an offer... other than that, just wait and keep checking the > domain. > > hope this helps > > Brian > > >
