Need advice on buying a domain please!

[Dale Hubbard]

Are you TOTALLY insane?

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

no i just trusted you and then you go and register it!

 

[james2002]

no i just trusted you and then you go and register it!

Really. How do you know that?

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

because it was available and then as soon as I told him it wasn't available anymore

 

[Dale Hubbard]

because it was available and then as soon as I told him it wasn't available anymore

Thanks for the gratitude for the advice I gave you. Do you think I'd risk my reputation by registering domains that you have asked me about in confidence?

If I register a .uk domain; as a bona fide Nominet UK registrar, it will appear under my TAG unless I 'back door' it.

For the two names you miraculously 'lost' since speaking to me, what TAG are they registered under and in what registrant's name? If the registrant is bogus I can get the domains(s) cancelled.

For £6, I would compromise myself with you? You owe me an apology although I don't think you realise it.

One you asked me about has been registered since 2008, and the other is still available.

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

I know the other domain is still alive but the other one was avaliable on godaddy, I had it in my basket and everything. Then when I go to pay for it, it states it is no longer available. I am sorry if this is a mistake and it was not you I just added 2 and 2 together and got 4. Once again I am sorry. Regards Josh

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Godaddy does that as it doesn't regiister .uk domains in real time. I suggest you understand your market (as suggested to you by others here before I got involved helping you) before you start throwing accusations around.

Apology accepted.

 

[Onward]

Kudos to aZooZa for handling that professionally. No good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Biggie]

Godaddy does that as it doesn't regiister .uk domains in real time. I suggest you understand your market (as suggested to you by others here before I got involved helping you) before you start throwing accusations around.

Apology accepted.

it's not funny but...

lol


probably should have asked what registrar the OP was using to check for "available to register" domains first, before going thru all this.

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

lol I no I feel bad now, such a noobie mistake, I really want to no if this domain is worth registering aswell, I didnt really do myself any favors

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Yeah - I see the funny side Don

Best way:

whois -h whois.nic.uk domain.ext.uk

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

aZooZa please reply to my pm

 

[Dale Hubbard]

aZooZa please reply to my pm

I'll pass -- thanks.

 

[james2002]

Godaddy or other registries could become unreliable if the nominet whois server not working properly.

I remember once when I checked, the domain mountainbikes.co.uk was available at godaddy. I paid for the domain but after a while, I got an email from godaddy about their mistake and there was refund issued.

I wished I got that domain as it would be worth at least xx,xxx range, LOL.

 

[AveUgotaWkdSide]

I see this now as I just searched webuy.com and it was avaliable when it isn't

 

[Biggie]

Godaddy or other registries could become unreliable if the nominet whois server not working properly.

I remember once when I checked, the domain mountainbikes.co.uk was available at godaddy. I paid for the domain but after a while, I got an email from godaddy about their mistake and there was refund issued.

I wished I got that domain as it would be worth at least xx,xxx range, LOL.

i think you may be missing the point about which/what registrar to use or not to use, when checking for available domains...particularly cctlds.


why pay for something that's not available in the first place, even if you do get a refund later?

 

[james2002]

i think you may be missing the point about which/what registrar to use or not to use, when checking for available domains...particularly cctlds.


why pay for something that's not available in the first place, even if you do get a refund later?

We are learning all the time. Previously I thought godaddy was pretty reliable. Now I know we have to double check with nominet whois.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Godaddy COULD be reliable. They don't have EPP/DAC sytems in place to make realtime registrations. Really quite daft.

 

[katherine]

Godaddy is not a good place to get accurate domain availability. Even for .com.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Kate, they'll 'ride' your dough for a week or so.