Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money

dnjournal.com 01 Oct '12, 11pm

Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money

Naturally, such a development would immediately devalue the millions of .co.uk domains held by British businesses and individuals who would need to try to acquire the .uk version to protect their online identities. Unfortunately the Nominet proposal (.pdf file) provides no grandfather clause to protect those registrants - and, oh yes, even if they were successful in getting the .uk version of their .co.uk domain, they would have to pay 800% more annually for the UK version (about £20 for the .uk compared to around £2.50 for the tried and true .co.uk).

Full article: http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2012/dailyposts/...

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@mwzd » 03 Oct '12, 1am
@DNJournal concurs w/ my view on .uk - "such a development would immediately devalue the millions of .co.uk domains" [link]
@uk_domain_names » 02 Oct '12, 10am
@lesleycowley Have you had the chance to read this, Lesley? I must say I agree with the sentiment [link]
@jfpoussard » 02 Oct '12, 5am
RT @dnmashup: RT @dnmashup: Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money [link] #news # ...
@_Bashar » 02 Oct '12, 5am
.UK ccTLD operator may offer 2nd level domains .UK next to the old .co.uk .net.uk etc.. [link]
@dnnews » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money - [link]
@dnmashup » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
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@hqdn » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
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@DomainerBlog » 02 Oct '12, 1pm
Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money [link]
@AdamDempsey » 02 Oct '12, 12pm
Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money [link]
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Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money [link]
@DNJournal » 01 Oct '12, 11pm
Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money: [link]