Feb 02 2018
The latest edition of the Nominet Business Intelligence reports have been issued, which show the Registrations, Renewals and Transfers [growth and loss] of the .UK domain name market, and compare a registrar to the average for the registry overall. Who wants be below-average or even just-average ? Not us 🙂 It’s always nice to see …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2018/02/2017-dotuk-renewals-report-published/
Mar 21 2016
Nominet, the Domain Registry for .uk .co.uk .org.uk .me.uk .ltd.uk .net.uk .plc.uk are about to start their Research with .uk rights holders As outlined at the registrar meeting on 21 January 2016 (Astutium attended), Nominet is conducting market research into the take-up of the right of first refusal for .uk domains by rights holders. Survey …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2016/03/nominet-to-conduct-research-with-uk-rights-holders/
Feb 22 2016
Nominet, the Registry for .uk, .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk domains has announced effective 1st March 2106 that it will be increasing the cost of domains to all .UK domain registrars by 50% and changing the standard registration period to 1 year. Other .uk domains (gov.uk, ac.uk etc) are not controlled by Nominet and not changing …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2016/02/nominet-dot-uk-price-increase-act-now-to-save-money/
Oct 13 2014
Nominet the .UK Registry for 2nd Level Domains (2LDs) .co.uk .org.uk .me.uk etc now allow the top level ccTLD .UK to be registered 🙂 For domains which currently do not exist as (something).*.uk they can be registered now at Register Your .UK Domain Name Where (something).*.UK already exists, there is a system of ‘rights’ over …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/10/check-your-rights-and-claiming-your-uk-domain-name/
Jan 16 2012
2012 is going to be an exciting year for Domain Names in general, and Astutium in particular – new datacentre space available, new product launches coming, the new ICANN gTLD/sTLD program – all in January ! To kick off 2012 we are offering … 20% off our 12 most popular domain TLDs at Astutium.com Domain …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2012/01/astutium-top-12-for-12-promotion/
Nov 04 2009
Nominet Registrar Day today at Lords MCC. To celebrate we’re offering you the chance to get your own .UK domain during the conference for just £2.95/2yrs (saving £3) Use promocode “LORDSCRICKET” when registering a new domain at OthelloNames .UK Domain Registration Promotion Terms & Conditions: one domain per customer, new and existing clients allowed
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2009/11/nominet-registrar-day-today-at-lords-mcc/
Jun 20 2008
A ressurgence of an age-old domain name sales scam has started again, with scammers UKDNR (calling themselves “Domain Name Registrar”) are telephoning .uk and .com registrants, with a high-pressure sales tactic based on the false claim that someone is attempting to register domain names similar to yours, then offering to register them ahead of this …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2008/06/ukdnr-scammers-target-uk-domain-registrants/