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COVID-19 and Astutium Event Attendance

My highest priority is always to ensure the security, safety and general well-being of all the in-office, on-site and remote-working staff. With reference to the global concern regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, the following measures are being taken to protect our team members (and the other attendees) at all events we were scheduled or planning to …

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Nominet to Conduct Research with .uk Rights Holders

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 …

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Nominet dot UK Price Increase – Act Now to Save Money

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 …

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Another 9 newGTLDs Now Available .cricket, .cymru, .party, .science, .sydney, .vote, .voto, .wales, .yoga

Starting from today additional Domain Names are able to be registered in targeted/specific newGTLDs (Global Top Level Domains) under General Availability. Today sees the general availability of the newGTLDs: .cricket .cymru .party .science .sydney .vote .voto .wales .yoga with more than 1000 more coming out during 2014/5s weekly newGTLD roll-out, if you’ve not decided on …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2015/03/another-9-newgtlds-now-available-cricket-cymru-party-science-sydney-vote-voto-wales-yoga/

Checking your Rights and Claiming your .UK Domain Name

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 …

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Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2014/10/check-your-rights-and-claiming-your-uk-domain-name/

Nominet Selected as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs

Congratulations to Nominet for being selected as provider for the EBERO service. ICANN is pleased to announce that Nominet recently signed an agreement to act as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs. EBERO service providers offer an additional layer of protection to the Domain Name System (DNS). Should anything happen to a gTLD …

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Nominet Registrar Day today at Lords MCC

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

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