Nominet amuses me
Years ago, I registered a couple of domain names with some random register, and nominet contacted me regarding one of those (holdings-carparts.co.uk) and sent me a certificate of registration for the domain. That was the only one they sent me anything for.
Recently, I’ve registered a few new .co.uk domains with my new host, one of them being dealer-network.co.uk (currently nothing there - so no point in going)
Well, anyway, this morning (3 months after registering the domain) I recieve a letter from nominet, asking me to go to their website and confirm my details so that they can send me a certificate of registration.
Uber weird. It seems to me that nominet look through the domain registrations and anything that might seem like it could be a “business” domain they contact so that the business can have a shiny bit of paper saying that yes, they own the domain, and no - cyber-squatters not allowed.
What amuses me the most is the fact that I won’t actually be using the domain for anything business-like - I’m planning to set up a satirical site for “dealers” of “illegal substances”. Ok, it’s going to be a joke website, but nominet obviously must think I’m on about car dealers or similar. lol. Well… it’s nice they do that - but why only for some domains not others?
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Yeah, same problems with me. I receive my certificates of registration months after registering my domains. Some of the people at CS don’t have a clue what their on about either, which made them very hard to deal with when I had to transfer a domain once.
Benoni
June 21st, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Nominet allow .uk domain names to be registered by ISP’s without first paying for them. They issue invoices to these ISP’s on the same day every month and allow them a credit period in which to pay (30 days). Only once the payment has been confirmed can they issue a confirmation letter. This can also take a little extra time as it is issued via a secure printers, due to the security code on the letter.
All .uk domain names that are registered will receive a confirmation letter.