Detagged Domain

Surely I don't have to pay Nominet £15 + £80

[davemarks]

A client has asked me to "rescue" one of his domains.

It seems in the earlier days when he was less clued up he registered a domain through some company (hes not sure who)

For whatever reason, be it invalid contact info or whatever, the domain has been DETAGGED without any notification before hand.

So i though, easy contact Nominet and pay the £15 quid to get it retagged with my registrar.

Not so, it appears that the domain has passed its renewal date (hence why it was DETAGGED i guess) and so they want £80 to renew the domain before they change the TAGS

This is crazy! if i wait until it drops off, i can re-register it for a measly couple of quid. What justification do they have in charging £80?

I have contacted my registrar to see if they can re-register it using my clients well established account with them. ie account info matches domain reg details.... but as yet no reply

Any ideas what other action i could take? And do you think Nominet should be able to do this, they kind of have us over a barrel, cos if we don't pay, we have to go with an in-active domain for weeks and then risk losing it alltogether..

Thanks

[Laisha]

Is this the sort of thing you're talking about?

Greater competition would occur if NSI, now a division of VeriSign, was required to release the names and the accredited registrars could let companies and users register them.

[pcworld.com...]

[DaveN]

davemarks,

No your wrong the client (registered owner) needs to get it retagged £15 + vat

Then he's tick the box which say's that the new ISP will pick up any outstanding debt's the maximum is 1 years fee £5, most Tag holders like myself should not charge for this but included it to their costings

Dave

[davemarks]

When the client contacted Nominet they told him he would have to pay registration fees to them of £80

I'll have a look, thanks DaveN

[Shak]

This is crazy! if i wait until it drops off, i can re-register it for a measly couple of quid. What justification do they have in charging £80?

someone else might just grab it when it drops.

£80 is the official renewal fee isnt it, so if its detagged, maybe thats what the situation is.

Shak

[DaveN]

I'm a Nominet Tag Holder and i spoke to them just before i posted on your behalf to make sure nothing had change.

client pay £15 ISP tag holder picks up the rest £5

Dave

[IanTurner]

And you might as well wait for a blue moon as for Nominet to release a detagged domain!

[davemarks]

Thats great, thanks DaveN

I was a little aprehensive, as I didn't want to say yep ISP pick up fees and then find I'm still picking up £80 or some figure near that ;)

I started an application myself just to see. Although I've done these before I did not remember seeing the option you mentioned, however there it is ;) Just need an application number of some sort form my registrar now, guess I'll have to sit tight for 24 hours or so until they reply :(

Thanks again Dave

[ritch_b]

The £80 fee is only applicable if the Customer has no new host and wishes to real directly with Nominet - if they already have a new host in the wings they can elect to have them pick up the fees, aka £5.

R.