Detagged Domain Names

Information On Detagged Domains Please

[DeCal]

Could someone please explain how and why domains are detagged and how someone could maybe buy it etc. etc.

Thanks

Dean

[jmccormac]

The UK NIC's site has this link which explains it.

[nominet.org.uk...]

Regards...jmcc

[DeCal]

Thanks, That was very useful!

Regards

Dean

[Crazy_Fool]

if the domain you want is detagged, you could be waiting months, maybe more than a year, before it is suspended and eventually released for reregistration. call nominet and say you want to register it and ask them if they can release it for you. just don't hold your breath :)

[DeCal]

does that normally work or do nominet just fob us off?

[ritch_b]

Calling Nominet and stating your interest in a detagged domain won't result in it being made available there and then, but may act to speed the process up somewhat.

Like the man says - don't hold your breath!...do keep checking the status of the domain on a regular basis though.

R.

[hayluke]

Yeah, it can literally take years. As far as I know there's no way or 'reserving' names for when they become available..

[DeCal]

thanks guys, its a shame really as i'm sure you'll agree!

Thanks

[georgeek]

hayluke

As far as I know there's no way or 'reserving' names for when they become available

There may be a service that can give you an edge (we are talking .co.uk here right?) never used them though. Search google.co.uk for 'detagged' and look in the number one spot.

[CHC]

I absolutely guarantee that calling Nominet to enquire about a particular detagged domain name will not only NOT speed up the process but might completely guarantee that they will never release a particular domain.

Nominet have a huge administrative overhead from receiving hundreds of calls a day from people wondering when names like blue.co.uk or nutrition.co.uk are going to be released. (I am not name dropping Brett, these are suspended names that are not live). They in fact receive hundreds of calls a week regarding just these two names. Some names as a result have been put on permanent hold. They will never be released.

Think twice about contacting a former registrant to ask if they would be willing to cancel it so that you can register it. They almost invariably turn greedy and suddenly the name that they so carelessly let lapse becomes their instant ticket to riches.

[hayluke]

It's a shame there's no quick way of doing it. There are good domains out there that are detagged and no good to anyone. I can see why Nominet don’t make them available until they've contacted the registrant but maybe they should make the time period before making them available a bit shorter? I mean if a company don't notice their domain has been detagged for six months then they either don't want it or don't deserve to have it..

[CHC]

Due to a lot of pressure from many people, myself included; Nominet are in the middle of a big project to delete all the unwanted detagged and suspended domain names. There are actually more than 750,000 such names, all in limbo!

Nominet are now regularly releasing these names and many very valuable names are coming up for grabs. I obviously can't plug my own service but searching on google for services that monitor these names on your behalf and then register them for you when they become available is likely to secure you some great catches!

[Shakil]

Think twice about contacting a former registrant to ask if they would be willing to cancel it so that you can register it. They almost invariably turn greedy and suddenly the name that they so carelessly let lapse becomes their instant ticket to riches.
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and dont we know about that one , eh :)

Shak

[DeCal]

hehe yeah but i s'pose i can understand that although its a nightmare for us. I dont s'pose there is a list of every unavailable names is there?

Regards

[Shakil]

every unavailable names is there?
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No Comment :)

Shak

[Crazy_Fool]

>>I absolutely guarantee that calling Nominet to enquire
>>about a particular detagged domain name will not only NOT
>>speed up the process but might completely guarantee that
>>they will never release a particular domain.

i gotta disagree there - i've seen domains suspended then released following enquiries. but like i said before, there is no guarantee a domain will get suspended or released. at the very worst, there's no harm in trying because they're not being released anyway.

the new system of released all detagged domains should help enourmously although it'll take a long long time.

[DeCal]

please...... someone must know something!

Regards

[DeCal]

when does this new system come into place?

[CHC]

It's happening right now. Nominet are now running drop scripts on an almost daily basis. Some good drops yesterday and this morning was utter carnage! :)

Some fantastic names dropped.

[DeCal]

is there a list available from nominet listing the names its dropped?

[DeCal]

Shakil

Do you know anything about a list of unavailable domains?

Regards

Dean

[Shakil]

DeCal,

lots, but others in this thread know even more than me.

Willie Black would be having a heart attack reading this :)

Shak

[DeCal]

Shakil

Could you tell me what you know please as no-one seems to be coming forward to help me really!

Regards

Dean

[CHC]

I'm sorry, I forgot about your initial question.

I am afraid that there is no such publicly available list.

[Shakil]

Decal,

as CHC has said, no public information.

and to be honest no-one will tell you what the trick is,

just not the done thing.

Shak

[DeCal]

yeah thats fair enough, i can understand that.

There are a number of domains i am after that relate to a certain product/service, who could monitor any domains that relate to that topic? For example:

Any domain relating to nightclubs so if for example clubbing.com is soon to be available could someone inform me? I realise there would proberbly be a cost for this! I've tried the search engines but no luck!

Regards

Dean

[DeCal]

Thanks Shakil