Nominet turned on multi-year registrations and renewals today, so now UK domain names can be registered or renewed for periods from 1 to 10 years. With this move Nominet brings itself into line with gTLDs and a lot of other ccTLDs, where the 1 to 10 year registration period has been available for some time.… Continue reading UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal
Tag: Nominet UK
UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
The UK registry, Nominet, recently hit the 10 million domain mark and to mark the event they’re running a prize draw. If you’re a UK resident and you register OR renew a UK domain between now and April 26th you’ll be entered into the daily draw for an iPad. Full details and terms and conditions… Continue reading UK Registry Launch Prize Draw To Celebrate 10 Million Registrations
Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet, the .uk registry, announced yesterday that they’d broken the 10 million domains mark. The .uk registry is currently the 2nd largest country code extension in the world. Interestingly there were over 2 million domain names registered in each of the last two years and the renewal rate stands at around 70%. Later this year… Continue reading Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet’s board elections for 2012 are kicking off today. Up for grabs are two non-executive board posts, though both of the current board members whose seats are being vacated are also standing for re-election. The timeline is pretty simple: Nominations open – 5 March Closing date for nominations – 19 March, 12.00 noon Voting commences… Continue reading Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft “member code”. Nominet’s structure means that its registrars are also “members” of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the “code” appears to be quite… Continue reading Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet Now Offers Registry Services
Well I guess it wasn’t really a secret that Nominet was going to be offering gTLD registry services.. However the new registry services site makes it very clear that they are “open for business” So far there have been rumours about Nominet’s involvement in a number of UK based applications including .london and a .wales,… Continue reading Nominet Now Offers Registry Services
Co.uk Registry To Offer Multi-Year Registrations
Nominet, the registry operator for .uk, has announced that multi-year domain registration will be made available from 1 May 2012. The new registration periods will fall inline with other ccTLDs and gTLDs that offer the more flexible 1 – 10 year registration periods. The change, which will be welcomed by many, comes after consultation with… Continue reading Co.uk Registry To Offer Multi-Year Registrations
Nominet Research Team Finds DNS Bug
Simon McCalla has posted some details on the Nominet management blog about how their research team and in particular Roy Arends were instrumental in finding the latest bug in BIND. Disclosure: As a registrar I was informed about the bug before it was made public, but couldn’t speak of it in public Related articles UK… Continue reading Nominet Research Team Finds DNS Bug
Bob Gilbert Steps Down
Nominet is stepping down as chairman and director of the company. Nominet released a statement on Mr Gilbert’s resignation this morning: Following the successful recent conclusion of Nominet’s corporate governance review, Bob Gilbert is stepping down as a director of the Company and Chairman of the Board. Gordon Dick, Deputy Chairman, will take on the… Continue reading Bob Gilbert Steps Down
Co.uk Registry Breaks The 8 Million Mark
Nominet, the registry that handled the UK namespace, has announced that the 8 millionth domain has been registered. The domain in question was lambethsuperhomes.org.uk, which was registered for a company in London. Impressive growth figures! However all of this positive news could be overshadowed by the “elephant in the room” – the Digital Economy Bill.