How can I OWN my domain name.

**Dopey Dan** · 25th March 2003

Hi

I was wondering about registering a domain name. These names are registered to a company, who effectivly own your name, and after 1 or 2 years you have to "buy" it back. So if you make a success of that name, this company can gain from it and charge you more for it the next time you want to register.

I was wondering who these companies register there domain names with. So if I go to 123reg and register what do they do, to make it theirs, and why cant we do that to make them ours.

Am I making sense ? Hope so.

Dan

**Speedlock** · 25th March 2003

Originally posted by Dopey Dan
Hi

I was wondering about registering a domain name. These names are registered to a company, who effectivly own your name, and after 1 or 2 years you have to "buy" it back. So if you make a success of that name, this company can gain from it and charge you more for it the next time you want to register.

I was wondering who these companies register there domain names with. So if I go to 123reg and register what do they do, to make it theirs, and why cant we do that to make them ours.

Am I making sense ? Hope so.

Dan

It doesn't quite work in the way you suggested. Let's take a simplified example;

Nominet are the registrar for .co.uk domain names. This means that every domain registrar (like 123reg, for example) goes to Nominet to register a .co.uk domain name.

When you pay 123reg to register a .co.uk domain name, they pay Nominet to register the domain for you but the domain is registered in your name.

If, after 1 or 2 years (or however long you registered the domain name for), you want to retain the use of your domain name then you simply pay the agent who you registered the domain with originally (i.e. 123reg) and they will extend the registration of your domain name.

Nobody truly 'owns' a domain name - they are just registered for a period of time and if the owner forgets to renew the registration then it becomes available again.

--Speedlock

**Dopey Dan** · 25th March 2003

Thanks for the help.

So does anyone think its worth registereing directly with Nominet.

Or is this more of a waste of time ?

Dan

**Dopey Dan** · 25th March 2003

The application form to register your name directly is simple enough. https://www.nic.uk/dom-app.html

However they charge �80 if your not a Nominet member

Thanks for the help.

Dan

**CzarJunkie** · 25th March 2003

Dan, whatever you do don't pay the �80, pm me m8.

**Speedlock** · 25th March 2003

From http://www.nominet.org.uk/Registerin...istrationFees/

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Nominet charges �80 plus VAT per direct domain name registration, which must be paid in full in advance.

Nominet offers its members a discount on registration fees. Registration agents (ISPs), including Nominet members, usually combine the domain name registration fee with charges for other services that they provide to end users. Prices therefore vary widely in the commercial marketplace and you should shop around in order to find a deal that suits your needs.
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Basically, it's cheaper and easier to go to someone like 123reg.

--Speedlock

**bmuk** · 3rd April 2003

urm, dont even consider registering direct with nominet.

Just use a company who are a nominet member. It'd have to be a harsh company to whack up your renewal just because your site is popular, they may shag you for hosting/bw but that's a totally different matter (not that we do). pm if you're still stuck.

**itschris** · 28th April 2003

Best bet is to register a domain with 123-reg.

**doit4kicks** · 27th May 2003

ww.easily.co.uk - �9.99 for 2 years.

loads of others at around that price too.

**Cam** · 5th June 2003

reg-123 are gr8
cheap easy

only prob is subdomain they charge but u can mess about with the dns and add extra dns enteries and get a subdomain (of sorts)

**Mr IP Freely** · 27th June 2003

http://oneandone.co.uk

They only charge �1.99 for a .co.uk address for 2 years (Domain name only).

**EvilBoB** · 2nd July 2003

Originally posted by Mr IP Freely
http://oneandone.co.uk

They only charge �1.99 for a .co.uk address for 2 years (Domain name only).

I use oneandone and have nothing but excellent things to say about them. I have 4 or 5 domains registered with them and at �1.99 for 2 years I think this is excellent value - they are quick too.

**Mr IP Freely** · 2nd July 2003

Same here I�ve got a few domains and a root server from them.

**EvilBoB** · 2nd July 2003

You got a root server off them? cool. Been thinking about getting a proper server off them for a couple of months but can't really justify it. I'll have to make do with 2 meg DSL for now methinks.

**Mr IP Freely** · 2nd July 2003

What I did was sell (unofficially) some space (about a gig) to a few mates of mine for a few quid per month� In the end its worked out pretty cheap�.

2meg dsl :erm I�m still stuck with 512 ADSL :shy:

**EvilBoB** · 2nd July 2003

Just swapping over to Bulldog's primetime 2meg tarrif. �39/month and you get 2 meg until September and after that its 512 from 8am to 6pm and 2 meg the rest of the time. Pretty sweet methinks.. 512k is juts too slow for downloading DVDR

**Mr IP Freely** · 2nd July 2003

Bulldog's primetime !!!

Never heard of that before...

**EvilBoB** · 2nd July 2003

They mainly cover London area at the moment

http://www.bulldogdsl.com

but are moving out 212 exchanges enabled so far as part of the LLU movement

http://www.bulldogdsl.com/residentia...Time/index.asp

<drool>They also offer 6mbps DSL for �99/month in central London </drool>

**Mr IP Freely** · 2nd July 2003

:love: 6mbps :love:

I'd need to get a few new hard drives if I had a connection like that... Edinburgh Sucks...

**EvilBoB** · 2nd July 2003

Yeah. I'm on 210gig at the moment and am waiting for my 2 meg to be activated. I'm glad my motherboard has 4 RAID interfaces as I can see this at least doubling in capacity over the next couple of months!