Nominet try to shaft CountryBoy

**CountryBoy** · Jul 16th, 2008, 5:45 am

I've just received an invoice from Nominet for the renewal of one of my .org.uk domain names. I almost had a coronary at the price - £94 for 2 years!

£94? That's crazy money. I could buy a Ferrari for that price... well almost. Suffice to say I'll not be renewing. I'll also be keeping well away from .uk domain names in future.

**Halobitt** · Jul 16th, 2008, 6:32 am

Did the domain get much traffic?

What made you buy a dot org.uk domain in the first place when dot co.uk names are much cheaper?

**CountryBoy** · Jul 16th, 2008, 7:27 am

Originally Posted by Halobitt

Did the domain get much traffic?

What made you buy a dot org.uk domain in the first place when dot co.uk names are much cheaper?

Didn't get much traffic, no. I just used it as a redirect to my main blog, so no real loss.

I purchased through 1and1 and they were all the .uk's were the same price - like £4.95 for two years.

**Halobitt** · Jul 17th, 2008, 10:25 am

I use 123reg.co.uk for dot co.uks.

Never heard anything good about 1&1.

**Hurley4540** · Jul 17th, 2008, 10:50 am

1&1 fails for domainers

**Dr Teeth** · Jul 17th, 2008, 11:54 am

lol, that's too much of a price

**Ellie Bradley** · Jul 18th, 2008, 4:22 am

You will have received our invoice because your registrar has not renewed the domain name. We send this after various email reminders to the registrant as a final notice that the domain will shortly be suspended and then cancelled.

If you do decide you want to renew arrange this through your registrar. Don't pay our invoice. A registrar will usually charge a lot less.

Ellie Bradley
Nominet UK