Domain Names

The Great .UK Prize Draw


The registry of .uk domain names, Nominet, has created a Prize Draw. By registering a new .uk domain name, every customer enters the draw to win an Apple iPad or iTunes vouchers (the prize is an iPad every week for eight weeks and £25 iTunes vouchers every day). The Prize Draw will run from 2 [...]

Filed under Domain Names, August 4th, 2010

Register a scary domain name for halloween


Halloween is hear again, it only comes once a year so why not make the maximum use of it? Apart from attending the usual halloween party on the 31st of October, why not register a really really scary domain name just for the fun of it?  I can register I-a-mAMonster .co.uk or myOtherCartIsAbroomStick .co.uk or [...]

Filed under Domain Names, October 16th, 2009

First-come, first-served registration for .me coming soon!


registry is about to open domain name registrations on a first-come, first-served basis, and if initial indicators are accurate, the .me domain names will move quickly as you have seen in the land rush application. The officially registration for first come first server begins July 17th, 2008 The .ME Registry concluded its land rush period [...]

Filed under Domain Names, September 3rd, 2008

Nominet .co.uk domain cross 7 million mark


Nominet uk, the UK registry, announces that the size of the .uk register has recently reached the 7 million mark. The domain tootsdrivingschool.co.uk, was registered by Toots Driving School, based in Ilford, London. This registration marks significant growth in .uk domain name, with one million .uk domain names since July 2007. The increase in .uk [...]

Filed under Domain Names, September 3rd, 2008

Trademark-holders rush for .me domain name


With 5 days to the end of the landrush for .me domain name extension, trademark-holders have until June 26, 2008 to follow the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Skype and Digg and register their company and product names with .me domain, which is being marketed as a generic top-level domain by the country of Montenegro. The [...]

Filed under Domain Names, July 3rd, 2008