Domain names n stuff

MrBlobby · 17 Aug 2010 at 08:09

I bought www.dorsetwebdesign.co.uk and .com a while a go and did a few websites. ( I hate it and not particularly good at it so stopped)

I let dorsetwebdesign.com lapse and have noticed someone else using it as well as .net.

I still have .co.uk can I make him give them back. He's offered me £70 for .co.uk

thoughts anyone. ?

Abraham · 17 Aug 2010 at 08:11

why do you want it back if you don't do it anymore?
I'd be quite happy with £70 to stop using a domain I no longer use :confused:

Paul11 · 17 Aug 2010 at 08:12

you let it lapse because you didnt want it and someone else bought it

and now you want to make him give it back ?

the short answer is , no , i dont think you stand a hope in hell of getting it back but you just said you are not doing it anymore so why would you want it back ?

why dont you offer him the .co.uk for a reasonable price and be done with it

Basher · 17 Aug 2010 at 08:12

No you can't make him give them back! Charge whatever you think you can get for the .co.uk

Moredhel · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:21

Short answer, no.

Long answer, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

If you're trading on the .co.uk and the person who has the .com has started trading under the same name to try and get your customers, you could probably make a case for cyber squatting. Generally speaking though, it's tough luck.

MrBlobby · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:29

What do you think it's worth ?

Participant · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:36

MrBlobby said:
I bought www.dorsetwebdesign.co.uk and .com a while a go and did a few websites. ( I hate it and not particularly good at it so stopped)

I let dorsetwebdesign.com lapse and have noticed someone else using it as well as .net.

I still have .co.uk can I make him give them back. He's offered me £70 for .co.uk

thoughts anyone. ?

Did you register a company name with companies house? Has he?

I'd negotiate with him around the co.uk domain and get rid of it if you think he's offered you a fair price. Better £100 in your pocket than a domain you're not interested in.

I'd say you feel it's worth closer to £200 and take it from there.

Darg · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:38

If you don't want to do web design and this guy does then just leave it. Try and get what you can for your domain.

alex_tank · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:41

google will lead the other guy here now

PapaLazaru · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:53

£70 for a domain you don't want?

Just sell it man. I reckon you are getting three times it's true worth.

http://www.123-reg.co.uk/order?doma...ch=search&transfer=transfer&ajax_enabled=true

Participant · 17 Aug 2010 at 09:57

PapaLazaru said:
£70 for a domain you don't want?

Just sell it man. I reckon you are getting three times it's true worth.

http://www.123-reg.co.uk/order?doma...ch=search&transfer=transfer&ajax_enabled=true

Wanting it or not has nothing to do with it.

You may not want an iPhone 4, doesn't mean if you had it you'd give it away.

Negotiate.

Basher · 17 Aug 2010 at 10:45

PapaLazaru said:
£70 for a domain you don't want?

Just sell it man. I reckon you are getting three times it's true worth.

http://www.123-reg.co.uk/order?doma...ch=search&transfer=transfer&ajax_enabled=true

Three times its true worth? How are you calculating true worth? The cost of available domains has nothing to do with this, you should extract the most possible for transferring to him. I'd start at £200