I paid about £12 GBP for a domain name (http://www.windydesigns.co.uk) to ABC Servers (www.abcservers.com)

they have gone into liquidation so i contacted Nominet UK

im told


Thank you for your fax regarding the Domain Name windydesigns.co.uk
Unfortunately ABCSERVERS (Abc Severs) have gone into liquidation and Nominet
UK has not received payment for the Domain Name windydesigns.co.uk. In order
to complete the tag change, the outstanding fees would first need to be paid
directly to Nominet.


do i have a leg to stand on? this domain is quite important to me! tho its only £12

thanks

nope. your agreement was with the company going out of business, not with nominet.

You would have to pay nominet if they claim to not have received payment if you want the domain.

bugger then. looks like im stuck

At least it wasn't several hundred. I think I'd suck it up and pay them...again.:)

well i have the .com so ill just have to live and learn

If the name would definately be an asset, then put up the cash again. It would seem worth it for the amount involved, even though it dosent seem fair.

You're not stuck!!

We've come across this before!

All you need to do is get a Nominet Tag Holder to agree to pay the fee for the domain and you can change the domain to their IPS tag,

Then they just charge you their domain reg fee and all is fine and dandy!

We've done this recently for a customer so i know it works!
Its as simple as a PGP eMail to Nominet!

Cheers,