Cheapest and reliable registrar for .co.uk ?

[italiandragon]

Hello, I don`t have any .co.uk , I need to take care of that otherwise I`ll get itchy

cheapest and reliable place with PayPal?

Thanks

 

[htmlindex]

Moniker is the best out there & accepts verified Paypal. Price is $6.95 now

 

[italiandragon]

Moniker is the best out there & accepts verified Paypal. Price is $6.95 now

oh cool I do have an account there , I did not even know they were regging .co.uk but I think you have to credit your account with minimun $500.......or can you just buy 1 name?

Thanks a lot!

 

[-Raja-]

do u mean to reg a co.uk we need to have a mini of $500 balance?
i have an account there and there is no such that as minimum credit(however never tried co.uk there)...for special namepros pricing refer this thread http://www.namepros.com/for-sale-advertising-board/215086-moniker-namepro-pricing-6-95-com.html

 

[italiandragon]

do u mean to reg a co.uk we need to have a mini of $500 balance?
i have an account there and there is no such that as minimum credit(however never tried co.uk there)...for special namepros pricing refer this thread http://www.namepros.com/for-sale-advertising-board/215086-moniker-namepro-pricing-6-95-com.html

no...I have already that option but did not activate that pricing due to the minimun $50 that Don writes there too:

"Forum members pricing: $6.95 .com / $5.49 .net / $6.95 .org / $4.49 .info (.net and .info rate apply new registrations only, transfer and renewals are $6.95). Please send us a check or use a wire for these prices or if you use a credit card, please make it at least $500 so we have minimal fees and you still have these low prices. You can send us a check for one domain as we would appreciate your business!"


so I guess it does not apply to PayPal?

 

[-Raja-]

never used a cc at moniker, always dealt with paypal payment, hopefully someone esle will clear up the confusion

 

[jacal1]

If/when you sell a .co.uk Moniker sometimes struggles with the step of changing the TAG. Most registrars allow you to go in and do this yourself, but with Moniker, they have to call their "partner" in the UK to have them do it. It can hold things up. I've found 123-reg.co.uk to be a couple of dollars cheaper and more knowlegable with regard to .co.uk. I love Moniker for other tlds though.

Also, keep in mind that there is no "tasting" with .co.uk and you have to reg for minimum 2 years at a time. It can get expensive if you're not careful.

 

[champ_rock]

i think they charge 4% extra if you pay by paypal. there is no minimum balance requirement if you have NP special pricing scheme

 

[italiandragon]

If/when you sell a .co.uk Moniker sometimes struggles with the step of changing the TAG. Most registrars allow you to go in and do this yourself, but with Moniker, they have to call their "partner" in the UK to have them do it. It can hold things up. I've found 123-reg.co.uk to be a couple of dollars cheaper and more knowlegable with regard to .co.uk. I love Moniker for other tlds though.

Also, keep in mind that there is no "tasting" with .co.uk and you have to reg for minimum 2 years at a time. It can get expensive if you're not careful.

That`s a very good price....I don`t have to do any tasting, I did not know that .co.uk is 2 years minimun, is there any other issue like any restriction or it is open worldwide?

Thanks

 

[Charley]

I have weycrest.co.uk as my default registrar. Very good service and cheap price[Paypal]. But the only problem I have is when I need to change the nameservers, I need to be notify them as in sending a support request always

 

[jacal1]

That`s a very good price....I don`t have to do any tasting, I did not know that .co.uk is 2 years minimun, is there any other issue like any restriction or it is open worldwide?

Thanks

No other restrictions - anyone can reg and use whether they are in the UK or not. (Make sure you do the conversion from pounds to dollars, but I think its about $6.30 US/year converted right now.

On a seperate note, I've made mistakes with spelling differences between the US and UK - colour vs. color, for example - and this has left me with a couple of worthless names. I've also made mistakes re: what things are called - I have SUV names, but they aren't commonly called SUVs there.

By the way, 123 reg has answered the phone both times I've called customer service.

 

[uncz]

Reliable is Godaddy, but price is bit high.

Best will be moniker.com

Cheapest i guess is gdtechindia ( a reseller of Resellerclub)

 

[italiandragon]

No other restrictions - anyone can reg and use whether they are in the UK or not. (Make sure you do the conversion from pounds to dollars, but I think its about $6.30 US/year converted right now.

On a seperate note, I've made mistakes with spelling differences between the US and UK - colour vs. color, for example - and this has left me with a couple of worthless names. I've also made mistakes re: what things are called - I have SUV names, but they aren't commonly called SUVs there.

By the way, 123 reg has answered the phone both times I've called customer service.

it seems that 123-reg does not accept PayPal

 

[Eggspit]

I have many .co.uk domains with UKreg.com (works out around £6.90 for the two years)
However I have just checked my suspicions and they don’t accept the Paypal payment method

Egg..

 

[kkworld]

At the moment 1&1.co.uk is the cheapest but I wont recommend you.

I have recently moved all my uk domains from 1&1 to 123-Reg.co.uk and they seem better.

 

[-MGS-]

I have used 123-Reg.co.uk a few times to get .co.uk domain names but then i have just moved them all to goDaddy.com, maybe not be the cheapest but it will do, Give 123-Reg.co.uk a go

-Dan

 

[NeeJam]

123-reg.co.uk is probs the best for .co.uk i should know im a uk'er but they dont accept paypal which is why i havent used them as much as others.

 

[italiandragon]

123-reg.co.uk is probs the best for .co.uk i should know im a uk'er but they dont accept paypal which is why i havent used them as much as others.

yes it seems that overall there are only 2 .co.uk registrars:

123-reg.co.uk
and
http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/

but both of them do not use PayPal due to fears of chargebacks???

Here the reply from the second one to my question:

"I'm afraid we do not accept PayPal at all, our systems are not at all geared up to use it, as a payment method it's expensive, it's too easy to charge back such payments and also payments can not be guaranteed to be taken instantly as with a card."


That`s pretty sad.

But even more sad is that since I scanned a large list of names , Nominet UK banned my IP for 24 hours.

Damn. So I can`t check any name.

 

[Mark07]

"I'm afraid we do not accept PayPal at all, our systems are not at all geared up to use it, as a payment method it's expensive, it's too easy to charge back such payments and also payments can not be guaranteed to be taken instantly as with a card."

That is not good as they should certainly do something about it because Paypal happens to be one of the most widely used online payment system.

 

[floatingworld]

here's a tip: don't use a UK registrar: they are mostly crap. Freeparking is just about OK, but not in the dirt cheap category, so you might as well use namecheap.