What happens if you buy a .uk domain?

[Sausages]

What happens if you don't have the right to the domain, but the purchase goes through? Has anyone had any first hand experience on this?

[baldidiot]

It wont go through, there are checks - for nominet to approve a registration the details have to exactly match that of the owner of the domain with rights. This includes name, address and email - so in theory you could register it, but you'd be registering it for the other person who would then have control of it via the nominet control panel.

And that's just in theory - if you try and register a domain to a different tag (ie: different registrar), nominet email the owner of the domain with rights to make sure they've authorised it. So for the above to go through it would also have to be with the same registrar, who would know exactly who had rights.

Finally, if it ever did go through for whatever reason, however unlikely, nominet would just reverse it and either unregister it or offer to the correct user.

http://registrars.nominet.org.uk/nam...launch/q-and-a

How are the rights checked when I submit an application on behalf of a customer?

For a .uk domain that has a UK address, the five fields that have to match exactly are: registrant name, street1 address, postcode, country code and administrative email address . When the domain has an address outside of the UK, you will need to ensure that in addition to the registrant name and administrative email address all the address fields match the existing domain (that has rights) exactly and as they are outside of the UK, a service address will also need to be added.

I have been asked to register a .uk name by a registrant with rights but his existing domain is on another registrar's TAG - can I register this name for him?


Yes. However, please note that we will email the registrant asking them to authenticate that they have applied for the domain name and we require their confirmation in order for the registration to be completed. Registrars should also bear in mind that the name, address and email they submit will need to match the qualifying registration exactly.