I am still a .CO.UK rookie; can you help?

[Prosperous]

(I hope I am posting this in the most appropriate forum section...)


In my lifetime, I have sold just one .co.uk domain, earlier this year to a friend.
At the time I simply gave him access to my account (at 123-reg.co.uk), for him to take over, and he changed the WHOIS details from mine into his, plus updated the account's 'personal information' (address, email) to his, and changed the domain's DNS.

However, only now he (and thus me too, being the .co.uk-domains rookie that I still am) finds out that I still show as the registrant for the name, instead of him, and the only way to change it to his name is if he pays £35.25 to 123-reg.co.uk for this who will then take care of it with him (and me? And with the paperwork hassle etc.?)

So, my question is, is there a cheaper/better/easier way to have the registrant's name (mine) changed to his? For example, if he'd transfer the name to an account he'd set up at another .co.uk registrar? (And if that would work, would he then first need to change his WHOIS details for the name back to mine?)
Or any other ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Rob

 

[Edwin]

Welcome to the bureaucratic nightmare that is .co.uk domain registration.

The ONLY way to change the information is to pay Nominet the 35.25 fee. Bad luck.

 

[mark]

don't have any uk domains but always wondered why there is not just
a plain .uk extenstion such as in domains.uk

 

[Prosperous]

Thanks Edwin, that's what I 'feared', but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask anyway.

don't have any uk domains but always wondered why there is not just a plain .uk extenstion such as in domains.uk

Let's discuss that in another .CO.UK thread, ok? :wink:


Best,
Rob