Restrictions on ownership of .uk domains?

[mccollin]

I own a US based company... webhosting, domains, and a number of web properties - forums, e-commerce, etc.. I am discussion the purchase of a UK based business that has a .uk domain, and includes hosting and domain customers, all handled via .uk entities. I looked at buying a .ca (canada) site a while back and found that I could not own the domain. This led me to abandon the idea of buying the site, as the risk of not owning the domain wasn't something I wanted to deal with. In this case the site's main url isn't anything special so it isn't a show stopper, but I'd like to know if I can take this domain and the web assets without any issues.

Thanks!

 

[Mr Webname]

I do not believe that there are restrictions on ownership by non-uk persons.
Nominet's site can be found at www.nic.uk - the Rules can be found at http://www.nominet.org.uk/ReferenceDocuments/Rules/

 

[unclewilco]

the only restrictions on owning a co.uk is the antiquated transfer malarky you have to go through (and the extra costs), but otherwise its great! and i would recommend it to anyone!...

:cheeky:

 

[mccollin]

the only restrictions on owning a co.uk is the antiquated transfer malarky you have to go through (and the extra costs), but otherwise its great! and i would recommend it to anyone!...

:cheeky:

Can you expand on "antiquated transfer malarky"?

In this case I would be taking over the reseller account in which I believe the .uk domains are contained... so they may not have to be transferred even.

 

[unclewilco]

Can you expand on "antiquated transfer malarky"?

In this case I would be taking over the reseller account in which I believe the .uk domains are contained... so they may not have to be transferred even.

i did not mean to sound sarky... just had a hassle with Nominet...

but
you will have to change ownership of the names with Nominet.

all the info is here..
http://www.nic.uk/MakingChangesToYourDomainName/Transfer/

regards

wilco

 

[jasper]

i did not mean to sound sarky... just had a hassle with Nominet...

but
you will have to change ownership of the names with Nominet.

all the info is here..
http://www.nic.uk/MakingChangesToYourDomainName/Transfer/

regards

wilco

Yes cost and paper based process of transfering UK domains is one of its down sides - still a great market at the moment tho.