NEWS ARCHIVE
Capture expiring or expired UK domains
Microtech can help you to acquire valuable expiring or expired UK domains. If there is a domain that you would like to acquire, all you need to do is add it to your domains capture list. We will try our best to acquire the name for you and will normally have an application into the registry within seconds of it becoming available.
How it works
Within a few days of expiry of the domain, our systems start to monitor (hundreds of times a minute) the availability of names on the capture list. If a name is reported as available, we immediately apply to Nominet for that name. We should know within a few minutes after that if we were successful or not. You receive an email when we apply for the domain name, and also a confirmation from us if the name was registered successfully.
To use this service, your account must be in credit. We only debit your account when the domain is actually acquired. Each domain successfully acquired costs £25. This higher charge (from our standard registration fee) reflects the huge amount of extra work involved in trying to acquire the names for you.
We only take a certain amount of orders for a certain date period to ensure that the service stays responsive (speed is the key!), so this service may not be available to you at all times.
Requirements
- You must have an account with us. You can sign up for a free account here
- Your account must be in credit sufficient to purchase the names due to expire that day. (add funds here)
- Full and completely accurate names and address information must be supplied for each name. Failure to do so will most likely cause your application for the name to be refused by Nominet, even if we apply for the name first. Double check every detail, especially postcodes etc. making sure they are all formatted correctly. Don't get their first, then have Nominet refuse your application because you entered a postcode incorrectly!
- Amounts deposited for capturing UK names are non-refundable, but they may be used for other services on the site, such as new registrations and dns.
- Capture requests must be made at least 24 hours before domains are due to be deleted.
Please note, that we cannot guarantee to obtain a name for you, though we will make our best efforts. Because of the technology we have implemented, and the links we have to Nominet, we have a massive advantage in acquiring a UK name over most other people, and using us is one of your best chances of obtaining an expiring UK name.
