Buying a registered .co.uk domain name

[zuby84]

I'm looking at buying a domain name for a new venture. The .com one is available but the .co.uk has been registered by someone else. The .co.uk domain is a non-functioning website "This page is not available."

I want to approach this guy to buy it off him - How do I get his contact details? WHOIS only lists the address of the company that registered the address (fasthosts) and his name. Is there some other database where domain name speculators (which I think this is) go and list their domains on sale?

Edited by zuby84 on Monday 3rd November 13:28

[grumbas]

Whois should list the registrant and their address, fasthosts should be listed separately as the registrar.

For example:

Nominet said:

Domain name:
pistonheads.co.uk

Registrant:
Haymarket Media Group Limited

Registrant type:
UK Limited Company, (Company number: 2923699)

Registrant's address:
174 Hammersmith Road
London
W6 7JP
United Kingdom

Data validation:
Registrant contact details validated by Nominet on 10-Dec-2012

Registrar:
Corporation Service Company (UK) Limited [Tag = CSC-CORP-DOMAINS]
URL: http://www.cscprotectsbrands.com

So you'd need to try and make contact with the registrant.

Sometimes you find domains lists on sites like sedo.com, and sometimes googling the registrant can turn up results with a bit of detective work. But if someone wants to hide and sit on the name they can be very hard to track down!

[1441]

We were in a similar position some while ago, in a nutshell we put the domain name on back order with 123-reg when it was due for renewal they jumped in and grabbed it for us.