Domain Names

[Chim Girl]

Is is possible to find out what domains belong to an individual? i.e. A Companies House search on an individual will show you which companies they're involved with, is there anything similar for domain names? I suspect not.

Thanks

[Taita]

You can use WHOIS http://whois.domaintools.com/

to look up who it is registered to if that helps?

[Plotloss]

No but you can find out who owns a domain through the Nominet website if its a .co.uk and whois.net for just about everything else.

[Chim Girl]

Whois doesn't show the details if it is a private individual, does it?

I'm working with a client who suspects that their ex business partner has registered many variations of names that they may wish to use as trading names. They have the Ltd Co registered at Companies House, but my understanding is that only gives them the rights to the .ltd domain. Is that the case?

[Plotloss]

Depends, a private individual can chose to mask their details from whois.

Companies cant.

Yep only the actual limited co has rights over the .ltd.uk domain. Which immediately renders it pointless because if no one else can buy it, why should you?

Edited by Plotloss on Friday 9th January 15:56

[Chim Girl]

They've been registered privately, I doubt the other party will ever use the domains they registered, they've just done it to cause inconvenience.

[Plotloss]

Chim Girl said:

They've been registered privately, I doubt the other party will ever use the domains they registered, they've just done it to cause inconvenience.

If its a .co.uk then try the Nominet Dispute Resolution service.

Free until an adjudicator gets involved to make a judgement.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Plotloss said:

Chim Girl said:

They've been registered privately, I doubt the other party will ever use the domains they registered, they've just done it to cause inconvenience.

If its a .co.uk then try the Nominet Dispute Resolution service.

Free until an adjudicator gets involved to make a judgement.

If they aren't using the domains for a website it doesn't mean the domains aren't being used - Just because nothing is seen to members of the general public, doesn't mean it isn't actually being used. For a succesful DRS case you'd need to show it was an abusive registration - registering a domain and not using it, isn't an abusive registration.

[Plotloss]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Plotloss said:

Chim Girl said:

They've been registered privately, I doubt the other party will ever use the domains they registered, they've just done it to cause inconvenience.

If its a .co.uk then try the Nominet Dispute Resolution service.

Free until an adjudicator gets involved to make a judgement.

If they aren't using the domains for a website it doesn't mean the domains aren't being used - Just because nothing is seen to members of the general public, doesn't mean it isn't actually being used. For a succesful DRS case you'd need to show it was an abusive registration - registering a domain and not using it, isn't an abusive registration.

No but doing it specifically to deprive another party with a trading business of that name could be construed as such.

[therealpigdog]

Plotloss said:

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Plotloss said:

Chim Girl said:

They've been registered privately, I doubt the other party will ever use the domains they registered, they've just done it to cause inconvenience.

If its a .co.uk then try the Nominet Dispute Resolution service.

Free until an adjudicator gets involved to make a judgement.

If they aren't using the domains for a website it doesn't mean the domains aren't being used - Just because nothing is seen to members of the general public, doesn't mean it isn't actually being used. For a succesful DRS case you'd need to show it was an abusive registration - registering a domain and not using it, isn't an abusive registration.

No but doing it specifically to deprive another party with a trading business of that name could be construed as such.

this was implemented over the last couple of years to prevent cyber-squatting - not cast-iron though.

[bishbash]

You can do this, but it's not free.
http://www.domaintools.com/registrant-search/

The fee varies though i just tried on my name, and it says I have 11 domains - which is about right, and the report is $78, tried it on a "Haymarket Media Group Limited" and it was $278 for 620 domains.

If your unsure what to search the simplest way is to check one of the domains you know the owner owns and see what it's registered under.

[Chim Girl]

Thanks Bishbash, that could be a useful site.

[AAT1981]

Whats the site you are after anyway?

[Chim Girl]

I haven't posted it, as it is subject to a confidentiality agreement.