Don’t get into trouble over the Olympics

A lot of our week has been spent debating how to work with client sites when the  “Cookies Law” grace period ends in May, we still don’t have a definitive answer on that one, but there will be more information to follow in the coming weeks.

However, the topic for today is the Olympics, this London Games are less than 100 days away now and for many the excitement is building, but unless you are a sponsor don’t get any ideas about seeing this sporting event as a marketing opportunity!

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Domain Price Increases (.com/.net/.biz)

VeriSign and Neustar have announced that they will raise prices (again) as part of their annual price increases, as such prices are being raised by our domain registrars and we need to increase the price of some of our domains in line with this.

  • From January 14th 2012 the price for a .com, and .net registration, renewal or transfer will increase to £11.49 per year.
  • From January 31st 2012 the price for a .biz registration, renewal or transfer will increase to £10.99 per year.

You can renew your domains now to save money, if your domain is not in it’s renewal period and you would like us to add more years to your domains please contact us for a custom invoice for adding multiple years and where possible we’ll be happy to do this for you.

 

Register or renew .uk domain names to win prizes! – Proudly .uk

Join the 80% of UK users* who prefer a .uk domain 

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  •  Register or renew now and you could WIN tickets to Britain’s greatest eventsRegister here>

Win tickets to Britain’s best events

For a limited period of time, when you register or renew a .uk domain before 28th November 2011 you can be entered into a free prize draw to win tickets to some authentically British events.

Just by registering or renewing your .uk domain with us, you could be cheering on England in a Six Nations match. Alternatively, you could enjoy world class tennis (together with the obligatory strawberries and cream) at Wimbledon. Or maybe you’ll spend a night in London’s West End with a theatre experience.

Win daily prizes

It doesn’t end just with the big events. There are also daily ticketmaster vouchers to be won for your choice of events across the UK, together with an additional prize for the best tweet about .uk. It couldn’t be easier.

So you see; there’s never been a better time to be proudly .uk. It really is the best of British! Renew or Register a .uk domain today!

*Domain name industry report 2010: “When users were asked if they would choose to visit a .uk site over a .com site when presented with a search result, 80% said that they would click on the .uk website”