.co.uk

fryup

Bought an item off a website with a .co.uk domain, thinking that said item would arrive in a week at most, but now discover that the business is based in china:mad: and as a result will have to wait a month

isn't there a law against that?? using the domain of another country whilst being located in another

its really p!ssing me off the amount of times i have been duped by this..is there any way of finding out the genuine location of an online business?

Riesen_Meal

fryup wrote: »

Bought an item off a website with a .co.uk domain, thinking that said item would arrive in a week at most, but now discover that the business is based in china:mad: and as a result will have to wait a month

isn't there a law against that?? using the domain of another country whilst being located in another

its really p!ssing me off the amount of times i have been duped by this..is there any way of finding out the genuine location of an online business?

No law against it at all, its the internet, your not duped....

Check out www.who.is - and it will tell you who owns the site but chances are it may say somewhere in UK, as it may have been registered there...

I'm sure it clearly states delivery times if it's in any way of a reputable site....

fryup

Fieldog wrote: »

No law against it at all, its the internet, your not duped....

well i think i am in fairness, if an online business has a co.uk domain you're obviously going to think its based in the uk

skelligs

I have a .co.uk domain. I'm in Ireland.

The .co.uk is used to target the UK market with prices in sterling and relevant delivery charges for UK market. Totally normal.


In the terms and conditions it should state the company address.

rubadub

hmv.co.uk used to ship from jersey so you were liable for VAT, its not just shady companies doing this.

Rucking_Fetard

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flagfox/

Displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server and provides a multitude of tools such as site safety checks, whois, translation, similar sites, validation, URL shortening, and more...

Rucking_Fetard

The .co part of UK sites is going soon aswell. Just gonna be .uk.

http://www.techienews.co.uk/9713270/britain-gets-national-uk-web-address/

L1011

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

The .co part of UK sites is going soon aswell. Just gonna be .uk.

http://www.techienews.co.uk/9713270/britain-gets-national-uk-web-address/

Existing sites are very unlikely to change domain and its likely that .co. will still be available also

Reedsie

There is also the possibility that the site you are dealing with may be dropshipping. The retailer may be based in the UK but would transfer your orders to a Chinese distributor.

rubadub

MYOB wrote: »

Existing sites are very unlikely to change domain and its likely that .co. will still be available also

Some existing sites might sort of feel forced to have both, I would say they might buy the .uk and have it link back to the .co.uk

sounds like a money making scam to me. If I had a new site I would go for .co.uk over .uk the .co.uk is very well established & recognized.

PartnerSeeds

fryup wrote: »

Bought an item off a website with a .co.uk domain, thinking that said item would arrive in a week at most, but now discover that the business is based in china:mad: and as a result will have to wait a month

isn't there a law against that?? using the domain of another country whilst being located in another

its really p!ssing me off the amount of times i have been duped by this..is there any way of finding out the genuine location of an online business?

No anyone can buy a co.uk just like a .com

with the .ie you have to show you have ownership usually through cro business name so I'd feel slightly safer buying from them

TheDriver

Plenty of .ie are just international companies who ship from abroad