[kictanet] Unscrupulous domain registrars or . . .

[Adam Peake]

Robert, hi

KENIC's Whois shows wingu.co.ke was created on August 10 2011.  The
registrar is Webhost Kenya Ltd.   But they've had the name for more
than half a year.

Using KENIC Whois to check availability might calm your fears for any
future name search (in the past some registrars, not in Kenya as far
as I know, have done what you've described) .

Adam


On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I visited site called WebHostKenya.com to search for the availability of the
> domain name wingu.co.ke and hopefully be able to register it, the domain
> name not available so I searched for an alternative wingu.ne.ke
>
> When I made the initial search the domain name was available just to check
> again a few minutes later and it had been taken up, the concerning issue is
> that the registrar in question is the one who holds the wingu.co.ke domain
> name.
>
> Is this my over active conspiracy mind at work or is it possible that the
> registrar can view my search and then register the domain so as to force me
> to pay him more later?
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
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