.Com or .co.uk

Ben42 · 06-26-2006, 09:33 AM

If I were to start a website targeted to citizens of the UK should I use a .com or .co.uk?

Is it just a preference or which do most use?

How about .au? Same thing?

gazzip · 06-26-2006, 09:42 AM

For the uk only market I would get both if I could but develop the .co.uk and just point the .com

If you got just the .com and did'nt advertise the fact it was a .com - I would think most of the traffic would end up being a waste of bandwidth more than anything.

JMO

I just thought of an example - I reg'd a .co.uk about 2 years ago which because of the wording could only be really used in the uk market

The name is also a generic one in a pretty big market.

Since then Two different companies offering very similar services/products have started up - one uses the exact name in the .com the other uses the exact name with a hyphen in the .co.uk ext.

My Parked domain gets around 30 to 70 views per month and makes me more than the reg fee so It is very unlikely I will ever drop it, in fact it has just been renewed for another 2 years.

One of the companies - the .com one has made an offer but did'nt want to pay the mid to high £ xxx asking fee as it only cost me £7

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/210921-com-or-co-uk.html

The more those two advertise the more traffic I get and the more clicks going to both their compeditors !!

Not a very wise business move on their part IMO

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diddie · 06-26-2006, 09:42 AM

if available, use both,
if only co.uk is free, as its for UK citizens then use co.uk

dongan · 06-26-2006, 10:41 AM

co.uk is fine.

peterstannard · 06-26-2006, 12:09 PM

Agree with Diddie. Get both the .com and .co.uk if you can, if not then the .co.uk is fine for the UK market.

max99 · 06-26-2006, 12:11 PM

i use .co.uk for uk sites

RickM · 06-26-2006, 12:57 PM

.co.uk however i have a theory...a non-web compliant user is usualy more likely to go streight to the .com if they cant remember the extension, so make sure to get both

You could go for a .eu

mario06 · 06-26-2006, 01:17 PM

i believe co.uk

i have offered a dot com domain that i own to a owner of a dot co.uk , and he politely refused saying that in the UK , you have to use a .co.uk extension as the visitors like that ...
and i believe it .

peter phillips · 06-27-2006, 02:23 AM

Register both if possible, have .co.uk as your main domain and point the .com to it.

Ben42 · 06-27-2006, 04:51 AM

Thanks for all the responses guys.

NeeJam · 06-27-2006, 05:21 AM

im from the uk and although .co.uk is fine its only for the uk market. so thats why i go for .com's then you can target a much larger range. You'll find that most large uk companies use .com's over .co.uk's hovwever they do have the .co.uk's linking to the .com's basically you go on the .co.uk and it takes you to the .com

tipsfromthetop · 06-27-2006, 08:58 AM

All our UK business clients who host with my main company only wish the .co.uk unless they have a trade that is global then they ask for the .com and any others to stop hijacking of traffic.

-fp- · 06-27-2006, 10:50 AM

Inmo .co.uk works best.

-fp-

Halobitt · 06-27-2006, 01:31 PM

Both of course, if you can.

Or else someone (here, probably?) will capitalise on your mistake.

fab · 06-27-2006, 07:03 PM

I also think that .co.uk is good enough for a website targeted to citizens of the UK

Toolbox123 · 06-28-2006, 11:11 AM

I would recomend the .co.uk one personaly, but thats JMO.

06-26-2006, 09:33 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Ben42 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 2,114	.Com or .co.uk If I were to start a website targeted to citizens of the UK should I use a .com or .co.uk? Is it just a preference or which do most use? How about .au? Same thing? __________________ KG to Pounds Conversion Calculator

06-26-2006, 09:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
gazzip First Time Poster ! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GB Posts: 6,877	For the uk only market I would get both if I could but develop the .co.uk and just point the .com If you got just the .com and did'nt advertise the fact it was a .com - I would think most of the traffic would end up being a waste of bandwidth more than anything. JMO I just thought of an example - I reg'd a .co.uk about 2 years ago which because of the wording could only be really used in the uk market The name is also a generic one in a pretty big market. Since then Two different companies offering very similar services/products have started up - one uses the exact name in the .com the other uses the exact name with a hyphen in the .co.uk ext. My Parked domain gets around 30 to 70 views per month and makes me more than the reg fee so It is very unlikely I will ever drop it, in fact it has just been renewed for another 2 years. One of the companies - the .com one has made an offer but did'nt want to pay the mid to high £ xxx asking fee as it only cost me £7 ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/210921-com-or-co-uk.html The more those two advertise the more traffic I get and the more clicks going to both their compeditors !! Not a very wise business move on their part IMO . Last edited by gazzip; 06-26-2006 at 10:05 AM.

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peterstannard Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 618	Agree with Diddie. Get both the .com and .co.uk if you can, if not then the .co.uk is fine for the UK market.

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RickM Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 3,806	.co.uk however i have a theory...a non-web compliant user is usualy more likely to go streight to the .com if they cant remember the extension, so make sure to get both You could go for a .eu __________________ Disney World Fans - Mobile Apps for your WDW Vacation! WSDReg - Affordable Domain Registration. Serving NP members since 2006! Hotel Site Script - 15% Discount for NP members with code 'NPROS'

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mario06 NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 37	i believe co.uk i have offered a dot com domain that i own to a owner of a dot co.uk , and he politely refused saying that in the UK , you have to use a .co.uk extension as the visitors like that ... and i believe it .

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NeeJam Adsung.com Join Date: May 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,624 Follow @profitbaron	im from the uk and although .co.uk is fine its only for the uk market. so thats why i go for .com's then you can target a much larger range. You'll find that most large uk companies use .com's over .co.uk's hovwever they do have the .co.uk's linking to the .com's basically you go on the .co.uk and it takes you to the .com __________________ Adsung

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tipsfromthetop NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ipswich UK Posts: 911	All our UK business clients who host with my main company only wish the .co.uk unless they have a trade that is global then they ask for the .com and any others to stop hijacking of traffic. __________________ Removed Signature due to selling domains.

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06-27-2006, 01:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
Halobitt NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 835	Both of course, if you can. Or else someone (here, probably?) will capitalise on your mistake.

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fab Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,832	I also think that .co.uk is good enough for a website targeted to citizens of the UK

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