CO.UK or .COM - When its pure UK related

[seank]

Hi

if you were looking to get a STREET NAME domain , its actually located in England , both TLD are available.

what would you consider ? com or co.uk ?

thanks

 

[equity78]

.co.uk if not doing anything outside of England.

 

[urlurl]

buy both if they are available

 

[Ralph2472]

Yes, buy both. There is bound to be the same street name in other parts of the world.
I've had (got) names with both extensions, and the stats show more hits on .com's than .co.uk names; even for U.K based names.

Regards

Ralph.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Buy every extension just to avoid disappointment.

 

[Embrand]

Yeah, both. You could also consider .st for a nice hack.

 

[spamclinic]

the practical answer is-

type the name in browser without tld and just press enter you will get the answer and the answer it Dot Com.

though English is the common language for Web and for UK so dot Com is enough.
But if you are registering the name as development and having a good outlook for that name then register Both extension.

 

[Name Trader]

You should get both and forward the .com to the .co.uk (assuming you live in england)

 

[Venga]

What stub said, though I know people who do it the other way around (.co.uk --> .com)

 

[hookbox]

If both are available to register than absolutely buy both. It's a minimal investment. If you have ZERO plans of going outside the UK than use the co.uk domain and like others say forward the .com to the other. Which one to use would be a personal preference and also a preference of what is perceived as normal in your country. If all you see is co.uk than you have to use that one but if .com is used and accepted and is widespread I would use the .com just in case you ever wanted to branch out of the UK market. If you ever have plans on selling the website at any point than having the .com also is a huge bonus and only costs you 8 bucks a year.