analysis .UK Buyers Have Overpaid

[Dream Domains]

Individuals who purchased recently released .uk domain names from auction have overpaid. They will either lose money or brake even, the probability of turning a profit is at around zero.

 

[Dosebuy]

Why is this? Can you please expand?

 

[Dream Domains]

The resale market for .uk is tiny. The purchase prices at auction were quite high.

 

[NickB]

Do you mean the Sedo Auction?

Listed a few below so people can have a look for themselves, courtesy of Namebio.

Domain Price Date Venue
accountancy.uk 5,548 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
court.uk 4,568 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
setup.uk 4,131 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
hostels.uk 3,513 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
webserver.uk 3,135 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
perfect.uk 2,258 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
smartphone.uk 2,007 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
sitebuilder.uk 1,945 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
coworking.uk 1,694 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
espresso.uk 1,380 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
mountainbike.uk 1,317 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
gameplay.uk 1,255 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
bankloan.uk 1,192 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fair.uk 1,177 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
callcentre.uk 1,098 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fairplay.uk 1,068 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
ppl.uk 1,010 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
heartbeat.uk 877 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
scc.uk 861 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
crepes.uk 853 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
update.uk 816 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
ayurveda.uk 784 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fis.uk 704 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
cdw.uk 703 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
penis.uk 626 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
technologies.uk 626 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
reiki.uk 625 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
ssb.uk 597 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
sluts.uk 565 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
hsc.uk 556 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
ott.uk 528 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fms.uk 521 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
authentic.uk 501 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fbc.uk 470 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
atlantis.uk 469 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
bits.uk 452 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
emg.uk 452 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
dtr.uk 452 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
itb.uk 430 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
psw.uk 420 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
smug.uk 418 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
essence.uk 415 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
skischool.uk 415 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
rgl.uk 414 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
isd.uk 403 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
ede.uk 403 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
lia.uk 403 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
tei.uk 401 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
standards.uk 388 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
macho.uk 379 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
dent.uk 345 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
wsg.uk 339 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
wbb.uk 335 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
pse.uk 326 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
generation.uk 325 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
montage.uk 319 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
electrics.uk 305 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
brighter.uk 305 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
goodnight.uk 295 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
puff.uk 277 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
everyday.uk 277 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
laird.uk 277 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
presentation.uk 277 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
lyra.uk 277 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
launderette.uk 252 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
jazzy.uk 250 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
vad.uk 235 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
grind.uk 232 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
flexi.uk 227 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
dead.uk 227 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
bernhard.uk 221 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
cityguide.uk 201 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
signup.uk 198 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
induction.uk 196 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
fingerprint.uk 169 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
thinkbig.uk 163 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
mueller.uk 152 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
effect.uk 152 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
gown.uk 152 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
industrialdesign.uk 138 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
niro.uk 137 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
geoip.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
onlinebackup.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
liar.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
kali.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
dict.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
slowcooking.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
homeland.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
movo.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
riz.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
bellavista.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
miriam.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
rookie.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
iman.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
furry.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
insert.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
melinda.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
jule.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
gigi.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo
lifecare.uk 124 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo

 

[Wesley S]

I think he means they have been using the .co.uk already and feels this is more business like for the uk then just .uk is. I could be wrong, but still will catch a lesser value than .com anyway.

 

[NickB]

considering accountancy.co.uk does not resolve, I think the owner of the .uk is gonna struggle to sell unless it is an end user purchase.....

 

[Dream Domains]

These prices are too high for .uk extension if you aim to make a profit.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

.co is garbage.

Crap.

.app is crapp

.top is garbage.

.ICU is as garbage as Geneva is a home of slave owners.

DomainNameBroker.com is full of valuable insight.

hostels.uk 3,513 USD 2019-07-18 Sedo

That's a bargain if you aim to create a business out of it. As a blanket statement to say "Individuals who purchased recently released .uk domain names from auction have overpaid." is bs.

 

[NickB]

I

DomainNameBroker.com is full of valuable insight.


That's a bargain if you aim to create a business out of it. As a blanket statement to say "Individuals who purchased recently released .uk domain names from auction have overpaid." is bs.

I did say unless it was an end user sale....no blanket statement was made for accountancy.uk by myself....

 

[BaileyUK]

These prices are too high for .uk extension if you aim to make a profit.

I do agree. I think there's an element of wanting/wishing for a new market boost to take the stagnation out of the .co.uk scene.

It might reawaken interest but in the short term all that it has done is Double the number of domains for the same sized market.

For those of us that remember the heydays of co.uk equating to 10% of the .com value. Today appears to be a graveyard in comparison

 

[jmcc]

I do agree. I think there's an element of wanting/wishing for a new market boost to take the stagnation out of the .co.uk scene.

There's a danger of conflating stagnation in domain name sales with the dynamics of .CO.UK market. The .CO.UK subdomain is still rather healthy in terms of a general market. However, a mature TLD is not a monolith and domain names drop each month and others are registered.

The June figures from Nominet show that the .UK sub is about 3.61 million registrations compared to about 9.7 million in other subdomains. Admittedly some of the 3.61 million registrations are registrar land grabs that may not renew well.

Regards...jmcc

 

[wizard]

Yes some great sales have happened i have sold a few .UK i caught in the ROR as i didn't just want the .uk i hold thousands of domains but prefer to hold both co.uk and .uk and still selling far more co.uk the only .uk selling are to traders or investors to hold but with price increases etc its turning me back to .com

 

[frank-germany]

The resale market for .uk is tiny. The purchase prices at auction were quite high.

never trust a statistic you didn't fake yourself

 

[Dream Domains]

Check namebio.com

 

[MapleDots]

The resale market for .uk is tiny. The purchase prices at auction were quite high.

I will disagree with you on this.
The reason the auction prices were high is because people saw the value in the extension.
Shorter is always better and eventually .uk will move to the foreground.

If you look at .uk as a long term investment it is a good choice. If I was from that region I would be buying up every dictionary word I could get my hands on. In ten years time I would invite you to my mansion to chew the fat and show you how domaining paid the bill.

Seems like you are a long term member so chances are we will both be here in 10 years, I'm going to make a reminder to direct a post at you to discuss .uk at that time. Hopefully we are both healthy at that point but I am very confident that .uk will be a dominant force by then.

 

[Dream Domains]

If you aim to make a profit through resale, you can't pay these prices. These name are very unlikely to be resold for higher than what has been pain on auction.

 

[MapleDots]

These name are very unlikely to be resold for higher than what has been pain on auction.

Says who?
Anything that has a limited supply will eventually go up in value. If anything the auction prices have already set a precedence for value.

 

[Dream Domains]

You need to become more realistic.

Limited demand, not only supply.

 

[MapleDots]

You need to become more realistic.

Limited demand, not only supply.

Again, where are your facts?

What makes you think there is limited demand? You just set they sold at high auction prices, that shows demand?

Wholesale, retail, does not matter, whenever it sells there is demand.

The UK is a big place, single words will go up exponentially in value.

PS. Focus on what I have said from the get go....

Single dictionary word .uk domains

 

[Dream Domains]

Single dictionary word domains at what acuisition cost?