UK.com where UK is part of the main name

[scotslass]

Hi,
I've read past threads that suggest .uk.com isn't a good idea. But what about when the UK bit is part of the name (e.g. genericproductuk.com). Is there any value in this type of domain name?

Lynn

 

[zoogo]

Sorry to thread jack but can you register straight .uk domains? Its a great looking extension.

Anyway just thought while someone was answering your in depth one they could answer my easy one.

Thanks a lot, and good luck.

 

[blossomdomains]

I say the value is very low.
The gold is in the "genericproduct.co.uk", NOT "genericproductuk.com"

cheers,
blossom

 

[scotslass]

Thanks Blossom, alas that one was unavailable. It's been useful as an affiliate product site so I'll just keep it going as that for now.

 

[Name Trader]

I agree. I've tried many UK and US type domains with no results at all. Basically worth regfee unless developed.

 

[netearner]

Ah, I often think about this subject as I own quite a few ukxxxxxxx.com names. For example I have ukholidaycottages.com (doing nothing with it at the moment)

holidaycottages (co.uk) goes to quite a nice little site that just sells cottage holidays in the south west of england.

to me, having the uk at the front of this one describes the whole area and of course people from overseas might look for the .com before the .co.uk (assuming that the americans know that we use holiday not vacation!!) Luckily in the UK we mix and match between .co.uk and .com. I am in Australia at the moment and everyone uses .com.au (which has made me think a lot more about ccTLDs)

If i was looking for holiday cottages in the uk, my dot com version is what i would type into google? I think it also depends upon what is actually happening at the .co.uk site. If some some company got lucky and just have their little site there, then it may be safe to presume that they wont go nationwide?

Also generally I prefer the UK to be at the front of the term with the generic in a plural form.

richie

 

[Spade]

We have a way to look it up actually on NameBio for domains that have sold that end in UK. Here is a sample of the most recent sales:

plan-uk.com 500
hauk.com 927
pokeruk.net 1400
biiuk.com 60
ouk.eu 492
plussizelingerie-uk.co.uk 100
manchester.uk.net 1262
facemodelagencyuk.com 600
antiques.uk.com 193
JUK.com 40000
avuk.com 725
uk.st 1710
hhuk.com 85
hdtvuk.com 398
realestate.uk.net 190
xmluk.org 4255
degreeuk.com 390
qmuk.com 130
canalsouk.com 380
cuk.de 453
badcreditremortgageuk.com 1000
oiuk.com 140
shedsuk.com 250
mortgageuk.org 70
forex.uk.net 6000

 

[HuntingMoon]

if you match up a prime keyword to a UK business and market the name properly to them, it is possible to flip to an end user.

 

[lincolndsp]

i've flipped a 2-word product name (word1word2Uk.com) for high $xx recently.

 

[scotslass]

Thanks everyone, for your ideas and suggestions. Most helpful. Incidentally, the domain is laptopbagsuk.com.

 

[joexbl1]

We have a way to look it up actually on NameBio for domains that have sold that end in UK. Here is a sample of the most recent sales:

plan-uk.com 500
hauk.com 927
pokeruk.net 1400
biiuk.com 60
ouk.eu 492
plussizelingerie-uk.co.uk 100
manchester.uk.net 1262
facemodelagencyuk.com 600
antiques.uk.com 193
JUK.com 40000
avuk.com 725
uk.st 1710
hhuk.com 85
hdtvuk.com 398
realestate.uk.net 190
xmluk.org 4255
degreeuk.com 390
qmuk.com 130
canalsouk.com 380
cuk.de 453
badcreditremortgageuk.com 1000
oiuk.com 140
shedsuk.com 250
mortgageuk.org 70
forex.uk.net 6000

badcreditremortgageuk.com - $1000! wtf?

 

[welluyu]

how about president.uk.com, how much for it?

 

[cwinhall]

how about president.uk.com, how much for it?

seeing as the UK doesn't have a president my guess would be $0.

I own RecUK dot com and I feel it can target a huge market of UK businesses in recycling, recruitment or recreation, possible even an acronym of REC. I'm hopeful to sell it to an end user for $x,xxx

 

[Name Trader]

Justin,

It would be interesting to see the sales results with UK at the beginning of the domain name for comparison purposes. I too think the UK or US at the beginning is better than at the end.