.uk.com

[linker]

Hi,

Just a general question about .uk.com... Is this an open registration, ie, can anyone reg a .uk.com?

And, would a top keyword name (400,000+ OVT) be worth regging as a .uk.com?

Any decent sales?

Thanks!!!

 

[Gerrit]

It's a subdomain sale by CentralNIC, owners of .uk.com and many others (such as .no.com, .sa.com, .de.com, .us.com, .eu.com, ...). They're established and relatively stable for over 10 years so their subdomains are about as secure as any ccTLD. Only the price is a bit high.

.UK.COM is well used in the UK, and has no restrictions. Also, .CO.UK and .ORG.UK may be registered by anyone as well, regardless if the person has an address in Britain or not.

I have seen a hotel chain using .UK.COM as their main domain. You sometimes see local companies as well that use .UK.COM instead of .CO.UK

 

[linker]

Thanks Gerrit... I am trying to decide if I should speculate on a good keyword that is available in .uk.com... Any restrictions on reselling .uk.com?

Thanks!!

 

[Rob]

I can tell you that I have very rarely seen this domain in use anywhere. .CO.UK is the big one here, obviously, and these smaller ones just wont be remembered by the public.

But that only matters if you are developing?

Well... who is seriously going to type in .uk.com? I never have.

Then again I dont know the keyword you are referring to. Personally I would never want to own anything other than a 'real' TLD or CCTLD. I have never heard of an end user sale either, although it isnt something I go out of my way to research.

Good luck!

 

[duskdawn]

That is not a real (official) ccTLD, it is only subdomains happened to have a LL.com appendix. It is like I own dn.cc, so I can setup subdomains for you by using www.whatever.dn.cc.
If you are serious with your website and domaining. Don't use it.

 

[duskdawn]

Im sure if its a decent keyword people will pay money for it. There has even been a few sales here on NP @ the Live Auction where people sold ccTLD's keyword domains. Most of the time they came out on top.

Example:

discussion.at - SOLD for 3200 NP$ (or $64) to Joseph.

Good luck

That is not the case.
.at or .co.uk is a real ccTLD while .uk.com is not. However I do know poker.web.com or something had some decent sale report here on NP. But still, it is not a real ccTLD. The company can close their subdomain service anytime they want.

 

[TOM23]

i would say keep your 60 quid in your poket if your looking to resell the name. However if you are looking to develop it go for it. .org.uk would sell better that .uk.com

 

[linker]

Thanks everyone... I decided to go another route anyway, and I registered it in another ccTLD...

The domain in question is Anime.la ... Obviously Anime.uk.com is available...

Another nper had owned Anime.la before me apparently,
I posted it in the Appraisal section...

thanks for all of the responses!

 

[Gerrit]

Who cares about 'real ccTLD' or not? I can tell you that CentralNIC is around for 10 years, never had any stability or continuity problems, and has a very wide range of customers in its portfolio. I'd rather trust buying a .uk.com subdomain than buying a 'real' domain in a ccTLD of an instable country. I have more trust in CentralNIC, who have proven their powers, than in the registry of some obscure island that may change its registration policies anytime.

 

[duskdawn]

Who cares about 'real ccTLD' or not?

Maybe you don't, but I do and many professional people do. It is better to let the original poster know the situation before he makes his own decision.
A real ccTLD is an ICANN approved country code Top Leveled Domains. While uk.com is not. It's a subdomain.
Whatever it is, a subdomain cannot be compared to a TLD.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Who cares about 'real ccTLD' or not? I can tell you that CentralNIC is around for 10 years, never had any stability or continuity problems, and has a very wide range of customers in its portfolio. I'd rather trust buying a .uk.com subdomain than buying a 'real' domain in a ccTLD of an instable country. I have more trust in CentralNIC, who have proven their powers, than in the registry of some obscure island that may change its registration policies anytime.

Who cares???

I care that ICANN and a known set of rules apply to my domain names.

I care that whois data updates more than once every couple of years.

I care that Verisign hasn't sold it's business to a group with little use for a fledgling subdomain business in the past year.

And I could go on and on...

You can't really begin to compare centralnic or any of the many other knockoffs to real domains.

-Allan

 

[Gerrit]

I see what you all mean, though CentralNIC is around for years now without any proof of non-stability or non-continuity. That is more than some real ccTLD's such as .CD or so, who have had several struggles. So why should a .UK.COM be less stable than for example .CC or .NU where the governments could change their policies anytime and let down thousands of foreign customers?

 

[dhscott]

I'm pretty sure poker, loans, sex etc. keywords would be worth something, even if it is subdomain.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

I see what you all mean, though CentralNIC is around for years now without any proof of non-stability or non-continuity. That is more than some real ccTLD's such as .CD or so, who have had several struggles. So why should a .UK.COM be less stable than for example .CC or .NU where the governments could change their policies anytime and let down thousands of foreign customers?

whois info that shows data that is outdated by over a year?
An extension that was "sold" to a group whose core competency has nothing to do with domains?
.CC or .NU can't change their policies "anytime", I'm almost certain, although the fear mongering is a nice touch
-Allan :gl:

 

[Gerrit]

I am not sure about the WHOIS, didn't check that.

However, sex.eu.com sold for a few thousands euros (made a domain newsblog recently) and some organisations do use the CentralNIC domains for their websites. For example Feathers Hotel, a hotel chain in the UK, uses feathers.uk.com as domain instead of .co.uk. And we're not talking about a little guesthouse here but about a top class 'poshy' hotel chain with a hotels spread across Britain (I can now, as I use them myself when travelling to England -- despite the high costs )

 

[gazzip]

. However I do know poker.web.com or something had some decent sale report here on NP.

Now that's debatable :lol: ..... :notme:


the only sub domain sale I have seen is -
Sms.eu.com – sold at sedo for 700 euros – 23/02/2006


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