.uk .UK domain name release

[Psychedelic.us]

Is anyone registering .UK domains? They opened registration for anyone and there's a bunch of great one-word domains up for grabs. I haven't heard much about this extension on this forum and wanted to know all of your take.

UK residents already owning the .CO.UK extension received first dibs of its equivalent but now it's open registration. These .UK names seems to be much more better and catchy than .co.uk, but we'll see how things go. I suppose it's still too early to say.

There's still many great domains up for grab.

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[wizard]

@wizard you mind sharing examples of what you were able to catch please ?

Yes im happy to show you only premium names im going for and getting lll.uk

PM if

lets see what i get today

Well .co.uk is a subdomain of .uk so makes sense for .uk to overtake in time.

It wont happen and if it does it will take over 10-15 years

 

[Picorio]

surprised to see PornID dotuk available to reg after the governments proposal for porn sites to verify users are over 18.
Naturally, as a UK citizen I dont support this, but if it comes into force could be a tidy little go-to portal for users to get verified.[/QUOTE

Just got sexid/UK

 

[mani0307]

Just grab: easy / invest .uk

 

[platey]

The best thing about

.uk

Website addresses is that I'm in the uk and nothing on the radio Eg no Nominet ads stating the process etc Nothing in a UK p aper about the. uk Website address extension etc and or how it affects the. Co.uk etc on a day when many may lose their. uk Website address etc

The uk is still digitally asleep having a good old snore lol

How many people who have bought

.uk

Domains are outside the uk etc

Some of the best

.uk

Domains will be owned by domain name investors outside the uk it would appear

I own a few obviously as it's my Cctld etc and on the back of most trucks is a
. Co.uk

Website address

Very few are. uk Website addresses

A few are starting to use gtlds etc

 

[Picorio]

It just changed hands Xnxxx.uk

 

[platey]

Just grab: easy / invest .uk

It just changed hands Xnxxx.uk

What website address

And on what auction

 

[Picorio]

What website address

And on what auction

Oops I mean just got registered.

 

[platey]

Just grab: easy / invest .uk

On what auction site?

 

[jamesosix]

how do you bid on Domain lore pre auctions (some have like 12 bids lined up etc).

Upcoming RoR .uk Auctions Start Price Pre-bids Start Time
gay.uk
£50
12 This Week
insure.uk
£50
12 This Week
film.uk
£50
12 This Week


^ these ones.

Cheers

 

[platey]

how do you bid on Domain lore pre auctions (some have like 12 bids lined up etc).

Upcoming RoR .uk Auctions Start Price Pre-bids Start Time
gay.uk
£50
12 This Week
insure.uk
£50
12 This Week
film.uk
£50
12 This Week


^ these ones.

Cheers

I haven't got a clue lol and I'm not from, the uk but it's not straight forward as it doesn't accept Gmail or yahoo email as far as I am. Aware as if it did I'd have joined domainlore 2 years ago but still can't work out how to register lol

 

[platey]

What sort of budget are you throwing at these. uk domains

6 figures 7 figures lol

Are you buying for stock or on behalf of a collector? I wi zard

 

[platey]

Although there are Eg 12 pre bids on Domainlore. uk etc the number of pre bids isn't changing but position they appear in in domainlore listing keeps changing so existing bidders must be continually upping their bids so an auction must be going on now?

 

[platey]

I allowed

Give food. uk

To expire lol Bought for reg fee and I used to own the. Co.uk at the same time at one point lol

 

[wizard]

I allowed

Give food. uk

To expire lol Bought for reg fee and I used to own the. Co.uk at the same time at one point lol

oh dear

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Thank God for that ignore button...

Favourites that I got are below:

aut/onomo/us
h/as/hed
c///u/m
wr/es/tle
/cas/hless
s/n/og
ge/eky
c/itize/ns/hip
activi/st
upl/oa///ds
se/lfdr/iven
c/ampaign/er

You don't want to see the really bad ones .

I'm not going to beat myself up too much that I haven't ended up with a bunch of 3L names as I would have liked, or some prime 1 worders (watch.uk, video.uk, stream.uk spring to mind), it seemed extremely fierce and I've never seen so many names being registered in half a second.

I've never attempted to drop catch any names before so it's been a fun learning experience and a fun ride but I've spent every evening this week compiling a list of names for the next day. My girlfriend will be pleased that this week is over haha. It took me a week of test drops the week prior to get a code base resembling something that was remotely useful for the daily drops. I wish I had started developing a system sooner and made full use of the weeks of test drops, I could have done all sorts to optimize. Alas, it's too late now.

Being able to buy at registrar reg fee has allowed me to have fun without the fear of running up a big bill, plus I have the luxury to cancel names and not get charged.

During the process I picked up a name of a big corporation that I subsequently decided to delete cause it was too much of a hot potato. I cancelled it several hours later and it got snapped up by Dropped.uk after about an hour, it's someone else's problem now.

 

[Constantin S]

Domains confirmed in my posession:
WebDevelopmentCompany dotuk
WebDesignAgency dotuk
UKFlights dotuk
PersonalCare dotuk
ReptileShop dotuk
GamingStore dotuk
HappyEnding dotuk
CyclingShop dotuk
EmergencyVet dotuk
ForGirls dotuk
ForMen dotuk

First 2 will be redirected to my business website

 

[StolenDreams]

I got nothing today from Godaddy

 

[platey]

Domains confirmed in my posession:
WebDevelopmentCompany dotuk
WebDesignAgency dotuk
UKFlights dotuk
PersonalCare dotuk
ReptileShop dotuk
GamingStore dotuk
HappyEnding dotuk
CyclingShop dotuk
EmergencyVet dotuk
ForGirls dotuk
ForMen dotuk

First 2 will be redirected to my business website

I have one or two but I bought what I wanted for reg fee

 

[mani0307]

On what auction site?

Dynadot

 

[platey]

I'm not on dynadot but do sell a few
Internationalised domain names for OK dollars