domain VehicleTransporter.co.uk

[prangers]

Hi, looking for thoughts on value on this domain. 1900 monthly google searches for " Vehicle Transporter" in the UK

Regards

 

[jhm]

A very stretched domain, and a struggle (reg fee territory, in my view)

PS Check out "Acorn Domains" (Biggest UK domain forum), can get further opinions specifically for ".co.uk"

 

[noneisnone]

monthly searches don't dictate the value
i don't see it selling reg fee like @jhm said

 

[redemo]

Very nice domain and worth MUCH more than the registration fee. Please IGNORE anyone who says it's not worth anything because it's not based on any level of research or local knowledge. I happen to have done some research for you and although far from an expert am privy to some of the inner workings of the G.B. transportation industry. Research is your best friend.

Vehicle transportation is a HUGE multi-BILLION pound industry in G.B. Last I heard it costs £ 1.50 - £ 3.00 for every mile so a typical 500 mile one-direction journey from Dover (if the vehicle has been shipped from Calais) to Glasgow would cost between £ 750 - £ 3000. The transportation price decreases as the mileage goes up. This is a variable cost because there are a multitude of different vehicle sizes and weights. You have ride-on lawnmowers, fork lift trucks, tractors, diggers, vintage cars, auction lots and other heavy machinery vehicles. It's not economically friendly to drive these type of vehicles over long distances, and they cannot go on the motorway.

Add to that cars, motorbikes, motor homes, tanks, other military vehicles, and trucks which have been involved in accidents. These vehicles need to be immediately removed from public roads. If the driver does not have insurance or a valid M.O.T. certificate that means the vehicle cannot legally be driven. In many cases it also invalidates the insurance and breakdown cover, meaning the driver has to hire a private vehicle transportation company to remove the vehicle. This will cost over £ 100 in most cases. I know because it's happened to me in my youth.

Edit - add to that ANY vehicle that enters the UK and advertises as NEW in a showroom. This means it cannot legally be driven on public roads before the sale. 2019 there were 57 BILLION pounds worth of vehicles imported to the UK, and most of the new ones required a vehicle transporter.

Those are just some of the reasons why vehicle transportation is such a massive industry. Do your own research and you will find many others. I haven't even got started on animal transportation or spacecraft. Start on Google and look for Government reports. If you have specific questions pick up the phone and call the relevant office mate or pop an email.

A quick search of UK Google for transporter.co.uk returns over 50 domains that belong to active U.K. vehicle transportation companies. Admittedly some of these companies are directly about the Volkswagen Transporter models.

I'm not going to do your research for you but here are some examples of ACTIVE UK companies that you can contact (when you are ready) about selling your domain

So -

thevehicletransporterltd .co.uk

vehicletransportertraining .co.uk

stevefrowentransport .ltd.uk

caravantransporter .co.uk

biketransporter .co.uk

kentcartransporter .co.uk

abnormalwideloads .co.uk

boattransport .co.uk

horse-transporter .co.uk

hunwick-transporter .com

bsmcartransport.co.uk

cartransportquoter.co.uk

falkirkcarcarriers .co.uk

cv4cartransport.com

transporter-eng .com

quinnscartransport.co.uk

Also look up G.B. vehicle trailer, wide load and auto logistics and transportation companies. There are hundreds of them, maybe thousands if you include the local traders. This is such a lucrative trade you will be AMAZED how many companies can be interested in buying your domain. It's insanely popular and you can get a nice price for your name.

 

[redemo]

@jhm I wanted to thank you for mentioning Acorn Domains (never heard of that forum before), as well as disagree with the first part of your post. Forum won't let me both thank AND disagree. So thanks, and I disagree!

 

[Mike Goodman]

Cracking domain name, well done @prangers for getting your hands on that one.

@redemo I agree with all you said apart from your pricing, which is a little dated. Costs are on the rise due to the current shortage in storage facilities, international transportation bottlenecks (land sea and air, we are a trading nation), changes in demand patterns (blamed on the pandemic but I don't have direct evidence of that although I can easily believe it) and a shortage of skilled personnel in each relevant sector to do with transport and storage. I can't see how all of that wouldn't apply to transporting vehicles of any category other than very local stuff. Of course, costs are reflected in pricing to customers, whether they be businesses or consumers

As it happens I'm doing a feasibility right now because I've been propositioned to get involved in a logistics and warehousing business start up, not vehicle movement though. There are some impressive numbers coming out. I'm based in West Yorkshire, which is generally lower priced than further south. Fuel, lorries, etc. will be the same but land, buildings and a few other costs would be lower here. But they're higher than you said. Of course, I'm costing at local prices where appropriate so I'm only guessing the usual north-south disparity applies.

 

[jhm]

@redemo I embrace disagreement

...PharmaceuticalCare.co.uk, an even bigger industry than vehicle transportation ...however, not a juicy domain with the ".co.uk" extension

 

[jhm]

A vague breakdown, and analysis:

If the domain vehicletransport.com - High thousands / 5 figure territory (without a shadow of doubt)

If the domain vehicletransporter.com - Low / mid thousands territory (with relative ease)

The ".net" / ".org" of this domain would fetch mid hundreds, up to high hundreds. The ".co.uk" is not in the same league as these, in terms of desirability / prestige

...If we're dealing in ".co.uk", I will reluctantly adjust to low hundreds to the right UK only buyer, than reg fee. Bottom line ...not a fantastic domain

...I do my homework, on every appraisal. I have no option but to disagree, sadly ...but look forward to your appraisal none the less

 

[Mike Goodman]

@jhm that does depend upon a variety of factors. Is the OP prepared to go out and sell it, wait for a buyer to find it on landing pages and how much of hurry are they in to sell it? For starters.

With some sales effort behind it, or a patient wait for the right buyer to find it, it's certainly five figures. The dotcom would be in the very high five to low six figure range. I'm sitting on two similar level, logistics, dotcom domains right now and I know exactly how much I want for each of them. It is not unrealistic either.

Within their respective countries, the .co.uk, .de and possibly two or three other ccTLDs, good names are a lot more valuable than you appear to think. Each of those economies has a sufficient number of large companies to support such a market. That is the key factor, not whether it would sell for a high price in the USA or what the wider domaining industry, utterly observant of USA trends and generally ignorant of what is going on elsewhere, thinks.

Just a few months ago a .co.uk domain, It was vans or whitevans .co.uk, something like that, sold for something like 7 or 8 hundred thousand pounds, It was discussed on Domain Sherpa, to prompt anybody who may remember the detail. That's close to a million US$. The better names are not 5 to 10% of dotcoms, they are 25-30% and sometimes more. It does tail off rapidly but this one is not in the tail.

If the OP wishes to let it go for low hundreds I do hope they'll offer it to me first!

Interesting discussion, though. It's making me think harder about not just the UK but the wider European domaining market. It's a lot closer than the USA and I probably understand the trading psyche better. Plus I have a network of contacts here developed over decades.

 

[jhm]

@Mike Goodman If it gets 5 figures, I'll be pleasantly surprised. Your network of contacts for this could be strong, you may have ideas

 

[Mike Goodman]

It is now very hard to find good .co.uk names in transport and logistics, or any part of it. Believe me, I'm trying now as part of my feasibility appraisal mentioned above. I'm being asked to put money on the line within that very industry. And nobody's floggin' 'em cheap.

 

[redemo]

"The ".net" / ".org" of this domain would fetch mid hundreds, up to high hundreds. The ".co.uk" is not in the same league as these, in terms of desirability / prestige"

@jhm If I owned a vehicle transportation company in G.B. the vehicletransporter.com domain would redirect to vehicletransporter.co.uk. Why use a domain from U.S. and A. when you have a trusted local domain?

.org and .net are not relevant to the value of @prangers domain, and .org is not relevant to commercial vehicle transportation aside from charities, workers unions and local government.

Aside from that @prangers is building an example vehicle transportation website on the name which is the smart move, although I would use a better template if you are targeting a large company. The current template screams "one man and his dog went to mow a meadow!"

 

[Mike Goodman]

@prangers, switch those pix for ones with serious haulage screaming out from them! One with an earth mover (heavy plant) on the back, one carrying a broken down HGV, anything which a one man band simply cannot do!. To get serious money you have to sell to big businesses that have serious money to promote their operations. Go and stand on a motorway flyover if necessary, and take the pix yourself with your phone.

 

[redemo]

"Go and stand on a motorway flyover if necessary, and take the pix yourself with your phone"

That's a very good idea. I would imagine motorway service stations are also a good location if you had a standard cameraphone. Go near the HGV diesel pumps and rest areas. Another option is to lynch them off of Wiki's Pedia.

 

[Mike Goodman]

Even better to get good pix if you have a decent camera or can afford to buy them. But standing on the pavement holding a phone beside a through road is better than nothing.

 

[jhm]

@Mike Goodman I'm encouraged by your views ...same with you @redemo ...I will bow and admit defeat (one way of putting it) if I have been a little mean regarding the value of this ".co.uk"

I own "vehicle transfer dot co dot uk" ...judging comments from you Mike, do I smell a deal?

 

[Mike Goodman]

That looks to me, without first checking, it would be suitable for a second hand vehicle dealership. Or a vehicle and trailer transfer station. It may even be something to do with the legal paperwork. So what is the market?

Bearing in mind that many of the recognised terms in the industry are long - articulated, international, logistics, warehouse, among others - the single words are long since gone so two words are going to be long names. Yours is quite short. That is to the good.

Owners are more concerned about their clients recognising and finding them than domainers' concerns about the name lengths. This is so of more than one industry. "Keep it short" is a good mantra, but in some circumstances you can read that as "keep it as short as possible", which is still long. At 15 letters, 5 syllables, two words, vehicletransfer.co.uk is not far from as short as it's going to get.

So it looks like a good name. It needs some enquiry to see if there are enough big players in whichever segment(s) it fits to give it momentum. At this point in time it's not something I've looked into. When I was asked to join in this logistics venture I thought it would be quick and simple to sort out. It isn't and I'm still wading through the basics. The list of fine details to look into is long and still growing!

Vehicle Transporter and Vehicle Transfer are, relative to the industry, easy to remember and pass the radio test.

 

[redemo]

"@Mike Goodman I'm encouraged by your views ...same with you @redemo ...I will bow and admit defeat (one way of putting it) if I have been a little mean regarding the value of this ".co.uk" I own "vehicle transfer dot co dot uk" ...judging comments from you Mike, do I smell a deal?"

@jhm It has been an educational conversation and we all stayed on topic so time well spent. Your name is very general and I think that gives it potentially more uses than the original name. I agree with @Mike Goodman especially about legal use because people are transferring thousands of vehicles every day in G.B. @prangers you've gained some leads and ideas to give you a good head-start between marketing and selling your name. You have made a wise decision to build a website on your name. Remember that the standard of your website will probably dictate the standard of the buyer.

 

[domainscp]

worth very little imo... the dot com is sitting with a bin of 4177 at afternic, the dot net isnt even registered and the dot org points to a blank page, that says a lot

 

[Mike Goodman]

@domainscp none of those are UK domains. Very few here use other TLDs except for international operations. Even then many businesses stick with .co.uk or .uk. That opinion is valueless this side of the pond. You are doing the equivalent of comparing apples with oranges.

What price a domainer puts on a domain name at Afternic isn't worth much either, when it comes down to it. That's the sort of thing you could front run for an enormous profit.