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Originally Posted by crabfoot  I can understand the "feeling" - but is it just a feeling?
If you're selling a domain alone, then it makes sense - but is that only the "feelings" of the purchasers?
If you're selling an active site on its earnings, surely the only thing that could make the .co more attractive would be better SEO work - and that has to be maintained. |
It's obviously only my opinion, but the vast majority of internet users are not online as much as us - and as such think primarily in terms of .com annd .co.uk domain names for online shopping. Most have never even heard of .org.uk and are as likely to confuse it with .org and .co.uk. So I disagree with you. Thanks to its wide acceptance, a .co.uk is more attractive full stop.
I think anyone trading as .me.uk or .org.uk is at a distinct disadvantage - partly because of fly by night perceptions (and I'm certainly not alone in this) and partly because of leakage when return visitors just assume they want to go back to XXXX.co.uk instead of XXX.me.uk.
You wouldn't seriously expect a household name to build a site around a .org.uk and let another company trade as the .co.uk - so why the lower standards for yourself?
Your own argument could equally apply to XXX-XXXX-XXX-XXX.co.uk as to .org.uk in terms of valuing a name on earnings.
The future potential of a site cannot correctly be based purely on past earnings - that's true of all investments. And for me personally I would value a hyphenated .co.uk higher than a .org.uk in nearly all instances with everything else being equal.
06-02-2010, 10:29:39 AM
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