me.uk worth it?

accelerator · 17-01-2010, 06:45:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevebrowne

I thought that you were allowed to use them for commercial gain, but they must be registered to an individual and not a company.

My personal feeling is that as long as you register them in your own name, i.e. as an individual, rather than a company name, you are adhering to the rules.

Rgds

retired_member13 · 17-01-2010, 06:51:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevebrowne

I thought that you were allowed to use them for commercial gain, but they must be registered to an individual and not a company.

Bang on Steve.

I called up Nominet to ask them exactly what the rules were before buying any, and that's the only rule for .me.uk, apart from the fact that you are not allowed to withhold your address if there is any money earning element on the site (adsense, affiliate, sales etc), but this is the case for any UK name.

golddiggerguy · 17-01-2010, 06:56:40 PM

I think a worse crime is people making money from any domain and not claiming and paying out TAX!

So yes owning a .me.uk domain with personal details and making money off it (and paying TAX when needed) is bottom of the list to be shot for!

Their are 100's if not 1000's prob doing it!

digitalquill · 17-01-2010, 07:00:30 PM

They will only be doing it until they get caught! revenue will come down hard on any individuals not declaring income

Matt

Quote:

Originally Posted by golddiggerguy

I think a worse crime is people making money from any domain and not claiming and paying out TAX!

So yes owning a .me.uk domain with personal details and making money off it (and paying TAX when needed) is bottom of the list to be shot for!

Their are 100's if not 1000's prob doing it!

boxerdog · 17-01-2010, 07:39:56 PM

hhhmmmm im looking at a .me.uk with 550k exacts, do i dont i?

retired_member12 · 17-01-2010, 08:55:59 PM

There'll always be desirable words no matter what extension. If Nominet were to throw another extension into the pot tomorrow (.on.uk for example), you can bet these would be snapped up straight away:

video, sex, porn, games, lottery, play

Same happened when the .me.uk's were launched 14 Jan 2002!

grantw · 18-01-2010, 11:47:51 AM

I've just bought sex.me.uk, still can't decide whether I've gone insane or not

Grant

bensd · 18-01-2010, 12:07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grantw

I've just bought sex.me.uk, still can't decide whether I've gone insane or not

Grant

Depends how much you paid for it

stevebrowne · 18-01-2010, 12:14:25 PM

I make some money on .me.uk's which are registered to me as an individual. The money however goes to my limited company and goes through the normal taxation process. There's no rules that the registrant and earner must be the same entity.

grantw · 18-01-2010, 12:19:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bensd

Depends how much you paid for it

Indeed

was �xxx

Grant

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retired_member12 Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,510 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	There'll always be desirable words no matter what extension. If Nominet were to throw another extension into the pot tomorrow (.on.uk for example), you can bet these would be snapped up straight away: video, sex, porn, games, lottery, play Same happened when the .me.uk's were launched 14 Jan 2002!

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