.com To .uk Comparison

retired_member6 · 29-01-2006, 03:20:01 AM

I'm negotiating a domain sale at the moment and I've just found out the .com went for little under £10,000 and that in their view I'm asking too much. now I consider the .com to have been undersold. I understand without you knowing the domain you can't really answer whether that's true or not.

However, if any one person was to take a .com sale and claim that the .co.uk should go for less, presuming the .com went for a balanced price, what dictates the worth of the .uk? 50% the cost of the .com? 30% 90% where's the percentage stand?

Cheers
Lee

allclear · 29-01-2006, 06:37:15 AM

May also depend on how long ago the .com was sold for??

I'd focus on how much value it will bring to the company that's buying. If it's a lot hold out for the higher price. How big's the company that's buying?? How much do they spend on advertising?? If they need a good domain to go with all that expenditure maybe irrelevant!

retired_member6 · 29-01-2006, 07:21:01 AM

I've sent you a pm.

Cheers
Lee

aqls · 29-01-2006, 02:46:11 PM

a .co.uk can be better than the .com in some instances.

Some mortgage domains for instance peform better in the UK market if they are .co.uk (for me anyway).

Use other methods of pricing - .com sales aren't particularly predictable or clever.

Everything you see is just a guide, the rest is up to your agent to negotiate for you

-aqls-

Ellis · 29-01-2006, 10:10:26 PM

My guess is 25%

This is based on experience, .com being the king of all domains and now that every country has their own extension - the potential market by population.(USA 260 million compared to UK, 60 million)

Anything over 25% and you're taking a big risk

Whilst I hope to God .co.uk remains the top level and the most desired domain extention in the UK, unlike the majority of other countries, we could always vote to bring in simply .uk - rendering 99.9% of .co.uk's worthless

bb99 · 30-01-2006, 08:42:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atlanta1

we could always vote to bring in simply .uk - rendering 99.9% of .co.uk's worthless

And what a bunfight that would be

29-01-2006, 03:20:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
retired_member6 Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,741 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 41)	.com To .uk Comparison I'm negotiating a domain sale at the moment and I've just found out the .com went for little under £10,000 and that in their view I'm asking too much. now I consider the .com to have been undersold. I understand without you knowing the domain you can't really answer whether that's true or not. However, if any one person was to take a .com sale and claim that the .co.uk should go for less, presuming the .com went for a balanced price, what dictates the worth of the .uk? 50% the cost of the .com? 30% 90% where's the percentage stand? Cheers Lee

29-01-2006, 06:37:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
allclear Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 350 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	May also depend on how long ago the .com was sold for?? I'd focus on how much value it will bring to the company that's buying. If it's a lot hold out for the higher price. How big's the company that's buying?? How much do they spend on advertising?? If they need a good domain to go with all that expenditure maybe irrelevant! __________________ PAYE Umbrella Company

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29-01-2006, 07:21:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
retired_member6 Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,741 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 41)	I've sent you a pm. Cheers Lee

29-01-2006, 02:46:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
aqls Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,075 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 18)	a .co.uk can be better than the .com in some instances. Some mortgage domains for instance peform better in the UK market if they are .co.uk (for me anyway). Use other methods of pricing - .com sales aren't particularly predictable or clever. Everything you see is just a guide, the rest is up to your agent to negotiate for you -aqls-

29-01-2006, 10:10:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ellis Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Big Brother might be watching me, but I 'ain't watching Big Brother! Posts: 811 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 4)	My guess is 25% This is based on experience, .com being the king of all domains and now that every country has their own extension - the potential market by population.(USA 260 million compared to UK, 60 million) Anything over 25% and you're taking a big risk Whilst I hope to God .co.uk remains the top level and the most desired domain extention in the UK, unlike the majority of other countries, we could always vote to bring in simply .uk - rendering 99.9% of .co.uk's worthless