Big drop of 1300 .uk domains last night

[Siusaidh]

There was a big drop of relatively low key .uk domains last night (about 1300 names). These are not high value domains to speculate on but there are quite a few interesting names for those who just like to pick up names for their own interest, development, traffic etc.

I picked up one which is just what I needed for a project, but there are a wide range of names not taken as of this morning. As I say, they are not high value but they are niche.

 

[Sam]

Just shows you how .uk is such a mess no one wants them still today people refuse the .uk and buy the co.uk from me

 

[keys]

Some fairly drastic thinning of the portfolio. This week close to 3000 names dropped or in the current queue. That generates a flood of notification emails from Nominet.

Careless admin resulted in a few babies out with the bath water, but nothing tragic. A small proportion of drops picked up on catching scripts, apart from that it is a sad reflection on the state of .uk

I am looking forward to a small list and simple management.

 

[martin-s]

Always happy to look at any list of yours @keys

 

[Siusaidh]

Another big drop of 2000+ .uk domains last night.

I'm resisting the temptation today, but there are some good niche names such as:

puritan.uk
goodbooks.uk
giftedchild.uk
nursingcare.uk -***[edit] I cracked and registered this one, being a nurse myself...
queenofhearts.uk

countless others along these kind of lines

 

[jmcc]

Just double checking the November drops for .UK ccTLD. Seems to be a change of -821,986 between 01 November and 01 December 2019.

The seem to be clustered on domainhasexpired.com (794,941) and that's 123-reg.co.uk's graveyard DNS.

Regards...jmcc