Do people STILL think .uk will have its day?

[bonusmedia]

I still think it will be dominant extension in the long run - i.e. 2020 or thereabouts

 

[Retired_Member38]

I still think it will be dominant extension in the long run - i.e. 2020 or thereabouts

People are not starting to use it in 2014... what is going to be different in 2019?

 

[SF]

Most of my Nominet emails land in spam.

I have registered around 150 .uk so far and planning on a few thousand more...

Its a risk I am going to take...

 

[DaveP]

Most of my Nominet emails land in spam.

I have registered around 150 .uk so far and planning on a few thousand more...

Its a risk I am going to take...

Hand registered new ones, or registered 150 of your own? If your own, WHY???

 

[SF]

There all recently deleted domains yes, I am trying to mop up as many as i can.

 

[DaveP]

There all recently deleted domains yes, I am trying to mop up as many as i can.

Keep an eye on DL then. You may have missed bbv.uk sell for just £50 today, and ukp.uk for £91.

 

[SF]

Keep an eye on DL then. You may have missed bbv.uk sell for just £50 today, and ukp.uk for £91.

I missed those dave I would of bidded, a catcher of here took 3 .uk today - part of a deal.. so people do want them, I am not looking for a return for 10 years.

 

[Retired_Member38]

I missed those dave I would of bidded, a catcher of here took 3 .uk today - part of a deal.. so people do want them, I am not looking for a return for 10 years.

At least you'll have 10 years of blissful ignorance before the pain sets in

 

[DaveP]

At least you'll have 10 years of blissful ignorance before the pain sets in

To be fair, if his gut is telling him to take the risk I say good luck to him and I wish him the best. In the early to mid 90's people like Rick Shwartz and Mike Mann didn't listen to the majority and it worked out very well for them.

 

[Retired_Member38]

To be fair, if his gut is telling him to take the risk I say good luck to him and I wish him the best. In the early to mid 90's people like Rick Shwartz and Mike Mann didn't listen to the majority and it worked out very well for them.

And they were genuine 'first in' and deservedly made a load of money from it. People trying to buy shite domains today and thinking they're going to make a fortune from it are just going to repeatedly lose their shirt. They're not doing anything innovative... they're just trying to copy Shwartz but are 10 years and a bankroll too late.

 

[SF]

These are not shite domains they were highly sort after by the big boys!

We have are own agendas, I am investing in things I like, thus my buyers will like them too.

Everyone else carry on and leave them alone cheers..

 

[Skinner]

Lets say I caught keyword.co.uk and a third party caught keyword.uk for me, so both are regged, there are no rights issues.

Just today, a company which trades as "Keyword UK" with products in tesco's and others contacted me, they only asked about the .co.uk domain. Given keyword.uk matches exactly to their branding and name, you'd have thought they would have asked about that.

End Users just don't give a hoot, probably because they don't know about .uk. The only person with the funds and data access to change this is Nominet. Every day they don't just makes the gap bigger.

 

[DaveP]

And they were genuine 'first in' and deservedly made a load of money from it.

And if SF doesn't listen to you and he gets stinking rich from quality .uk domains he will deserve it too.

There are always naysayers in anything and everything, I strongly listened to people years back who said don't buy any bitcoin, what a waste of money blah blah even though a part of me kind of wanted to I never did (back when they were way less than $1). I never should've listened to those self proclaimed experts. I know you're exact response to this statement, so don't bother.

 

[Retired_Member38]

And if SF doesn't listen to you and he gets stinking rich from quality .uk domains he will deserve it too.

Where is he going to get quality .uk domains from ?

You do realise there is a 5 year hold period on all of the quality ones, tied to the .co.uk owner ?

 

[DaveP]

Where is he going to get quality .uk domains from ?

You do realise there is a 5 year hold period on all of the quality ones, tied to the .co.uk owner ?

1) From deleted domains or buy cheap from existing co.uk owners who don't want them.
2) Yes.

 

[Retired_Member38]

1) From deleted domains or buy cheap from existing co.uk owners who don't want them.

I'm sure .co.uk owners are just lining up to throw them all away on the cheap :lol:

 

[SF]

Where is he going to get quality .uk domains from ?

These are recent housegifts.uk massageclinic.uk parisflights.uk sportinjuries.uk pondcovers.uk

 

[DaveP]

I'm sure .co.uk owners are just lining up to throw them all away on the cheap :lol:

I thought you'd be the first in line, since you dislike .uk domains so much.

 

[DaveP]

These are recent housegifts.uk massageclinic.uk parisflights.uk sportinjuries.uk pondcovers.uk

Better start planning that dream holiday now.

 

[SF]

Thats ill be Blackpool then!