Flipping The Coin

retired_member6 · Jan 30, 2006

Does anyone think the UK market will ever get to the levels of international .com? with americans buying up rubbish and selling it on for £10? you get a glimpse of it on here but if you go to one of the US forums it's really telling.

Afterall if you exchange 1000 domains in a month at £10, that's a profit of £4000/£5000 they've made... so perhaps it's not such a bad idea? but then it would get a bit like MLM, you pass the rubbish domain on for about three or four sales and the bugger at the end gets lumbered with a loss and no income.

I've never transfered a .com so don't know if the fees and exchange time are much different, but if the UK ever went the way of .com fees and exchange wise, it's sure to happen, so should we start buying those rubbish domains and make a profit off the americans...

By the by, I think I've already started haha

bb99 · Jan 30, 2006

It could happen here, but in order for it to happen "properly" then Nominet would allow electronic transfers and not charge for them...

Edwin · Jan 30, 2006

I have a feeling most of the people doing the buying up rubbish and selling it on for £10 trades aren't making any money. They're looking at their endless portfolio of junk and are trying to recoup something, anything at all...

aqls · Jan 30, 2006

Transferring .coms is a cinch.

No fee and pretty well instant - either push to another account at the same registrar or a request for transfer form send automatically, provided the domain name is unlocked.

The £35.25 fee (and the paperwork) is a real flat tyre for low value .co.uks

-aqls-

nickbweb · Feb 8, 2006

is there such thing as a low value .co.uk

on .com's, im happy to reg, then sell on quick for £5+ profit.

.co.uk, if you reg it its got to be worth at least £35 before you're even looking at profit.

( i am correct in think that every sale/transfer of a .co.uk involves a £30+ fee, right?)

retired_member6 · Feb 8, 2006

Yes, £35.25 transfer + £6.09 reg + £2 postage. So £50 minimum.

If you go through an auction site like sedo, then add on another £100.

Edwin · Feb 8, 2006

LeeOwen said:
Yes, £35.25 transfer + £6.09 reg + £2 postage. So £50 minimum.

If you go through an auction site like sedo, then add on another £100.

Which is why it's mindblowing that some people are registering stuff that is as bad as or worse than the junk .coms. It has to be around 11x better on average (£50 vs $8) even at the very bottom end!

retired_member6 · Feb 8, 2006

Edwin said:
Which is why it's mindblowing that some people are registering stuff that is as bad as or worse than the junk .coms. It has to be around 11x better on average (£50 vs $8) even at the very bottom end!

There's no need to be so harsh about my website. hehe only joking.