fly.co.uk sold £87,500

[paul]

Doug, was great to meet you the other day, thanks for the lift to the station btw and for what it's worth I think it was a good move buying both the names. The ammount you paid and at such a high profile event is sure to get you some decent publicity and some Google PR/backlinks too, I see your days of spamming aren't totally over yet

Good luck with them and well done for saving the Sedo auction, without this sale I would say the auction would have been viewed as a total disaster for the domain industry in the UK

 

[aquanuke]

Good luck with them and well done for saving the Sedo auction, without this sale I would say the auction would have been viewed as a total disaster for the domain industry in the UK

Funny I was going post almost the same comment earlier :-D

Well done Doug, nice couple of names :-D

 

[SF]

Dougs is a great bloke to deal with - very professional and always a pleasure.

I agree with Paul all the way on this - both names are outstanding and should do really well especially with all the publicity.

 

[grandin]

fly.co.uk

Just trying to help

 

[dougs]

spamming

Sometimes its worth being the biggest bidder of a day. I am talking to Sedo and Domain Focus about what PR they can do to plug the sale.

Personally I think the next .co.uk auction will be very real....as most people this time were their to watch

So www.asap.co.uk has increased its travel portfolio to include www.fly.co.uk aswell as www.carrentals.co.uk and www.selfcatering.co.uk

Doug

 

[rob]

Sometimes its worth being the biggest bidder of a day.

It is good news there have been two more good priced .uk domain sales.

Interesting to hear from a buyer in public over purchases over £50k as often they keep quiet

 

[dougs]

sales

So www.asap.co.uk has increased its travel portfolio to include www.fly.co.uk aswell as www.carrentals.co.uk and www.selfcatering.co.uk

OF course we would want to make it public

Doug

 

[Admin]

I think its public enough now that you dont have to restate your websites in every post

 

[Keir_Mc]

I think its public enough now that you dont have to restate your websites in every post

Lol! Doug the incurable self-publicist!

All I can say to those questioning the logic of this purchase is watch this space. Doug is a seasoned pro with an awesome track record of creating successful online businesses and brands. IMHO, fly.co.uk is a good buy at £87,500 knowing what Doug with do with it. Go for it mate!

Keir

 

[dougs]

fly.co.uk

Does anyone know who bought it and what ese do they own

Doug

 

[deconstruction]

Does anyone know who bought it and what ese do they own

Doug

i think it was some guy called.. ermmm Dave?

owns pasa.co.uk or something

 

[Vialli]

Does anyone know who bought it and what ese do they own

Doug

Bought what

 

[paul]

It is good news there have been two more good priced .uk domain sales.

Interesting to hear from a buyer in public over purchases over £50k as often they keep quiet

Not sure if it has been mentioned elsewhere but Angus announced at the show that he had sold ink.co.uk for £111k another very nice sale

 

[dougs]

ink.co.uk £111K or fly.co.uk for £87,500

Which one would you buy?

Doug

 

[rob]

Good question.

Ink is good, however if it is for cartridges etc toner is getting more prevalent but generally a great name.

Fly is nice, but Flights is the keyword you would ideally want but no doubt would cost 5x as much.

I would say 150 for Recycle is decent, as that is a growing area and top name for it.

Or, buy a name off me for £300k and save the hassle of filling out three seperate forms!

 

[olebean]

recycle is speculative
fly has a readily availiable market
ink has a market I just wonder how many people are proactive in purchasing or reactive

Fly for me everytime

 

[dougs]

is it flights or flight though

Plurals always making it complicated

www.Recycle.co.uk is a punt and my little pet project...may never make any cash

www.Fly.co.uk is the real one

 

[paul]

Plurals always making it complicated

Yeah but flight is not that great and very few people would get flights and flight mixed up probably the same number as would get fly and flying mix up ie none.

In a straight fight between ink.co.uk and fly.co.uk I guess fly would just edge it for me but not by much. I'd be pretty happy with either

 

[retired_member11]

mobile.co.uk or mobiles.co.uk

 

[dougs]

mobiles (s)

Thats why I made no bid on that one

Anyone care to tell me, without checking, whcih one was in the auction?

Doug