Has anyone considered that the seller may not have even offered the .uk and the buyer didn't think to ask?
Pay 200k for a domain, going to get some traffic because of the sale price and it has some shocking website on it.
Could of got a nice looking lander off a template site for £50 and collect emails via it as you've said. If the site continues to look like that once they launch they've wasted serious money on that domain name.
Thumps up for this. icelolly.uk is on domainlore right now and IceLolly.com and .co.uk are held by the holiday firm IceLolly Marketing Ltd. It's mental how people are letting a shorter version of their name go.
Am i wrong in thinking that if you push brand awareness on the term "Free" you could potentially be up against "Three".. whilst i know both operate different sectors, i still think "Three" is what people would assume when hearing the term "Free" on the radio.
Pay 200k for a domain, going to get some traffic because of the sale price and it has some shocking website on it.
On the subject of .co.uk and .uk I am selling lots of .uk to USA/Overseas buyers and they don't want the .co.uk version from me?
Also .uk domains rank just as easy in google uk as the .co.uk version.
If I was starting a new brand and had both I would run with the .uk version especially if advertising offline as less chance of leakage to .com version, if someone sees my advert or poster, banner etc for mywebsite.uk as opposed to mywebsite.co.uk. then .uk is easier to remember and no reference to .co, where as .co.uk could end up as .com especially if my browser auto adds, inserts or suggests it.
Interesting Andy
Do you think Brexit will push the UK brand into a stronger place? or already is?
It's more of an issue if Jimmy Krankie tries for a split.
Minging design and also they've decided to go with oh so fashionable male hatred for the marketing video. Quite distasteful.website looks awful in my opinion. spend that much on a domain and so little on web design bonkers.