Healthcare.uk on DomainLore - am I missing something?

[khalid]

The current bid for healthcare.uk on DL is over £30k.

Not to distract from the auction or undermine it in any way, but am I missing something?

The .co.uk doesn’t resolve, its not a keyword like “insurance”.

Any thoughts?

 

[dee]

Its already a massive industry, but post covid so many more development opportunities

 

[dee]

Personally think it's massively overpriced for a .uk only domain sale.

I know you're not a fan of the uk (still think you're wrong) but probably will go up more I reckon.

 

[dee]

I don't dislike .uk domains per say; it's just based on usage, it's clear that no-one is really interested in them generally. That may change. My issue is more than I think the whole .co.uk and .uk domains being disconnected is just bad for users of websites. Feel like it hurts the industry, for domainers too. There's no logic behind it; just a cash grab by Nominet.

I'm betting a 35-40k end price for this domain but even 30k has surprised me so could go a lot higher.

To me, it's more interesting what the sale price means for the .co.uk domain

All valid points of course. I'm gonna guess 42k

 

[Jiblob]

£30,450 in the end.

Also in the last few hours someone also bought Cozy.co.uk (the American spelling of cosy) for £1,500 which surprised me.

 

[Jiblob]

I did chuck in a bid for just over £1,000 on that one.

Would make a good brandable/ company name.

Nice word but I didn't think that the American spellings of things in .UK was a good idea...

 

[twostepsbehind]

Private healthcare...

 

[khalid]

Private healthcare...

most big firms are recognised names, I can’t imagine them re-branding to a .uk especially if they don’t own the .co.uk

 

[twostepsbehind]

When the NHS is sold off, plenty new names will appear - plus insurance, referrals, all sortsp

 

[Ben Thomas]

Overpriced. Will sit broken and empty for 10 years before it's dropped again.

 

[dee]

Overpriced. Will sit broken and empty for 10 years before it's dropped again.

Hope its not on fasthosts .Will defo get renewed

 

[Ben Thomas]

Hope its not on fasthosts .Will defo get renewed

Ha! I see a couple of the Fasthosts names are still yet to drop. Seems to be a select few... jme.uk was one I was watching today, didn't drop.

 

[JMI]

healthcare.uk just looks more official than healthcare.co.uk think of nhs.uk and public perception...

When you consider nhs.uk is getting massive exposure at moment may give .uk a boost.

 

[newguy]

Good news for .uk and understandable that it's drawn interest during the times we're in! It's definitely a head turner though at 30k+!