.me.uk market poll

[DomainM]

I'm interested to anaylse the domain community perception of .me.uk ccTLD.

If given the option would you use a prefix/suffix keyword .co.uk domain over an exact .me.uk domain?

Do you feel public awareness about .me.uk domains will increase as new extensions are added and available .co.uk become harder to find?

 

[Edwin]

I don't really understand the poll. Surely it's also missing "No, use the exact-match .co.uk" and "No, use the exact-match .co.uk or .org.uk"?

 

[DomainM]

Thanks for the feedback, I didn't include options for exact .org.uk or .co.uk as a felt it logical that .me.uk would only be used if other exacts in extensions were taken.

 

[Edwin]

Thanks for the feedback, I didn't include options for exact .org.uk an .co.uk as a felt it logical that .me.uk would only be used if other extensions we're unavailable. I'll add the options

Buying a good domain name on the aftermarket is always AN option - you don't have to resort to junk regs just because that's all that's left, better (in most cases) to register nothing at all

 

[rob]

"Wont touch with a barge pole" for .me

 

[Bailey]

"Wont touch with a barge pole" for .me

For a personal web-email maybe - which is all it was intended for anyway

 

[bensd]

For a personal web-email maybe - which is all it was intended for anyway

You could say the same about .org but I don't see many charity affiliate sites around

 

[Admin]

Don't reg any .me.uk with the intention of selling it on, I don't recall really ANY domain sales with this extension.

If you can reg one and make it an affiliate commission earner that's different but I would test it out with one before you start bulk buying. I don't own any with that extension.

Admin

 

[willbon]

.me.uk is always contentious as some are put off by the fact a company shouldn't own one... (but an individual in the company can....)

.....if you answered in the poll... 'for high exacts only' it's like saying it's the future .org.uk .. if you're after a keyword.. it's a keyword...

.me.uk's work very well as brands with the right words.....

.me.uk's will rise in popularity as the other extensions go.... that's simple logic!

It's a much discussed issue on here and i for one like the right ones and see values rising in the future.

 

[bensd]

Don't reg any .me.uk with the intention of selling it on, I don't recall really ANY domain sales with this extension.

Lol there were a few on the forum over the weekend

 

[Aiden Roberts]

I have just caught cheapholidays.me.uk with 673,000 exacts and a 0.91cpc I hope it's worth something.

 

[rob]

Lol there were a few on the forum over the weekend

And there has been odds n sods on here over the years...!

Where's that face palm gif

 

[fresh79]

I regged one for my friend who is a sparky.
Search "electrician sheffield" & he is up there on page 1 mixing it with the .coms and .co.uk in a saturated market place
I have no bad words to say about a .me.uk - in this case it has served its purpose very well indeed
Thx

 

[DomainM]

All tho I personally feel .me.uk ccTLD domains will never become embedded into the public sub conscience like .co.uk domain. I do feel it offers a viable alternative and much more preferable to .co .eu etc domains.

The growing popularity of .me domain may also help increase awareness, while I know there's no legal connection I'm sure in the public's mind they will link the brands. The addition of the .uk localisation with the added personalisation offer by 'me' surely gives buyers an opportunity to move into generic .me.uk territory. An exclusive field which many of us will simply never be able to gain access to under either .com gTLD or .co.uk ccTLD keyword domains.

A short list of non-affilate sites successfully running .me.uk domains.

www.show.me.uk
www.vajazzle.me.uk
www.inclusion.me.uk
www.uprint.me.uk
www.filter.me.uk
www.wavegarden.me.uk
www.online-betting.me.uk
www.acat.me.uk
www.freetest.me.uk
www.youfind.me.uk
www.personal-art.me.uk

 

[dta]

online-betting one is doing very well indeed. come across that one on many of my gambling fuelled searches

note: its not my domain - i wish!

 

[seanc]

dont forget theres a hyphenated .me.uk that has been ranking high in google for years for its niche

www.grand-national.me.uk

 

[Edwin]

Don't most of those example sites risk having the domains taken off them because if you visit them it's instantly obvious they're the work of a company not an individual?

 

[willbon]

Don't most of those example sites risk having the domains taken off them because if you visit them it's instantly obvious they're the work of a company not an individual?

Yes, but if they are OWNED by an individual... then that's OK!... I'm sure I don't have to quote the Nominet rules for .me.uk's again?

Ok... I will then....


9. Specific rules for the .me.uk SLD

9.1 Introduction

These are the specific rules for the .me.uk SLD, administered directly by us. They form part of and, in the case of conflict, take precedence over the Rules.

9.2 Charter

The .me.uk SLD is intended to provide a personal namespace within the .uk Top Level Domain. Unless Rules 9.4 or 9.5 apply, registrants of .me.uk domain names must be, and remain at all times, natural persons (a “qualifying person?), and shall not be recorded on the register as being the agent, trustee, proxy or representative for any person or entity (whether having an individual legal personality or not) which is not a qualifying person.

9.3 No actions unless in accordance with the Charter

Unless Rules 9.4 or 9.5 apply, no registration, transfer, renewal or change may be requested to a .me.uk domain name which would be in breach of Rule 9.2, and any such request may be rejected. If, despite the previous sentence, such an action is requested and does occur, Nominet may reverse that action at any time in addition to any other rights Nominet may have by contract or otherwise.

9.4 Charter

9.4.1 Where, as the result of the DRS or judicial proceedings (of relevant jurisdiction) a .me.uk domain name is to be transferred to a person who would not qualify under Rule 9.2 (the “transferee?), the transfer to, and continued registration by, the transferee shall be permitted provided that no use is made of that .me.uk domain name for any purpose, for so long as the transferee holds the domain name.

9.4.2 To prevent a breach of Rule 9.4.1, Nominet may put the domain name into a special status e.g. by blocking the entry of any nameservers onto the record for that domain.

9.4.3 The transferee under clause 9.4.1 will be able to transfer the domain name to a qualifying person, in which case the specific restrictions imposed under this Rule 9.4 will cease to apply.

9.5 Transitional Arrangements

As a transitional measure, any .me.uk domain name registered before 25 October 2004 will not be subject to Rules 9.2 and 9.3 until it is next transferred or cancelled.

 

[Edwin]

Yes, but if they are OWNED by an individual... then that's OK!... I'm sure I don't have to quote the Nominet rules for .me.uk's again?

Yes, I know what their rules are. But it looks like one of those "loopholes" that Nominet might well decide they don't like the look of any more. They may ultimately require "personal use" of the domain name.

Also, even within the limited sample posted earlier in this thread, several owners are clearly in breach of the existing rules when you Whois the names.

 

[willbon]

Yes, I know what their rules are. But it looks like one of those "loopholes" that Nominet might well decide they don't like the look of any more. They may ultimately require "personal use" of the domain name.

Also, even within the limited sample posted earlier in this thread, several owners are clearly in breach of the existing rules when you Whois the names.

Fair enough... if you're trading it's a must to 'reveal' yourself!

However if Nominet decide that they will close the loopholes, there'll be a lot of sad .org.uk owners too!