Premium .com section?

[Pred]

I know I and many others are as interested in .com as .co.uk and the top level domain section has all sorts mushed in with obscure extensions that noone is interested in
safe to say it's only quality .com's people are looking for in this section, and there are some, but they get swallowed up in the crap

whats the feeling in having a 'Premium .com section' at the top of the NON UK Domain Names For Sale section?
to be vetted by a mod or admin for approval?

i think would be a really good addition as i'm looking to buy and sell these also
plus theres not much that comes up in premium .co.uk section these days so may be a little boost for forum?

of course, they would have to be vetted for quality
thoughts............

 

[Nigel]

GREAT IDEA - We hold a lot of .coms and agree that it would be nice to have an area dedicated to quality .com domains to buy and sell.

 

[grantw]

Going by the amount of crap described as premium in the TLD section already I'm guessing admin would be spending most of his day rejecting shite from the queue.

Grant

 

[Edwin]

I'd be in favour of banning all non-uk entirely. Would make modding infinitely easier, and people have DNForum, NamePros, DomainState, etc. etc. etc. to post their TLDs for sale in.

I've said it several times, but it bears repeating: better to be THE BEST uk-specific domain forum in the world than to try and compete with the generalists. A simple "Absolutely nothing except .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk anywhere on these forums!" rule would cut down on probably 90% of spam and 95% of the least relevant threads.

 

[aZooZa]

I'd be in favour of banning all non-uk entirely. Would make modding infinitely easier, and people have DNForum, NamePros, DomainState, etc. etc. etc. to post their TLDs for sale in.

I've said it several times, but it bears repeating: better to be THE BEST uk-specific domain forum in the world than to try and compete with the generalists.

That's the long and short of it. I think this would eliminate a pending identity crisis for this forum that's been looming of late. The adage 'Jack of all trades and master of none' springs to mind.

 

[Pred]

lol, thats true grant, but its getting posted, this way people wouldn't have to even enter the sections in nonuk apart from the premium .com section, as there's a lot of domainers interested in .co.uk and .com on this board and nothing else

big business in this country wants .com and .co.uk . fact. not just .co.uk
so it makes sense to trade up and acquire and sell both these extensions imho

@edwin. i hear you mate but imho would be better to focus on top .co.uk and top .com and bury the other bits a bit more
even have a separate section for .me.uk and .org.uk
as much as i like .org .uk the real priority and importance is on .co.uk and .com

acorn already is the numero uno .uk forum, that aint ever changing imho
but to me makes no sense to have a tld section noone ever buys from or enters, the thread views show that
unless the domain is quality , it aint getting in the premium section, 'if' its allowed
as far as modding, takes a heartbeat to tell if it makes it in or not
maybe only allow people to submit one for entry once they have 200 posts? or 100?
ideas

or make the current tld section, .com only
no .info, .net, .obscure
and mod that section like the premium .co.uk section?

that way, getting rid of spammers and posters of crap, and getting a nice shiny new .com section
because then it saves going to other forums, as i know a lot of us have .com portfolios, pretty good ones and if we only submit good ones, people do trade them on here.
thoughts?

 

[grantw]

I'd be in favour of banning all non-uk entirely. Would make modding infinitely easier, and people have DNForum, NamePros, DomainState, etc. etc. etc. to post their TLDs for sale in.

I'd agree with that.

Grant

 

[Pred]

thta is a possibility. but half the members would say on here .org.uk is crappier than .org or other stuff

99% would say .me.uk is pure crap
i have posted .me.uk beofre, own 4 to my name but think should prob be banned as they clutter forum when posted as lets be honest if you get a .me.uk sale whats the most? $40? if that? more like $5 if anything

.org.uk has proved their worth and are gaining in popularity with endusers and domainers imho so should stay

to be honest i would be all for banning everything except .co.uk and .org.uk and also .com

like i say , why omit .com when so many endusers in uk want. easiest and biggest sales i have ever had are .com to uk endusers
if it's only a premium section thats subject to approval?

if we mix these ideas we could get rid of the spammers and have it all imho

 

[Nigel]

We've bought and sold some very nice TLDs via acorn. It would be a great shame to take that facility away. Yes we are members of DNForum but it's not the same as visiting acorn and dealing with people that we have come to know and respect. In any event a lot of .coms are specifically of interest to the UK market.

Indeed I see an old PM from Edwin via acorn that responded to a post in which we mentioned a few of our geos including yorkshiredales.com and greatyarmouth.com. We might consider selling some of our quality .com domains like these in the future and it would be a very great shame if we couldn't bring these type of sales to the attention of acorn members. We certainly want to see quality .com sales of this type. We don't want acorn members going off to DNforum to post a really good uk orientated .com domain - because we'll probably never notice it. No we want to see it here. It is a shame that spammers keep loading up acorn with rubbishy .coms but don't punish loyal acorn members because of it.

 

[Pred]

it's actually top geo .coms like that i'm thinking of
uk geos just dont get the interest on dnf, and if they do its from uk members lol, trying to buy in $

lots of words dont cross over the pond like 'hire' or whatever, its meaningless to them as they dont speak English

i'd love to preouse domains of the quality Nigel just mentioned for sale here, on Acorn

plus, hate to break it to you, but a lot of authorities, councils, and endusers are running with the .com counterparts on the geos

partly as uk domainers did too good a job warehousing all the uk geos i think lol

 

[aZooZa]

it's actually top geo .coms like that i'm thinking of
uk geos just dont get the interest on dnf, and if they do its from uk members lol, trying to buy in $

lots of words dont cross over the pond like 'hire' or whatever, its meaningless to them as they dont speak English

i'd love to preouse domains of the quality Nigel just mentioned for sale here, on Acorn

plus, hate to break it to you, but a lot of authorities, councils, and endusers are running with the .com counterparts on the geos

partly as uk domainers did too good a job warehousing all the uk geos i think lol

You probably have a point here - UK-specific .coms need a forum in the UK as they are ignored on DNF etc. Back to a specific section then.

 

[Edwin]

Ok, how about this...

Have a forum labelled: ".com domains only"

That way, the focus remains on UK domains, but there's at least an outlet for the "best of the rest".

There's no reason on earth why this forum needs an outlet for .net/org/info/biz/blablabla though.

BTW, as to the other point raised earlier, if it were up to me (luckily it's not!) I would not allow .me.uk discussions either, as the 1% of "potentially ok-ish" names is outweighed by the 99% of junk - not to mention its flaky status (companies can't in theory buy them; only usable for business purposes because Nominet's CURRENTLY looking the other way, etc. etc.)

For me, the ideal focus would be 90% .co.uk, 5% .org.uk (of far more interest to domainers and affiliate site developers than end-users) and 5% .com.

 

[julian]

I think we should ban all except .me.uk.

 

[Pred]

Ok, how about this...

Have a forum labelled: ".com domains only"

That way, the focus remains on UK domains, but there's at least an outlet for the "best of the rest".

There's no reason on earth why this forum needs an outlet for .net/org/info/biz/blablabla though.

BTW, as to the other point raised earlier, if it were up to me (luckily it's not!) I would not allow .me.uk discussions either, as the 1% of "potentially ok-ish" names is outweighed by the 99% of junk - not to mention its flaky status (companies can't in theory buy them; only usable for business purposes because Nominet's CURRENTLY looking the other way, etc. etc.)

For me, the ideal focus would be 90% .co.uk, 5% .org.uk (of far more interest to domainers and affiliate site developers than end-users) and 5% .com.

yup, makes a lot of sense

 

[Pred]

i would add to this as suggestions:

uk section only .co.uk , .org.uk

.com section only premium .coms, to be approved by admin like the premium .co.uk section
and ban all other extensions

to submit domains to premium .co.uk or premium .com section you have to be exclusive, that way weedling out people just joining to submit a deluge of .com domains that need vetting by admin and adds to coffers of site admin

also make appraisals section .co.uk only

 

[Edwin]

also make appraisals section .co.uk only

Two thumbs up. You've put your finger on the other thing that was nagging me. Not worth getting appraisals for .org.uk as they're always going to be a very poor second cousin to .co.uk when it comes to end-user sales. Either a company is going to fork out to get the .co.uk or they almost certainly won't bother at all (especially if it involves a rebrand into the bargain).

So certainly I can see that there are some merits to .org.uk SALES, but no need to clutter the appraisals section with "1% of .co.uk" (or whatever) type appraisals on what are ultimately all B-grade domains.

And as for .me.uk, well they should never darken an appraisal thread again!

 

[Lucky Luke]

Please don't make appraisals .co.uk only.... I have some UK specific .coms where I would really appreciate a UK view of their worth.

I see that some tat domains appear on this forum, but one needs to be careful in tightening up the rules too far too fast. Just change small things at one time.

 

[Pred]

I hear you Luke, thing is look in TLD section now. There's someone trying to sell a 7 word .com lol
that would just move into appraisal section if they couldn't sell
point being with the .coms, i think idea is they gotta be quality to get listed for sale and you just know if they're quality
they'll be accepted if they are. if not put them in your sig and people would maybe contact if intyerested
just ideas really

be interesting to hear admins view on all this?

 

[RSK3000]

My thoughts are:-

1.) The definition of what a 'good domain' is changes over time. In the past .nets and .org.uk had little value. Now they are changing hands for reasonable prices. As time goes on, and the internet gets bigger, the definition of quality will become wider and wider.

2.) If there are issues about people posting sub prime domains in a premium section why not just have more guidelines, a requirement for certain number of posts before posting there or charge a small fee. Last thing we want is for the mods having a lot more policing work to do.

3.) Perhaps we need to agree that if you have a 'free' forum you are going to get people taking advantage. Why not say that everyone who is a member at say June 1st 2010 gets a lifetime membership for free. All new joiners after that pay £25 or £50, for a lifetime membership, for example. Builds more of a community if everyone is committed and there is a threat of banishment for the bad guys.

 

[wb]

To keep up with the "premium" .com, .net, .org, .pro, .rubbish which gets put on here - perhaps there should just be a forum titled "Domains priced over $100m"

You can bet the rubbish will end up in there, and we'll all know not to look in it as it's spam :lol: