http://elaine.sedo.com/go/919xaxn9/1kuy9qkn/1603
Can someone explain why now would be a good time to sell a .co.uk?
imho is worst time.
Can someone explain why now would be a good time to sell a .co.uk?
imho is worst time.
http://elaine.sedo.com/go/919xaxn9/1kuy9qkn/1603
Can someone explain why now would be a good time to sell a .co.uk?
imho is worst time.
http://elaine.sedo.com/go/919xaxn9/1kuy9qkn/1603
Can someone explain why now would be a good time to sell a .co.uk?
imho is worst time.
Clued in companies may be rushing to buy the .co.uk ahead of the 10 June launch of .uk to GUARANTEE they get the .uk with no "dodgy games" - because they control the .co.uk they automatically will then get the .uk, whereas if they waited until after 10 June there's always a chance that the .co.uk owner will reg the .uk and seek to sell the 2 extensions separately, keep one and sell one, do a deal to sell the .co.uk and reg the .uk moments before transferring the .co.uk etc. i.e. all the things we've been talking about on here for months.
Over the last couple of months 90% of my domain sales have been via sedo...
You selling many straight after catch or is it existing portfolio stuff?
Understand what you mean about dodgy games, but surely if you are purchasing the .co.uk after the 10th June, and at the time of transfer, the .uk domain hasn't been regged, wouldn't that mean that the new owner is guaranteed the .uk anyway?
Yes and no.
One possible scenario:
1) Buyer looks at .co.uk, sees .uk is unregistered at 7:59am (thinks: "aha, I can use this to get the .uk")
2) Sale of .co.uk domain agreed at 8am
3) .uk domain registered by (old) .co.uk owner at 8:01am
4) .co.uk domain transferred to new owner at 8:02am
Perfectly legitimate unless there is an explicit legal agreement in place to prevent such behaviour, but the .co.uk buyer's expectations may be different.
Who is going to be up at 8am?
I'm interested how the pairing will work if you're selling via somewhere like Sedo?
You can't sell a pair of domains, so what do you do? Two separate listings? How do you split the price for the buyer who wants both? 50/50? If so you could legally buy one domain for half price and ditch the other?
It will vary depending on whether one is selling multiple registered domain names or a domain name along with the rights to register a matching .uk. I facilitated the sale of a matching .co.uk/.org.uk pair via Sedo external escrow (i.e. the domain names were not listed on Sedo) and Sedo split the total sale price equally across both domain names.
It seems to me that you're worrying about the listing side rather than the actual completion of the transaction, which is in effect an escrow of a package of elements. If some of those elements are missing from what's agreed, there's no sale.
As far as private transactions go I'm sure buyers and sellers alike will find a way to negotiate and complete the deal. I'm talking about the major marketplaces like Sedo. How will that work as you can't list a pair of domains for sale be it the rights to register the .uk or actually bundling them as a reg'd pair. So yes, the listing, the negotiations, the legal bindings etc when it comes to buying the pair.
I guess all .co.uk listings will need to say whether they come with .uk / .uk rights and all the verification that goes with that to prove that really is the case.
Then I guess you'll have situations where Sedo does verify ownership of both. One gets sold privately, then what, does the listing need to be updated? What if it's not and buyers send funds for what they think is the pair etc. The whole thing is a right can of worms for the public aftermarket.
Who is going to be up at 8am?