findtim
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i thought it would be interesting to find out whats really happening over there now its been a while since it started.
it would be great if someone was keen to do the same as a thread for NZ ?
i think getting away from stats and actually asking domainers should bring the truth "on the ground"
so i kicked open my acorndomains.co.uk account ( note the .co.uk ) , did an intro again because its been ages and went for a lurk to read what people were saying, pretty much all i saw was domains for sale saying "with .uk rights "
anyway10 minutes after my intro i get a PM, a guy wanting to sell me visitmelb............co.uk WITH .uk rights.
so i took the opportunity to ask some questions, firstly i told him the truth that i was just there to see how .uk was going because of the .au thingy here and asked him "hows it going?"
here is his reply: as ned would say "bolding is mine"
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No worries about visitmelb...........co.uk.
Regarding co.uk and .uk names, the shorter.uk was introduced in 2014. Anyone who already owned the equivalent co.uk domain name has 5 years exclusive rights to register the .uk extensions as well. Then in 2019 anyone can register those. So if you own the co.uk, no point registering the .uk until 2019 as extra renewal costs and .uk isn't that well known by public yet. That could change closer to 2019 of course.
So anyone who just owns a co.uk domain name but not the .uk has either sold the just .uk (that won't happen often) or it has been registered after 2014 (so unless it was a good name accidentally dropped, maybe not such a good name in the first place, otherwise why not registered by someone previously?).
If you buy a .co.uk now, buy the.uk as well.
So if someone offer you a .co.uk domain name, make sure the .uk is included. Maybe .uk will be the more valuable one in 5-10 years time.
Hope that helps a little.
T****
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so forget the spin, this is what is really happening, no registrations but protecting the name for 5 years, then being FORCED into defensive rego fees by the fact they will give an opportunity to someone else and their .co.uk becomes worthless.
now he was just 1, i am sure if i asked that every day i'd get the same answer regardless of it being a domain investor or a business.
so considering all i have heard from the yes voters is they prefer the uk model, basically as i have said before, "give them 5 years to forget and then we get the win fall, we can wait "
can others add real life examples? he says some obvious stuff like why rego now ( which leads to no promotion and no growth ) and if he wants a domain it HAS to be both,
tim
it would be great if someone was keen to do the same as a thread for NZ ?
i think getting away from stats and actually asking domainers should bring the truth "on the ground"
so i kicked open my acorndomains.co.uk account ( note the .co.uk ) , did an intro again because its been ages and went for a lurk to read what people were saying, pretty much all i saw was domains for sale saying "with .uk rights "
anyway10 minutes after my intro i get a PM, a guy wanting to sell me visitmelb............co.uk WITH .uk rights.
so i took the opportunity to ask some questions, firstly i told him the truth that i was just there to see how .uk was going because of the .au thingy here and asked him "hows it going?"
here is his reply: as ned would say "bolding is mine"
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No worries about visitmelb...........co.uk.
Regarding co.uk and .uk names, the shorter.uk was introduced in 2014. Anyone who already owned the equivalent co.uk domain name has 5 years exclusive rights to register the .uk extensions as well. Then in 2019 anyone can register those. So if you own the co.uk, no point registering the .uk until 2019 as extra renewal costs and .uk isn't that well known by public yet. That could change closer to 2019 of course.
So anyone who just owns a co.uk domain name but not the .uk has either sold the just .uk (that won't happen often) or it has been registered after 2014 (so unless it was a good name accidentally dropped, maybe not such a good name in the first place, otherwise why not registered by someone previously?).
If you buy a .co.uk now, buy the.uk as well.
So if someone offer you a .co.uk domain name, make sure the .uk is included. Maybe .uk will be the more valuable one in 5-10 years time.
Hope that helps a little.
T****
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so forget the spin, this is what is really happening, no registrations but protecting the name for 5 years, then being FORCED into defensive rego fees by the fact they will give an opportunity to someone else and their .co.uk becomes worthless.
now he was just 1, i am sure if i asked that every day i'd get the same answer regardless of it being a domain investor or a business.
so considering all i have heard from the yes voters is they prefer the uk model, basically as i have said before, "give them 5 years to forget and then we get the win fall, we can wait "
can others add real life examples? he says some obvious stuff like why rego now ( which leads to no promotion and no growth ) and if he wants a domain it HAS to be both,
tim
