Acorn View on .uk Direction

[namealot]

I suppose nom have to calculate when it would archieve the highest market value and looking at the net how much longer the any prefix / extension name will actually matter ?

 

[markb]

The Nominet board obviously don't have a clue about how best to implement a direct.uk extension. They will be reading the threads on acorn to see how best to go ahead with new proposals which cause the least complaints from people on here and elsewhere. If we don't give them any ideas on here, then they may just shelve the whole idea.

 

[scottb]

The Nominet board obviously don't have a clue about how best to implement a direct.uk extension. They will be reading the threads on acorn to see how best to go ahead with new proposals which cause the least complaints from people on here and elsewhere. If we don't give them any ideas on here, then they may just shelve the whole idea.

I think that is what many are hoping.

Better to show no desire for any change in case they find another way to screw over existing .co.uk users.

But I do think it will be a shame if they don't take the chance at this time to improve the namespace for the vast majority of their customers, and drop the unnecessary .co.

Sure it works at the moment, but it could be better.

Third level domains are going to look even more cumbersome and antiquated in a couple of years,
when companies will have the chance to get their very own top level domain, and drop the .uk entirely.

 

[scottb]

Most companies won't be interested in running their own registry which is what one is required to do to have an entry in the root. British people trust domain names that end in .uk and are happy to engage with web sites that use them. I've almost never seen a .info or a .biz or a .pro in active use in the UK. I don't anticipate a huge change for the vast majority of UK orientated online businesses. What I would see the benefit of is additional third level extensions carefully thought out and tailored for specific purposes. That means more inventory for registrars to sell. I don't believe there is going to be a mass exodus from *.uk to .whatever because there's a lot to be said for being identified and associated with "UK".

I don't think registrars are going to have an inventory problem soon..

This is about the opportunity to improve the general use domain for the vast majority of registrants and surfers.
Should the general / commercial uk domain be held back at the third level, so we can have a few more second rate, third level domains such as .me.uk ?

The trend is going the other way.

 

[willbon]

"me.uk" is a specialist extension, for non commercial use and with different rules. I previously said "What I would see the benefit of is additional third level extensions carefully thought out and tailored for specific purposes."

.me.uk is not necessarily for non commercial use... and the rules mean that only individuals 'should' own them.

However.... businesses own them and use them without interference from Nominet.

Perhaps it's time to drop the 'rules' on .me.uk and org.uk domain extensions and offer .co.uk customers another alternative?

The 'rules' are not policed or enforced anyway.... and it does beggar the question if they aren't able to maintain the rulings on previous registrations, how will the future be different?

 

[willbon]

If you want to start a thread about changing the use of net.uk or me.uk, please do.

Sorry... didn't think I was digressing.... I felt it was a part of the solution that we're looking for with .uk

... to open up the currently existing extensions so there would be less need for the .uk .....

 

[genericdomainer]

.uk sounds like a good idea to me. I bet the only people driving massive opposition to this is domainers in general who obviously want to protect their investment. Why don't you build businesses on your so called generic domains and allow new businesses the opportunity to acquire new names in new extensions. The argument that .uk might be confused with .co.uk is silly. The british public are more clever than you think but perhaps offering businesses a chance to obtain their .co.uk equivalent domain might ease some fears.

 

[freddy]

I did not follow the whole process. but I hope it will be a grandfather process.
Imagine there will be not a grandfather process and I am going to loose the uniqueness of domains like hosting.co.uk or dad.co.uk. I have no other chance as to sue.

 

[monaghan]

.uk sounds like a good idea to me. I bet the only people driving massive opposition to this is domainers in general who obviously want to protect their investment. Why don't you build businesses on your so called generic domains and allow new businesses the opportunity to acquire new names in new extensions. The argument that .uk might be confused with .co.uk is silly. The british public are more clever than you think but perhaps offering businesses a chance to obtain their .co.uk equivalent domain might ease some fears.

Big business would have gained, those with big pockets would have gained, the small business who adopted the Internet early and got a good domain would be the ones to loose out most as they'd not be able to pay more than the bigger players.

Domainers are not daft and they would have found a way to continue whether the proposal went ahead or not.

To simply offer .co.uk owners their .uk defeats the purpose of introducing something new and excludes the charities who correctly have a .org.uk

.UK is dead for the moment, so lets not go round the loop again until such time as Nominet raise it again.

 

[Edwin]

I did not follow the whole process. but I hope it will be a grandfather process.
Imagine there will be not a grandfather process and I am going to loose the uniqueness of domains like hosting.co.uk or dad.co.uk. I have no other chance as to sue.

No grandfather process in the original proposal, which is one of the many reasons so many were up in arms about it, because ALL .co.uk owners would lose out.

The advice to read everything is very good advice. It's impossible - and a waste of effort - to sum up the whole issue in a few paragraphs. Not to mention completely unnecessary, because it has already been analysed TO DEATH.

 

[freddy]

No grandfather process in the original proposal, which is one of the many reasons so many were up in arms about it, because ALL .co.uk owners would lose out.

The advice to read everything is very good advice. It's impossible - and a waste of effort - to sum up the whole issue in a few paragraphs. Not to mention completely unnecessary, because it has already been analysed TO DEATH.

Thx! imagine all the names I bought from you would become worthless!