me.uk worth it?

[chatman2222]

New to the forum so hi all!

I've recently found a domain with 1.5m global searches a month, however it is only available as .me.uk.

Would are .me.uk domains any good for search results, probably with a minisite?

thanks in advance

 

[boxerdog]

welcome to acorn chatman2222

most here dont like .me.uk and wouldnt touch them, but i on the other hand have a slight fetish for them as long as they are good.
i have a few that make some "£"
for the sake of £6 i would go for it

let us know what it is if you do

 

[springer]

I second the thumbs up for me.uk. I purchased one recently and it is doing suprisingly good in the search engines.

 

[Blake]

The aversion to .me.uk names does not make sense in my opinion. It is a combination of the domain name market still being very new ( fourteen years or so in the U.K.) vested interests by .co.uk stakeholders and a curious belief that the serps won't be any good for .me.uk names.
This will change over time as the price of all strong .co.uk names spirals beyond the range of most people, if you are holding good .me.uk names then hang onto them or better yet develop them..

 

[golddiggerguy]

Hi chatman2222

Use a .me.uk for your own use to build up a mini site to earn revenue. Generics or products are always a good bet. Resale just for the domain is a no go in most cases but with a site sat on it earning then usually makes it shiny enough to be sold.

As for earnings, SEO and any good to make money? YES I have made £4k + from just 2 sites in 2 years and they just sit there now. A lot of posting and SEOing etc later at the beginning but once done started to pay off

For £6 GO FOR IT!!

(but don't get carried away and buy loads do try and stick with .org.uk's or .co.uk's)

 

[TheNightfly]

For £6 GO FOR IT!!

Agree - have many me's - all of which cover their renewal on PPC - some £xxx sales as well.

M

 

[digitalquill]

am I wrong in thinking that they are supposed to be personal domains and as such the registrar can take them off you if you are using them commercially?

See Rules section 9

Matt Houldsworth

 

[retired_member12]

am I wrong in thinking that they are supposed to be personal domains and as such the registrar can take them off you if you are using them commercially?

See Rules section 9

Matt Houldsworth

I don't think Nominet are minded to action that rule at the moment, they've got enough on their plate as it is right now. Besides which, anyone managing to make money from a .me.uk deserves a jolly good pat on the back!

 

[digitalquill]

In that case what is the favoured registrar as fasthosts/ukreg who I use for uk domains, do not (or did not) allow you to register them unless they were your name, maybe that has changed?

Matt Houldsworth

I don't think Nominet are minded to action that rule at the moment, they've got enough on their plate as it is right now. Besides which, anyone managing to make money from a .me.uk deserves a jolly good pat on the back!

 

[stevebrowne]

I thought that you were allowed to use them for commercial gain, but they must be registered to an individual and not a company.

 

[accelerator]

I thought that you were allowed to use them for commercial gain, but they must be registered to an individual and not a company.

My personal feeling is that as long as you register them in your own name, i.e. as an individual, rather than a company name, you are adhering to the rules.

Rgds

 

[retired_member13]

I thought that you were allowed to use them for commercial gain, but they must be registered to an individual and not a company.

Bang on Steve.

I called up Nominet to ask them exactly what the rules were before buying any, and that's the only rule for .me.uk, apart from the fact that you are not allowed to withhold your address if there is any money earning element on the site (adsense, affiliate, sales etc), but this is the case for any UK name.

 

[golddiggerguy]

I think a worse crime is people making money from any domain and not claiming and paying out TAX!

So yes owning a .me.uk domain with personal details and making money off it (and paying TAX when needed) is bottom of the list to be shot for!

Their are 100's if not 1000's prob doing it!

 

[digitalquill]

They will only be doing it until they get caught! revenue will come down hard on any individuals not declaring income

Matt

I think a worse crime is people making money from any domain and not claiming and paying out TAX!

So yes owning a .me.uk domain with personal details and making money off it (and paying TAX when needed) is bottom of the list to be shot for!

Their are 100's if not 1000's prob doing it!

 

[boxerdog]

hhhmmmm im looking at a .me.uk with 550k exacts, do i dont i?

 

[retired_member12]

There'll always be desirable words no matter what extension. If Nominet were to throw another extension into the pot tomorrow (.on.uk for example), you can bet these would be snapped up straight away:

video, sex, porn, games, lottery, play

Same happened when the .me.uk's were launched 14 Jan 2002!

 

[grantw]

I've just bought sex.me.uk, still can't decide whether I've gone insane or not

Grant

 

[bensd]

I've just bought sex.me.uk, still can't decide whether I've gone insane or not

Grant

Depends how much you paid for it

 

[stevebrowne]

I make some money on .me.uk's which are registered to me as an individual. The money however goes to my limited company and goes through the normal taxation process. There's no rules that the registrant and earner must be the same entity.

 

[grantw]

Depends how much you paid for it

Indeed was £xxx

Grant