Rare Domains in the Wild!

[D Haynes]

 

[D Haynes]

Love this post - need to add some shortly.

Did you see Josh Reason bought coffeeanddonuts.com (was on Sherpa)

I stopped watching Sherpa a couple years ago when it became a circle jerk about NFTs and other nonsense which is a shame because I used to enjoy it and learned a lot from them.

That's a good name though I'd say.

 

[D Haynes]

 

[ClassicalGuitar]

Thanks for sharing these, interesting to see the variety of different extensions being used

 

[D Haynes]

Yeah I've found it quite surprising how many I see. These are predominantly from central London. Any I've seen that are shop fronts are mainly in semi gentrified "hipster" locations.

 

[D Haynes]

Imagine bradfields-co-uk / uk - both free to hand reg!

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It baffles me sometimes how unaware/naive people cam be as to the power of a domain upgrade especially when it can be almost free.

Another thing I've noticed is how many companies still don't have a self owned web presence, opting to use a social media page instead and even operating from an obscure email address like @blueyonder.com (who remembers those).

 

[ClassicalGuitar]

Well spotted on the two available Bradfields domains, those two would be great upgrades for that Essex farm

 

[D Haynes]

Yes it is surprising on both domains and emails - blueyonder is a blast from the past!

Bradfields feels really nice rather than the added farms - will look at whois as it may not have been available at the time or they thought SEO was better on a longer domain.

I thought exactly that, maybe it wasn't available at the time and they have never kept an eye on it. Also once your business is up and running on a name it can be a royal pain in the arsenal to change it.

 

[D Haynes]

Yes we did an upgrade for bridgingdirectory-com to bridging-com and it was an 18 month freeze out.

There are other ways of doing it - even for emails its much easier to remember etc

Now that's a serious upgrade!

 

[D Haynes]

 

[D Haynes]

I see a surprising amount of .London in... well... London. A way bigger uptake than I'd have thought. I've noticed a lot of construction sites use a .London.

 

[D Haynes]

 

[D Haynes]

Two I saw yesterday...

 

[D Haynes]

 

[D Haynes]

 

[D Haynes]

This is a great one - i wonder how stage coach do the rest of the uk?

Hmm yeah hadn't thought about that. I guess a .London isn't great for a someone operating nationally. I'm guessing they run their London campaign as a separate entity as its so big.

 

[D Haynes]

I've not seen a .rent in the wild before!

Incredibly rare! That and the .dog earlier in the thread. Only seen the 1 of each.

 

[Helmuts]

I've not seen a .rent in the wild before!

Yeah, me neither. Though is spot on

 

[Paullas]

 

[Helmuts]

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nice