The UK ROR 'WHO GOT WHAT?' thread

[GUI]

Sorry for being thick, being a non-tag holder im not in the know. So a's and b's got released today ? Whats the scedule for all the rest please ?

https://registrars.nominet.uk/syste...ight-of-registration-release-schedule-status/

 

[diablo]

Sorry for being thick, being a non-tag holder im not in the know. So a's and b's got released today ? Whats the scedule for all the rest please ?

The release schedule is as follows:

July 1 Batch 1: Domains beginning 0-9, a-b 

July 2 Batch 2: Domains beginning c-f  

July 3 Batch 3: Domains beginning g-m 

July 4 Batch 4: Domains beginning n-s  

July 5 Batch 5: Domains beginning t-z 

 

[philiporchard]

It's on the newer looking domain manager interface's "Domains" menu:
https://dcc.godaddy.com/dcc50/default.aspx?activeview=preregistration&refresh=true

Great - many thanks!

 

[DaveP]

I wish all of you the best of luck. In my opinion .UK is a complete flop, that's why I didn't bother even participating. I hope you all prove me wrong.

 

[WHM]

I got to agree. I feel like the vast majority of domains posted so far are just worthless. There are a handful of 'good' domains from some more of the experienced people here but they're what I call 'sucker domains' - The person that registered them will make a little bit of money buy selling them to a sucker that think '.uk' domains are really valuable.

I did a little poll today on a forum I run which 95% of the users are UK based. The question was 'Which domain extension do most associate with a UK operated business/entity"

Example.com - 32 votes
Example.co.uk - 103 votes
Example.org - 4 votes
Example.net - 9 votes
Example.uk - 5 votes

90%+ of the domains registered today won't be worth the fee. I suspect that's why nom allowed all their buddies to reg the ones they had for free, a decent amount will probably drop next year.

 

[lazarus]

Here we go again.....

 

[twostepsbehind]

It's all about the public's perception and what looks digestable to the eye..

As an end user I would prefer manchester.uk over manchester.com or manchester.co.uk - it just looks better and more trustworthy

But right now, what looks better and with greater authority and trust: rightmove.co.uk or rightmove.uk? As a domainer, I'd say the latter, and I believe the public will arrive at this opinion soon as well, a couple of years

Also, worth noting 99% of domains dropping were originally registered as .co.uk and most of the registrants didn't think the .uk was worth the another £5...

 

[martin-s]

rightmove.co.uk or rightmove.uk? As a domainer, I'd say the latter, and I believe the public will arrive at this opinion soon as well, a couple of years

I hope you can afford the renewal fees that long!

 

[Murray]

Also, worth noting 99% of domains dropping were originally registered as .co.uk and most of the registrants didn't think the .uk was worth the another £5...

You could say that about all the premium domains that haven't been renewed in the past 20 years or so; it's more about not knowing than not thinking it's worth £5

Anyway, this thread is for who got what, not about debating its merits or lack thereof, should start a new thread about that or go back and read all the old ones

 

[lazarus]

Like it or not .uk is here to stay and naturally being the TLD it will be popular. It's just the matter of time.... Anyways back to who got what!

 

[philiporchard]

CatchTiger caught me nothing yesterday... fingers crossed for today - although I'm not holding my breath!

 

[iamrofe]

Do the domains all drop (became available to register) at a certain time?

 

[lazarus]

Do the domains all drop (became available to register) at a certain time?

Not all domains. it is in batches ie AB0-9 , CDEF etc they drop each day at 14:00

 

[Murray]

CatchTiger caught me nothing yesterday... fingers crossed for today - although I'm not holding my breath!

Unless they're using a different tag, catchtiger got 0 out of 312 of the better domains I checked

 

[Whois-Search]

Unless they're using a different tag, catchtiger got 0 out of 312 of the better domains I checked

I can only see two:

aliexpress.uk Domeinwinkel B.V. [Tag = DOMEINWINKEL]
bespoke.uk Domeinwinkel B.V. [Tag = DOMEINWINKEL]

 

[Murray]

I can only see two:

aliexpress.uk Domeinwinkel B.V. [Tag = DOMEINWINKEL]
bespoke.uk Domeinwinkel B.V. [Tag = DOMEINWINKEL]

Ahh I was looking for "catchtiger" or "domainwinkel", ctrl+f'd for that but misspelled

I didn't load aliexpress but bespoke is nice

 

[3gmedia]

Like it or not .uk is here to stay and naturally being the TLD it will be popular. It's just the matter of time.... Anyways back to who got what!

I got these yesterday:

AberdeenAirport

BargainHunt

BoilerEngineer

I think they're ok

 

[Admin]

Excuse my ignorance on all of this, can i register a free to reg .uk in Nominets web domain manager ( i am a tag holder/member)?

 

[dig bick]

You can but only 1 week after the release so 0-b will be available via the WDM on Monday at 2pm. c-f will be available next Tuesday and so on...

 

[iamrofe]

Looks like I managed to catch asbestossurvey, which probably means nobody else went for it.

(Which means it probably isn't that good).