The UK ROR 'WHO GOT WHAT?' thread

diablo · Jul 1, 2019

Adam H said:
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 · Jul 1, 2019

redrum said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

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 · Jul 2, 2019

Trauiner said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

Here we go again.....

twostepsbehind · Jul 2, 2019

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 · Jul 2, 2019

twostepsbehind said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

twostepsbehind said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

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 · Jul 2, 2019

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

iamrofe · Jul 2, 2019

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

lazarus · Jul 2, 2019

iamrofe said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

philiporchard said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

Murray said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

Whois-Search said:
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 · Jul 2, 2019

lazarus said:
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!