.uk domains worth 1/45 of the matching .co.uk domain ?

[domainseller200]

CasinoBonusCodes.uk sold on 28th September for £60 on Domainlore

CasinoBonusCodes.co.uk sold just now for 45x the price at £2,700 on Domainlore

Both have the same value and merits in terms of SEO, and both are likely to have been bought and populated by an affiliate as opposed to an end-user, with the intention of gaining traffic mainly from search engines.

How can anyone expect end-users to see the value and have faith in .uk domains when the people who ACTUALLY understand domain names don't see the value or have faith in them?

The writing has been on the wall for some time, but situations like this confirm it more than ever.

 

[Murray]

Id put it down to the skill and handsomeness of the seller

 

[domainseller200]

But I thought the name was yours?

 

[mat]

The only reason I buy a .uk is to protect a .co.uk and it really frustrates me that each hand reg now forces me into double the cost.

It should have just been .uk from day one, but it wasn't and now it is to late. It has just created a huge mess and confusion.

 

[RobM]

Yeah it's almost as if the .uk was pushed on us to make money for nominet and the top registrars who don't have a link in the slightest or any conflict of interest

 

[bonusmedia]

Congrats Murray - nice sale. Looking back bingobonuscodes.co.uk went for £1500.

Ask the buyer if they want slotsbonuscodes to go with it

 

[Flushdraw]

Yeah good price Murray. I was out early and hoping to get it for a bargain until it went past my price fast. Surprised and also not surprised at the final value. Must have been two people who really wanted it. Great domain to develop. I am surprised that the .uk went for £60 though.


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[martin-s]

Amazed.

 

[martin-s]

I was out early and hoping to get it for a bargain until it went past my price fast.

Have yourself Casino Signup Bonus for reg fee
http://www.nominet.uk/whois/?query=casinosignupbonus.co.uk

Similar stats - 170 searches, £40 cpc and bugger all chance of ranking it (although probably 10x more of bugger all in this case)

 

[Carlos]

I don't think there is a formula, rackets.co.uk was sold for £650 and rackets.uk for £440, both at domainlore.
http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/rackets-co-uk-650-gbp.142519/
http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/threads/rackets-uk-440-gbp.142528/

 

[RobM]

Saw that secured (dot) uk was sold here a few days ago, was this sold by the person who owns the .co.uk?

No. I was the seller. As far as I know the co.uk has been registered continuously since 1998.

 

[Lovekraft]

Usually there isn't as big a gap as a .uk selling for 1/45 of the value, however there was over a month apart that both the .uk and .co.uk auctions finished in this case.

It just shows more than anything that the nature of auctions are entirely unpredictable, perhaps the main bidders on this occasion simply hadn't been visiting DomainLore around the time of the previous auction, it only takes 2 interested parties to make an auction successful.

 

[Blossom]

Were both the casinobonuscodes domains bought by the same person?

 

[Admin]

I was bidding on rackets.uk. I think the gap between .uk and .co.uk will close very, very slowly. I'd be interested to know what the average percentage sale price is of .uk compared to a .co.uk - I'll put a flag down and say its in the 30-50% range?

 

[martin-s]

I'll put a flag down and say its in the 30-50% range?

That might be true for lll's and premiums, but it's a brave person who takes a punt on anything else if it's .uk only.