Domaining.org.uk can now be found on Twitter.com. You are welcome to follow me at DomainingUK.
build a list of as many UK domainers as possible and other domainers who are interested in .uk ccTLD domains.
(I also follow a few of the well known domainers from the US like Sahar Sarid and Rick Schwartz who so generously share their thoughts and tips on their blogs when they don’t need to.)
DomainingUK is a great way to keep in touch and to learn more about whats happening in the .UK niche.
If you are a UK domainer or a domainer interested in the UK domain space please Follow Me on Twitter. 
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There were some interesting .co.uk domain sales reported in this weeks sales report on DNJournal.com.
PokerRooms.co.uk $22,000
Bandwidth.co.uk $12,225
BestSlots.co.uk $ 4,483
eStore.co.uk $ 4,401
YourSpace.co.uk $ 4,075
Poker-Sites.co.uk $ 3,260
Teckentrup.co.uk $ 2,445
EducationalFurniture.co.uk $ 2,445
4Sight.co.uk $ 1,630
AutoFinders.co.uk $ 1,223
eCamp.co.uk $ 1,100
Some nice solid sales.
I am back after a blogging break.
The break was beneficial to me as it led to me thinking in a lot of detail about how to take my domaining activites to the next level.
Although I have not been posting to Domaining.org.uk I have been developing my other sites. I have also been developing a new business strategy taking into account the new, more challenging economic conditions. By working a little less intensely compared with a few months ago I have decided on a few changes that will,in the long run be beneficial.
As a result of my efforts since Jan 2009, ManchesterWide.com, my ‘flagship’ geo website is showing encouraging signs of life, even though it is not, as yet, a financial success. However, with a lot more hard work I am hoping that will turn that corner.
I have been adding to my domain name portfolio while at the same time disposing of those domains that will not generate the results I’m looking for.
I have plans to develop Nameable.co.uk as my core site which will list my domains for sale and link to my developed sites and mini-sites. There is also a possibility that I will use it as a blogging base around naming strategies, running SME businesses and web 2.0 – sounds impressive!
Despite my objections to mini-sites I have been developing many of my own. They do well from type in traffic and on exact match searches via the search engines.
I have domain names for in the region of 250 different viable sites. Although my portfolio amounts to in excess of 400 domains there are duplicates like ManchesterWide.com/ .co.uk and variants like recreationvehicle.co.uk/recreationvehicles.co.uk.
My blogging break has allowed me to think about how I will take my ‘project’ to the next level. Domainers (even those without a blog that they update frequently) should think about the benefits of a (blogging) break. A break from domaining offers domainers an opportunity to look differently at their activities and to think about how they might to take themselves to the next level.
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With the recent surge of interest in Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) I thought readers may appreciate a bit of information about UK domains.
Lots of people living outside the UK think they know all about the UK. They have seen TV programmes made by the BBC and that movie about the spy with Mike Myers in it. However, British English is different to versions of English spoken in other countries. So, if you want to invest in domains for the UK market you need an understanding of how things work in the UK.
Lets start at the beginning. The UK is a large modern economy which is usually ranked around 4th or 5th in most lists of the worlds most wealthiest economies. Around 60 million people live in the UK, of which around 51 million live in England, the largest of the four countries that make up the UK. (The others being Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
The principal language in the UK is English. This fact makes it an attractive choice for US domainers who wish to venture into buying ccTLDs.
In theory, there are three country codes to choose from:-
.co.uk (usage is similar to .com)
.org.uk (usage is similar to .org) and
.me.uk
In reality, only .co.uk has widespread appeal (value) within the domain name market. Originally, .org.uk domains were intended for not-for-profit organisations and .me.uk is for personal websites. It is rare, but not unheard of for .org.uk or .me.uk domains to be used for commercial websites. However, .org.uk and .me.uk domains are valued at a fraction of equivalent .co.uk domains and usually should be avoided. The only exception, perhaps is if they are being purchased for their search engine optimisation purposes, as I am advised that Google does not favour any one the three extensions over the other two in terms of search engine rankings.
The big problem for many speakers of US English when trying to invest in UK ccTLDs is that a.) words are spelt differently in the UK compared with the US, b.) some things have different names in the US and UK, c.) cultural, social and economic differences between the UK and other countries may also be relevant.
What this means is that although British English and American English have many similarities they differ in many ways as well. This means that those looking to move into UK ccTLDs need to have some appreciation of the UK language and culture if they are to have any hope of maximising their profits in this area.
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