Are owners of .co.uk interested in .coms?

[JDN]

It is generally known that almost all established companies /websites with different extensions than the .com are interested in acquiring the .com.

My question is whether companies/ website owners of .co.uk are also interested in the .coms or are they satisfied with their own country's extension?

Cheers.

 

[BiggieBiggie is verified member.]

can't speak for .co.uk owners, but that extension is solid and well established

the few .co.uk folks i have contacted, were interested...but seemed satisfied with what they have


i think unless you have a lot of drainage to com, from co.uk, then there's not much leverage...depending on domain.

 

[aclass]

Some are and some are not. Had a such a sale last year

 

[DavidH]

I guess it depends what market they are in - if it is exclusively in the UK then possibly not, but if they are likely to have international clientele it would make a lot of sense to get the .com version as well.

 

[JDN]

Thanks guys

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Most all of my more well-heeled .co.uk clients are in the .com market. I just wish I offered services in that space, but that may change this year.

 

[JDN]

Good to know! I always got the feeling they were exclusively interested in their own country's extension. It does make sense that they would be open to seizing the .com to expand their business.

 

[hugegrowth]

Anyone with a country code domain for their business, including .co.uk, would (or should) be interested in owning the matching .com

 

[katherine]

As said above, that depends if they have international scope. Purely local businesses typically won't care.