They say domain names
are the online equivalent of real estate and a portfolio of 653 .co.uk names
which has been placed on the market is drawing an unprecedented amount of
interest.
The UK is the most dynamic and profitable online and offline economy in Europe. Ever-increasing
revenues for UK internet businesses as well as recent reports such as the one on
Wednesday, 19 July 2006 which revealed the UK has become the biggest online
shopping market in Europe, has sparked even more entrepreneurs to consider
launching online ventures.
On Friday, 21 July 2006, Sedo's industry newsletter said there was a "booming secondary market" in .co.uk domain names and provided evidence for why they will increase in value. Nominet UK will revamp the transfer process for domain names over the coming months and experts are predicting this will cause the .co.uk resale market to blossom.
James Allen, who runs
a mirror shop in Yorkshire, says: "I have
a couple of friends with businesses on the web and they are doing very well.
The internet was in the doldrums for a few years since the dot.com crash, but
it has bounced back in the last couple of years and I keep reading reports that
the net is where it's all happening. I'll be launching a couple of websites of
my own in October!"
The first step towards
building a successful online enterprise is grabbing a quality domain name. A
prime domain name is the equivalent of having a store in the West End of London
while a naff one locates you in a rundown arcade on
an estate in a backwater town.
It is for this reason
that quality domain names are selling for hundreds of thousands of pounds. All
the best domain names have long been registered and so the resale market is
more buoyant than ever.
The package of 653 domain names includes those such as
commits.co.uk, stomachache.co.uk, subscribes.co.uk, breastimplant.co.uk, climaxed.co.uk, depositing.co.uk, detags.co.uk, escrowed.co.uk, holed.co.uk, listprices.co.uk, noting.co.uk, observes.co.uk, plotted.co.uk, ps7.co.uk, reruns.co.uk, retains.co.uk and striving.co.uk. All are one word, short and highly brandable (there are a handful of two word ones).
Nadeem
Azam, a Domain Name Consultant, has sold domain names worth tens of thousands
of pounds this year and says he is excited to be handling negotiations for the
portfolio: "Domain names have come into their own in
2006, but even I didn't expect interest in these .co.uk’s
to this scale. People 'in the know' are aware there are only a limited number
of one word domain names and this is the best portfolio to go on the market in
a long time. Anybody who buys these 653 domains will instantly be thrust into
the Premier League of online landlords. Owning these domains will make the
owner the cyberspace equivalent of The Duke of Westminster [who owns vast
swathes of property in central London]".
Should you require a list of all the domain names or wish to
discuss the portfolio you may email
or ring 020 7436 4496 /
07944 963 963 anytime, 7 days a week.
Visit Azam.biz's domain name section for more prime domains.
