.co.uk?

[Jayne]

Hi,

Please could you tell me why a .co.uk name is more expensive than a .com or .biz ?

(Please explain very simple, no techy stuff) :D

Thank You

Jayne

[DuaneJackson]

it shoudn't be. it all depends where you go. My cost price (from enom.com) is actually cheaper for a .co.uk than a .com

Although most places I have looked the .com is usually cheaper. Which site are you looking at?

Planning to take the bakery in a new direction instead of selling it? Online ordering to anywhere in the UK? I'll buy some rice pud.

[MichaelG]

Where are you buying from? co.uk is CHEAPER than .com everywhere else.

[deso66]

Hey

co.uk should be cheaper than .com. Using .co.uk means you are limiting yourself to the UK audience, well in theory, so you should have to pay less for the domain name. Try a different site to purchase the name from, http://www.domainnamesgb.com/ does .co.uk names for £5.99 for 2 years

[DuaneJackson]

5.99 for two years is a good price.


Using .co.uk means you are limiting yourself to the UK audience,

Another way to look at it is that you are empahsising your UKness, both to people that see your URL/site and to the search engines. This can work in your favour as long as you are looking at targetting specifcally a UK audience.

How much will it be for a litre bucket of rice pudding? with skin and extra nutmeg please.

[Jayne]

it shoudn't be. it all depends where you go. My cost price (from enom.com) is actually cheaper for a .co.uk than a .com

Although most places I have looked the .com is usually cheaper. Which site are you looking at?

Planning to take the bakery in a new direction instead of selling it? Online ordering to anywhere in the UK? I'll buy some rice pud.


Nothing wrong with having two businesses! :D So it doesn't matter which I went for? I thought it was something to do with getting your web site to the top of the list with search engines. I don't understand it very much, I've read other peoples posts, but they are a bit too techy for me. How do I get to the top of the pecking order if it's not the .com thing? No one quoted me any prices, just been looking up lots on the net :D

Thanks

Jayne

[MinuWeb]

We find that clients prefer the .com name if it is available, if not they will go for .co.uk (of course, both is best :) )

[Rob Holmes]

The lowest I've seen is £1.99 but there are ALWAYS catches to the cheap names (usually in transfer fees or slow service)

We provide .co.uk's and .com's currently for £4.69 a year (our prices do vary)

Care as some companies also add vat and admin charges right at the end of the sales process, make you buy their hosting as part of the deal or charge if you want to change nameservers or move away from them.

Rob

[Jayne]

Thank You all. :D

Jayne

P.S When I get my web site, how do I get it to the top of the web search? :D

(remember none techy answers) :lol:

[MinuWeb]

Thank You all. :D

Jayne

P.S When I get my web site, how do I get it to the top of the web search? :D

(remember none techy answers) :lol: Depending on your site subject, it is not an easy thing to do..... Your site must be designed and have content relevant to the keywords people will search for, it helps if your site has links to it from lots of other sites with similar content and it takes time.

I just searched for "golf" on google, 96,200,000 results, which means that there are 96,199,990 people that are not on the 1st page that want to be..........

[Jayne]

Better get my thinking cap on then! With all this help from top web designers on here :wink: , i'll be no' 1 on the web search :D

Jayne

[MinuWeb]

I'll be no' 1 on the web search :D


The big question is....... for what search terms ? :D :D

[Jayne]

What do you mean by that? :D

Jayne

[epiphany]

To answer the original question it is my understanding that a .com is more expensive for two reasons.

1. They are in greater demand
2. It is more expensive to run the .com system (non-technical :P)

[jimbojones]

Hi Jayne,

Try www.seochat.com for some tips, pointers and where to get started - very useful !!

As others have mentioned, it is no easy thing to do but with the right set-up and approach (i.e Keyword search terms, Links to useful resources etc) you'll be beating the algorithms in no time!

hope this helps,

Jamie

[Jayne]

Thank You,

you have all been very helpful. Even Mr VSHosting :lol:

Jayne

[Rob Holmes]

Jayne - I'm happy to do the techie bit on the search engine optimisation for you (in return for a nice jam doughnut each if me, the wife and kids are ever up your way) :)

Rob

[DuaneJackson]

How do I get to the top of the pecking order if it's not the .com thing?

The .com or .co.uk extension (known as a TLD) has very little effect in your rankings.

The 'search term' is what people type in when they search, for instance it'd be a pice of proverbial to get you to the number one spot for anyone typing in "pink zebras eating flamingoes", but a totally different matter if you want to be number one for the search term "cheap mortages"

top-click, another memeber of the forum, seems to have a very good reputation for achieving results in this arena.

[Jayne]

Thanks all :D

Hopefully that's some more info stuffed into my little brain :lol:

Jayne

[Srivvy]

Hi Jayne

An important thing to do in order to get your new website seen is to get it set up as soon as you can.

The most important search engine, Google, now employs an 'ageing delay' which means that new sites will not be anywhere near the top for competitive phrases for several months. You do not need to have the website completed before you put it online. Get the domain name, build a homepage, submit it to directories and perhaps exchange links with some of the members of this forum. You can build the content gradually, adding pages all the time.

You may find that your best results will come from MSN and Yahoo for a while, before Google a while down the line.

Good luck

[Astaroth]

Other point why there is a price difference... the .uk and the "american" domains (.com, .org etc) are maintained by two seperate companies.

[Jayne]

Thanks for that,

Got it all sorted now :D Good info' though!

Jayne

[Magsite]

www.123-reg.co.uk charge £4.68 for a co.uk name for 2 years

They also have a submit site button that submits detials of your site to the top ten search sites including google, aol, etc

[Asteeleleith]

domains i am no expert on.

At the end of the day prices for .co.uk and com are both very cheap. for my website i just bought both! mind you i am with uk2. net for mine. Please do not rush to register there though, i only did so as i was pointed there once i registed my business. i do not think they are the best deal around.

Thanks for tip on getting to top of google though, been trying to register my site there for yongs.
Someone told me that by getting someone who is listed to list it, then it happens quicker!
This is certainly something for which i would have the jam donut ready for if a certain knight in shining armour decided to visit :-) not to mention a crate of beers!

Al

[Magsite]

I've got an account with affiliatefuture which has loads of merchants. one of which is 1and1.co.uk If you open an account with affiliatefuture and go through them to buy a domain name from 1and1 you get the domain name for about £2.86 This is because you earn £2 cashback from affiliate future for generating the sale. (Just to clarify this is for a .co.uk name) You also get cashback for other web services such as hosting etc.

www.affiliatefuture.biz Is my own (hubby's) referral to affiliatefuture (If you don't mind me earning 5% of your cashback - This doesn't effect your cashback)
www.affiliatefuture.co.uk Is the direct link

[esynetics]

Hi

One of the best ways to improve your rankings nowadays is to recognise your niche keywords within your business area.