Domain Names

[Dactylion]

But sasguru is pretty popular.

Not a phrase I thought I would read on CUK

[d000hg]

dimprawn.com is available!

But sasguru is pretty popular.

Domain Search Results

Although sasguru.xxx is free...

[DimPrawn]

dimprawn.com is available!

[TheFaQQer]

companyname.com companyname.co.uk
tradingname1.com tradingname1.co.uk
tradingname2.com tradingname2.co.uk
tradingname3.com tradingname3.co.uk
derivative of trading name 3.com
Short Libyan domain .ly for tradingname2
company name with the number as a numeric rather than a word.com
company name with the number as a numeric rather than a word.co.uk
tradingname1 replaced with newer technology name.com
tradingname1 replaced with newer technology name.co.uk

personalname.com
personalname.co.uk

developmentenvironmentwebsite.com so I can practice stuff there

I think that's it.

[chef]

aha

123-reg says

Soon you will be able to register your .london, .nyc, .wiki or .reviews generic top level domains on 123-reg.

These new gTLDs are going to change the way you present and promote your business on the Internet. If you want to stand out from the crowd and enhance your brand's online presence, one of the new generic top level domains may just do that for you.

123-reg leads the UK with this domain revolution which means you will be able to pre-order and register your dream gTLD as soon as it becomes available.

with a register your interest now link

[chef]

Not getting the gTLD "surname"? Then your personal site would just be http://firstname.surname

so how do you go about getting a top level domain? doesnt it relate to applying for it with ICANN?

EDIT: WTF !!!

The applications cost a whopping $185,000 (around £120,000) and many multinational companies have argued that this is a cynical move from Icann to make money from them by forcing them to protect their brands from cybersquatters at vast expense.

from wired

[d000hg]

Not getting the gTLD "surname"? Then your personal site would just be http://firstname.surname

[doodab]

Just out of curiosity what domain names personal and company related do you own?

obviously I dont expect you to list them exactly here but as an example (among many other side projects, family related domains etc.) I own:

surname.net
surname.co.uk
surname.eu
surname.de
(surname.com is taken and they want 5 grand for it!!)

firstnamesurname.com

companyname.com
companyname.co.uk
companyname.eu
companyname.net

Is this going overboard or do you look at it like I do in that a domain name is like digital property and better to buy them up now with the option to sell them later when they are more sought after?

I was lucky to get in during the mid-late 90s and register a firstname.?.uk. My other firstname and surname options were already gone by that point.

My main company name also contains my family name, I have some of those as well, although sadly the unhyphenated .com belongs to someone else.

[chef]

Just out of curiosity what domain names personal and company related do you own?

obviously I dont expect you to list them exactly here but as an example (among many other side projects, family related domains etc.) I own:

surname.net
surname.co.uk
surname.eu
surname.de
(surname.com is taken and they want 5 grand for it!!)

firstnamesurname.com

companyname.com
companyname.co.uk
companyname.eu
companyname.net

Is this going overboard or do you look at it like I do in that a domain name is like digital property and better to buy them up now with the option to sell them later when they are more sought after?