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.uk.com domain names -- yes or no

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    #11
    Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
    billypilgrim.co.uk is available. best register it quickly tho...
    billy-pilgrim.com is also available. If you can live with the hyphen that might be a viable option. Bear in mind that most people will probably arrive via a link, whether from an email, another site, or a search engine, so the risk of people mistyping it without the hyphen might not be much of a problem.

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      #12
      Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
      BILLYPILGRIM.COM
      Originally posted by bellymonster View Post
      billypilgrim.co.uk is available. best register it quickly tho...
      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
      billy-pilgrim.com is also available.
      Now I'm waiting for...

      Originally posted by Billy Nodomain
      'Billy Pilgrim' was just an example based on my login. My real domain will be something different.
      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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        #13
        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        billy-pilgrim.com is also available. If you can live with the hyphen that might be a viable option. Bear in mind that most people will probably arrive via a link, whether from an email, another site, or a search engine, so the risk of people mistyping it without the hyphen might not be much of a problem.
        Humm, nowadays I prefer domain names without hyphens that are easy to spell (which makes them easily memorable) such as "billy pilgrim all one word". With a domain extension of .com (preferably) or .co.uk (at a push).

        This comes from bitter experience: as owner of various domain names, the "clever" ones such as "myco-ltd.com" are a PITA because people NEVER remember them correctly. Whereas stuff like "moon pig" is dead easy to remember.

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          #14
          billygrim.co.uk /.com is available and has fewer characters to type ..

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            #15
            Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
            Non-standard domains look cheap.
            Except contractorUK.com, of course.
            My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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              #16
              Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
              Now I'm waiting for...
              I honestly couldn't bring myself to do it after all those replies

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                #17
                I have myco.co.uk on automatic forward to myco.com, but never use the co.uk in anything. I just bought it so no-one else can have it. Personally don't see any particular benefit in having a co.uk domain, it's too faffy for my liking.

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                  #18
                  I own <myco>.com but as my company is about to close I don't have much use for it.

                  However for personal use I'd have thought most people would want their domain to be <your surname>.com so they could accept email to anything@<your surname>.com.

                  Obviously some surnames are very common so you may have to find a different suffix. I ended up with <gadgetman>.net.

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