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Old 13 September 2011, 03:40 PM
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Not really that clued up, but i did try and get my full name as .com and .co.uk a while ago, already gone. The .EU version is available, is it worth it?

Its just for a personal website.
Old 13 September 2011, 04:36 PM
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bit of a silly question really, if you want your name in the domain.

name.com/.co.uk = nope
name.eu = yes

Old 13 September 2011, 04:47 PM
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On the .co.uk i have a variation, but not my pure name. I dont really understand the way domain names work.
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They're like private plates, if you have more money than sense buy your name.
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Originally Posted by JackClark
They're like private plates, if you have more money than sense buy your name.
INFRACT.
Old 13 September 2011, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
They're like private plates, if you have more money than sense buy your name.
jack it cost me £5 +vat to renew for another 2 years ffs.

http://www.neilsinclair.co.uk

just messing about and knocked up in about an hour. but it's nice to be able to point someone to your web site. maybe i am just weird that way.
Old 13 September 2011, 11:55 PM
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Nice web site Neil, looks like you have more money than sense and I applaud that. I also have periods of more money than sense, unfortunately I wasn't quick enough for my name otherwise I'd have registered it. Any relation to Neil? http://www.neilsinclair.com/
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Useful as email forwarding too I have .co.uk's and .eu's and for what they cost it looks way more professional than imacheapskate@hotmail.co.uk
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Originally Posted by JackClark
Nice web site Neil, looks like you have more money than sense and I applaud that. I also have periods of more money than sense, unfortunately I wasn't quick enough for my name otherwise I'd have registered it. Any relation to Neil? http://www.neilsinclair.com/
dunno about more money than sense. i enjoy racing my car. i didn't buy the .com version back in 1999 as they were really expensive back then. obviously with the .com explosion domain names got a lot cheaper and i regret now not forking out to have the .com version on retention as i see from the WHOIS report that the said Mr .com only registered the domain in 2005.

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