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10 Jan 2021, 09:45 PM | #16 | |
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Anyone who moves to another country, but still owns/runs a UK company can presumably keep a .co.uk address for the business of that company. At worst they might need to use a VPN to communicate with it, I suppose. If the business has also moved, having to change its website address will be the least of its regulatory problems. It's a pity that .com etc have dual meaning - ie mean US-specific, and also: worldwide. |
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10 Jan 2021, 09:51 PM | #17 |
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I don't believe .com, .net, or .org have any country-specific meaning. I see tons of companies all around the world using them. They are truly international.
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12 Jan 2021, 11:40 PM | #18 | |
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I really like .co.uk and thought of registering a .co.uk domain recently. I hesitate though. Because is the UK registry going to continue its policy where foreigners can own a .co.uk domain? The .eu situation proves that ccTLDs are not always without risk. For this reason, I too would go for a gTLD (.com, .net, .info, .org) although some ccTLDs are tempting (.co.uk, .tv, .co). In the case of .tv for example I think you can safety say it's going to be open for everyone forever, because there's hardly any Tuvaluans (approx 10000 only) and the profits from .tv are very important to the island nation. They won't change the rules in the distant future I think. With .co.uk I feel less sure. |
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12 Jan 2021, 11:43 PM | #19 | |
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The US-specific domain extention is .us, even though it's not as widely used in the States as .com is. This doesn't make .com a US-specific extention though. |
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12 Jan 2021, 11:43 PM | #20 | |
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12 Jan 2021, 11:45 PM | #21 | |
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I don't know about Colombia and Montenegro, but I cannot see them putting restrictions on .co and .me domains neither. .co.uk is a totally different case, as they'd have a lot of income from only local registrations too. |
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