.CO and is Rick Latona off his rocker ?

cityforums.com · Jun 16, 2009

.CO is coming - Expect huge prices and an intense aftermarket - finally real competition to .com | RickLatona.com

.Me hoopla and now this.

I love Rick ... I don't know what to make of his statement that it may present the biggest future threat to .COM

Anybody else think .CO will give .COM competition ?

mwzd · Jun 16, 2009

Typo haven, though wasn't the .cm contract dropped because of the non-profitability and the legal issues?

Lawyers must be licking their chops :lol:

I'll save up for the .coms, tyvm :D

tristanperry · Jun 16, 2009

Maybe Rick has invested heavily in .co and is looking to arbitrarly distort the market (by creating a domain rush)?

I don't see .co going anywhere; past evidence (of the majority of the 1,000,000,000,000 other TLDs/ccTLDs out there) would suggest to ignore the hype. Generalising a bit (i.e. .tv has done pretty well, etc) although the fact still remains that many new TLDs/ccTLDs don't go too far.

deleted984054565403 · Jun 16, 2009

is Rick Latona off his rocker ?

Yes.

And to those of you who missed out on .com and are hoping for the "next big thing": Dream on.

BitcoinDK · Jun 16, 2009

.co.me.on

lol

Only squatters would use this extension.

When is .nt og .ne coming!?? cause that would be the new KING! (warning... irony might occur!, while laughing and crawling on the floor.)

JoshuaPz · Jun 16, 2009

Why is this a big deal at all? Is .co any better than .om, the country code for Oman? How come we don't see WIPOs getting filed on .om domains or Rick Latona promoting them in his blog? It's time to get a life, folks :tu:

Edit: Scratch that. Second-level .om registrations aren't allowed.

TOXX · Jun 16, 2009

Don't forget about .OM also! :lol:

CoolCode · Jun 16, 2009

seems like a good typo of .com

RTM · Jun 16, 2009

JoshuaPz said:
Edit: Scratch that. Second-level .om registrations aren't allowed.

Not sure I understand - second level domains would be handled by the registrant through his DNS system interface (as in NamePros - Buy, Sell, Discover Domain Names ftp.whatever.om and so forth) ...

or am I missing something here?

Rob

4u-domains · Jun 16, 2009

Big names in the sector are likely associated with this and all they can see is the money. Old fashioned greed and some reputations might fall on this.

.con next I guess...

I'll try and think positive.

snicksnack · Jun 16, 2009

.om 2nd level registration are supposed to start in 2010.

.co will for sure be interesting for domainers and companies. Not only the TM have traffic, but also generics like cars.co , jobs.co will have a decent amount of type in traffic. The traffic will be best used for affiliate porgrams, rather than parking.

DNProperty.com · Jun 17, 2009

Colombia should use it for its original purpose...a country code.

Thats it...

snicksnack · Jun 17, 2009

DNProperty.com said:
Colombia should use it for its original purpose...a country code.

Thats it...

and .TV should also only be used be local residents and what about .ME ?

gemstar · Jun 17, 2009

Wonder if .lol is coming out anytime soon?:D

labrocca · Jun 17, 2009

I read his article. Can you point out anything he says that's not correct?

The .co extension will be a major hit. Not only will the names get snatched up by domainers due to their similarity to .com names and other names that use .co like .co.uk (United Kingdom) but if marketed properly, end-users will also want the names.

Sounds right to me.

After all, .com means (commercial) where .co traditionally means (company). In many ways, .co makes more sense than .com for a companyâ€™s domain.

What's the matter there?

Iâ€™m not saying that .co is an immediate threat to .com. Please donâ€™t blow out of proportion my comments. Iâ€™m just saying it is the biggest threat. I canâ€™t think of any other extension which would have the same potential.

Seems tempered and again...where is the outrageousness?

Latona ain't a dumb ass. He is one of the best marketers and smartest investors in the industry and imho he is top dog. The guy regular flips reg fee type domains for $xx,xxx. He knows value and understands the market. To me he is a guy to listen to.

deleted984054565403 · Jun 17, 2009

Like every new extension, it's going to be a hit among domainers. It will be selling all over the place - to other domainers.

Like every new extension, speculators and domainers will exhaust the extension and not leave many good names left for actual businesses and websites that would otherwise benefit from the extension.

.CO looks like a typo of .com. If I see "www.mybusiness.co" written on a business card, I'm going to think they probably meant .com.

Will it be profitable? Sure, for domainers at first to flip to other domainers, exactly like every new TLD we've seen in the past five years. Will it be profitable for the long term, or will it become a viable extension for the everyday user? I don't think so.

Will I buy .co domains? Yes, if I intend on using them.

Also see: .eu, .mobi, .tel, .asia

larryharlow · Jun 17, 2009

All I can say is STOP sending me request for registering .co names I WILL NOT!!!!

Thank you.

-REECE- · Jun 17, 2009

Steve -- I was thinking the exact same thing. Ironic that people will be buying these for the typos yet if they develop these into websites, there's going to be a whole lot of typo traffic flowing back to the .coms :lol:

Steve said:
Like every new extension, it's going to be a hit among domainers. It will be selling all over the place - to other domainers.

Like every new extension, speculators and domainers will exhaust the extension and not leave many good names left for actual businesses and websites that would otherwise benefit from the extension.

.CO looks like a typo of .com. If I see "www.mybusiness.co" written on a business card, I'm going to think they probably meant .com.

Will it be profitable? Sure, for domainers at first to flip to other domainers, exactly like every new TLD we've seen in the past five years. Will it be profitable for the long term, or will it become a viable extension for the everyday user? I don't think so.

Will I buy .co domains? Yes, if I intend on using them.

Also see: .eu, .mobi, .tel, .asia

daj · Jun 17, 2009

.co is great for those who own the .com's ...as most people will only see it as a typo, and enter the m after the o.

I think it's also a great abbreviation of company (.co).

deleted984054565403 · Jun 17, 2009

-REECE- said:
Steve -- I was thinking the exact same thing. Ironic that people will be buying these for the typos yet if they develop these into websites, there's going to be a whole lot of typo traffic flowing back to the .coms :lol:

I intend to buy the .CO for my largest developed sites so I don't lose any traffic or risk giving any stray hits to someone else.

I'll also buy a few keywords I want because I can; that's how the flawed domain registration system works. Anybody can register essentially whatever they want when it comes to generic keywords.

labrocca · Jun 17, 2009

If anyone doesn't believe that Latona can effectively market and sell .co domains to end users then you haven't been paying attention to what he does. .co registry should simply give Latona a commission and have him start selling off premiums.

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