Google's G.CO

SDX · 07-22-2011, 12:39 AM

IF Google actually made a website named G.CO and not just url forward to Google.com, then perhaps we might have a start of a ".CO revolution"

***promo*** · 07-22-2011, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by SDX

IF Google actually made a website named G.CO and not just url forward to Google.com, then perhaps we might have a start of a ".CO revolution"

That would never happen. Google has a very strict brand policy.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/573976-co-official-discussion-showcase-sales-report.html

Besides you can just type in the URL to learn their plans for it..

"About g.co

You’ve arrived at this page because you typed or linked to “g.co”, Google’s official URL shortcut just for Google websites.

Whenever you see a short “g.co” link, you can trust that it will always take you to a Google product or service.

We also have a public URL shortener at goo.gl. You can use this to shorten up URLs across the web."

1rrr1 · 07-22-2011, 02:03 AM

Are all LLL .co domains currently taken?

jmcc · 07-22-2011, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by 1rrr1

Are all LLL .co domains currently taken?

Apparently but some IDN LLL .co domains may still be available. There may also be some LLL .co domains dropping.
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Regards...jmcc

sdsinc · 07-22-2011, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by defaultuser

Elliots Blog - but be prepared to pay

Good one

the_poet · 07-22-2011, 10:46 AM

Hotell.CO is on auction at Sedo, currently at $650 and 4 days left.

**lll** · 07-22-2011, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by SDX

IF Google actually made a website named G.CO and not just url forward to Google.com, then perhaps we might have a start of a ".CO revolution"

don't count on it sir

the_poet · 07-23-2011, 12:18 AM

Weekly Sedo ccTLD Sales: .CO Takes the Spotlight Again with Women.co

Code:

http://cctldinvestors.com/weekly-sedo-cctld-sales-co-takes-the-spotlight-again-with-women-co/

bmugford · 07-23-2011, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by the_poet

Weekly Sedo ccTLD Sales: .CO Takes the Spotlight Again with Women.co

Code:

http://cctldinvestors.com/weekly-sedo-cctld-sales-co-takes-the-spotlight-again-with-women-co/

Yet another sale to the same buyer.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
Almost every high dollar sale in recent memory has been to the same buyer.

Looking at NameBio.com .CO sales over $10K, the same buyer has bought -

Women.co - $25K
Finance.co - $45K
Automotive.co - $10K
Ski.co - $15K
Cigar.co - $15K
Internet.co - $40K
Whiskey.co - $15K
Business.co - $80K
Tequila.co - $14,500

and more...

It really skews the market when it is the same buyer buying all these premium domains.

Brad

the_poet · 07-23-2011, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by bmugford

Yet another sale to the same buyer.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
Almost every high dollar sale in recent memory has been to the same buyer.

Looking at NameBio.com .CO sales over $10K, the same buyer has bought -

Women.co - $25K
Finance.co - $45K
Automotive.co - $10K
Ski.co - $15K
Cigar.co - $15K
Internet.co - $40K
Whiskey.co - $15K
Business.co - $80K
Tequila.co - $14,500

and more...

It really skews the market when it is the same buyer buying all these premium domains.

Brad

That's right, it must be someone with deep pockets. He apparently has the resources to buy premium domains in any extension, so I'm kinda surprised he didn't concentrate on .com

3D · 07-23-2011, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by the_poet

That's right, it must be someone with deep pockets. He apparently has the resources to buy premium domains in any extension, so I'm kinda surprised he didn't concentrate on .com

True. "He" or "it" certainly has deep pockets. Looking at the amounts spent thus far by this "person", he/it could have purchased awesome .COMs and could expect to resell (if he/it shopped smartly). But now he/it buys .CO domains at end-user prices??? Why buy all these at high prices? For development?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

I see the registry has not scheduled cyber.co for release as yet. I have CYB.CO. Think cyb.co might derive it's value from the sales price of cyber.co once it's released and sold? I only saw this recently and it got me thinking. Any opinions appreciated.

Regards,

SDX · 07-23-2011, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by BD

don't count on it sir

Not really counting on it sir.

As promo said, Google is the brand name the whole world knows...at best G.CO will become a popular url shortener for those who like to use such things.
...
Overall, the future of .CO depends on how many .CO's actually become developed with popular websites.

SDX · 07-23-2011, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by promo

That would never happen. Google has a very strict brand policy.
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Besides you can just type in the URL to learn their plans for it..

"About g.co

You’ve arrived at this page because you typed or linked to “g.co”, Google’s official URL shortcut just for Google websites.

Whenever you see a short “g.co” link, you can trust that it will always take you to a Google product or service.

We also have a public URL shortener at goo.gl. You can use this to shorten up URLs across the web."

IMO, they should have a 'Search Box' on this page also.

nparab · 07-23-2011, 08:33 AM

Just noticed, the iPhone app 'Groupie''s website now redirects to 'groupie.co' from the google indexed 'groupie.mobi'.

jmcc · 07-23-2011, 02:54 PM

Working on the July 2011 .co web survey here and 4204 .co domain names have shown up as expired/suspended already.

Regards...jmcc

3dDomainNames · 07-23-2011, 07:54 PM

Hey everybody.. haven't posted in a while...

.. but some good news to anybody that cares about actually develping your dot co names

I bought my 'DesignCompany.co' in the landrush - this is a few days more than a year ago to the day

.. i'm presently ranking with a PR3
and honestly, very little link building

not the biggest most important news of all time, but i'm obviously pleased and this is also very promising for future development.

- - - - - - -

Originally Posted by abdulbasituae

I received several emails like that and I replied to couple of them but they never replied back. Not sure why...

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
i also had this inquiry
.. he wanted my LLL's

after a couple of emails back and forth, he was 'willing' to pay $8 a name, and wanted to 'hurry' no less.

haha

best of luck everybody

emjohn · 07-25-2011, 07:16 AM

Timeout.co sold at SEDO for $1200.

emjohn · 07-26-2011, 05:15 PM

Sales at Sedo:

Chutney.co $1500
aua $1000
climate.co %995
leds.co $1349

jmcc · 07-26-2011, 05:29 PM

I've posted a breakdown of how .CO websites are being used on
http://www.hosterstats.com/blog/2011...-co-july-2011/

The figures are based on the web survey that I ran on 22-23 of July. At the moment, I'm checking some drops and it appears that .CO might be doing somewhat better than expected on renewals. Based on the figures, it is looking like about 34K of the domains/websites in the survey could be moving into supension phase. (Should have a more accurate figure later this morning.)

Regards...jmcc

grina · 07-26-2011, 05:34 PM

There is a .co that I want that so far has not been renewed by the current owner. Providing that person lets it drop what is the best process for back ordering this domain.

The expiration date is July 20,2011

The name was originally registered at Network Solutions if that matters at all.

Thank you in advance

jmcc · 07-26-2011, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by grina

There is a .co that I want that so far has not been renewed by the current owner. Providing that person lets it drop what is the best process for back ordering this domain.

Well the .co registry is supposed to be implementing a Waiting List sevice where one reservation per dropping domain will be accepted through accredited registrars. It might be worth applying on all .co registrars. This is meant to all start on 15th August from what I remember.

Regards...jmcc

grina · 07-26-2011, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by jmcc

Well the .co registry is supposed to be implementing a Waiting List sevice where one reservation per dropping domain will be accepted through accredited registrars. It might be worth applying on all .co registrars. This is meant to all start on 15th August from what I remember.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

Regards...jmcc

Thanks for the info. So I shouldn't put in the backorder until August 15???

bmugford · 07-26-2011, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by jmcc

Well the .co registry is supposed to be implementing a Waiting List sevice where one reservation per dropping domain will be accepted through accredited registrars. It might be worth applying on all .co registrars. This is meant to all start on 15th August from what I remember.
Regards...jmcc

The process seems very confusing.

If the domain is backordered through (1) accredited registrar it will not be available on any others? Or is it (1) per registrar.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

Will there be a drop list released?

It is puzzling that .CO would not auction the competitive domains off and let the free market determine the value.

An exclusive backorder system like that could really be open to front running.

Brad

jmcc · 07-26-2011, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by bmugford

The process seems very confusing.

That is putting it mildly.

Quote:

If the domain is backordered through (1) accredited registrar it will not be available on any others? Or is it (1) per registrar.

Going from the post on thedomains.com, it is first come, first served and the first to back order will shut out all other applications.

Quote:

Will there be a drop list released?

This is the big question. Again going on thedomains.com information, the droplist might be circulated to the registrars.

Quote:

It is puzzling that .CO would not auction the competitive domains off and let the free market determine the value.

Well they have at least 3559 premium domains that have not yet been released so they may just drip feed these into the market.
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Quote:

An exclusive backorder system like that could really be open to front running.

Yep. But it also reduces some of the risk by moving the domains from the old registrars' nameservers to ones controlled by the .co registry. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Regards...jmcc

bmugford · 07-26-2011, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by jmcc

That is putting it mildly.

It seems like a company that has been so good at marketing and promotion could have come up with a better backorder system.

Originally Posted by jmcc

This is the big question. Again going on thedomains.com information, the droplist might be circulated to the registrars. I don't even know how to price this droplist of detected domains yet or even whether I should publish it.

The problem here is if you have an exclusive backorder system, anyone with inside information could abuse it.

There is an opportunity for the registry, registrars, insiders, etc. to cherry pick domains before they are available to the general public, and be awarded them without any competition.
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Brad

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the_poet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Web Posts: 4,640 Follow @ThePoet82	Weekly Sedo ccTLD Sales: .CO Takes the Spotlight Again with Women.co Weekly Sedo ccTLD Sales: .CO Takes the Spotlight Again with Women.co Code: http://cctldinvestors.com/weekly-sedo-cctld-sales-co-takes-the-spotlight-again-with-women-co/ __________________ RunningShoes.in @ just $300 on Sedo auction (RunningShoes.com sold for $700,000 in 2011) Coater.com for sale - Premium industrial 1-worder.

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jmcc NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 696 Follow @JMcCormac	Working on the July 2011 .co web survey here and 4204 .co domain names have shown up as expired/suspended already. Regards...jmcc __________________ http://www.hosterstats.com Hoster Stats and Free Domain Name History Search. HosterStats.com Blog Last edited by jmcc; 07-27-2011 at 02:08 AM.

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nparab NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 389	Just noticed, the iPhone app 'Groupie''s website now redirects to 'groupie.co' from the google indexed 'groupie.mobi'.

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emjohn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,358	Timeout.co sold at SEDO for $1200.

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emjohn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,358	Sales at Sedo: Chutney.co $1500 aua $1000 climate.co %995 leds.co $1349

07-26-2011, 05:29 PM	#5794 (permalink)
jmcc NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 696 Follow @JMcCormac	I've posted a breakdown of how .CO websites are being used on http://www.hosterstats.com/blog/2011...-co-july-2011/ The figures are based on the web survey that I ran on 22-23 of July. At the moment, I'm checking some drops and it appears that .CO might be doing somewhat better than expected on renewals. Based on the figures, it is looking like about 34K of the domains/websites in the survey could be moving into supension phase. (Should have a more accurate figure later this morning.) Regards...jmcc __________________ http://www.hosterstats.com Hoster Stats and Free Domain Name History Search. HosterStats.com Blog

07-26-2011, 05:34 PM	#5795 (permalink)
grina NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 900 Follow @PowerDomains	There is a .co that I want that so far has not been renewed by the current owner. Providing that person lets it drop what is the best process for back ordering this domain. The expiration date is July 20,2011 The name was originally registered at Network Solutions if that matters at all. Thank you in advance

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