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kotan · 09-05-2010, 12:59 PM

acquired molar.co

good 5-letter dictionary word referring to teeth which might be of good use for dental services, yeah?

createmx · 09-05-2010, 07:12 PM

just got bungy.co

SDX · 09-05-2010, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by ArLinD

Actually it can be more than that:

Nearest Everything. I'm sure this can be developed in something very nice by a good programmer using Google Maps api: Nearest restaurant, pool, gas station like you said, flower shop etc etc.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/573976-co-official-discussion-showcase-sales-report.html

And it would be the first site of its kind. With some creativity a gold mine. Personally I don't have that kind of budget or time to do something like that.

Do you guys think a buyer might come up with that kind of idea? And what value can this have with this idea?

Sure...much more...and .CO really can become huge soon!

*bilbo333* · 09-05-2010, 09:17 PM

I picked up two more .CO domains:

FLOWERSUSA.CO
CHEAPCELLPHONES.CO

I have noticed that not much is happening on flipping.co. Are there other sites designated for .CO listings that some of you may be listing on?

Martin Kearns · 09-05-2010, 10:15 PM

I am as often wrong as I am right, and will be only slightly peeved to be proved wrong!

Let's lend some perspective to at least the potential of the .CO domain suffix:

Unlike .mobi, .info, .org.uk, it is short; it is elegant; it is not confined to one country; it is not that hard to forget, and in terms of expressing notions of company / commerce, it is a died in the wool natural.

Businesses both large and small will snap up (if they have not done so already) the best, or most suitable .CO variant to match their trading name or business practice.

I believe the "success" of the .Co domain name - measured in respect of the sort of money a good domain name might command in the next 6 to 18 months - will depend on the quality of the exposure that the .Co concept is given as a whole.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

The very best exposure of course will be if one of the bigger household names (and there are hundreds and hundreds of them, if you stop to think about it) - if one or more of the bigger names vigorously market themselves, and are upfront in their use of their .Co domain (instead of just pointing it at their big fat dotcom!)

It will take only one big brand to take that step - Vauxhall, Nike, Kellogs, Formula1, Walmart, AMEX, Delta Airlines (list is endless) - but I believe all it will take is one of the big boys to have a "rebranding"; adopt the .Co and market themselves accordingly, and the rest will fall like dominos, as it were.

Maybe Dominos Pizzas might be that company? Who knows / cares? 'Cos if it ain't them, it will be someone bigger and better known still.

For the reasons given in the third paragraph above, the least that will happen with .Co is that it will seep gradually into the public awareness (and gain credibility both with the public and in commerce) and the most is that within a few short months, .Co will be pushed down our throats by the mainstream media. If that happens, then HOLD.

For now (and for me!) short, interesting or meaningful .Co domain names are a BUY. (And for what it's worth, I aim to sell rather a few - once the time is right).

exsedo · 09-06-2010, 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by Martin Kearns

I am as often wrong as I am right, and will be only slightly peeved to be proved wrong!

Let's lend some perspective to at least the potential of the .CO domain suffix:

Unlike .mobi, .info, .org.uk, it is short; it is elegant; it is not confined to one country; it is not that hard to forget, and in terms of expressing notions of company / commerce, it is a died in the wool natural.

Businesses both large and small will snap up (if they have not done so already) the best, or most suitable .CO variant to match their trading name or business practice.

I believe the "success" of the .Co domain name - measured in respect of the sort of money a good .Co domain name might command in the next 6 - 18 months will depend on the quality of the exposure it is given.

The very best exposure of course will be if one of the bigger household names (and there are hundreds and hundreds of them, if you stop to think about it) - if one or more of the bigger names vigorously market themselves, and are upfront in their use of their .Co domain (instead of just pointing it at their big fat dotcom!)

It will take only one big brand to take that step - Vauxhall, Nike, Kellogs, Formula1, Walmart, AMEX, Delta Airlines (list is endless) - but all I believe it will take is one of the big boys to have a "rebranding"; adopt the .Co and advertise accordingly and the rest will fall like dominos as it were.

Maybe Dominos Pizzas might be that company? Who knows / cares? Cos if it ain't them, it will be someone bigger and better known still.

For the reasons given in the third paragraph above, the least that will happen with .Co is that it will seep gradually into the public awareness (and gain credibility both with the public and in commerce) and the most is that within a few short months, .Co will be pushed down our throats by the mainstream media. If that happens, then HOLD.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

For now (and for me!) short, interesting or meaningful .Co domain names are a BUY. (And for what it's worth, I aim to sell rather a few - once the time is right).

I see a problem with your theory, and that is, the big brand companies already have their name in the king .com, so why would they want to take a step backwards by switching to .co ?

Small to medium companies may adopt the .co , but it will always be a poor relative of the .com in terms of perception

Dave · 09-06-2010, 03:49 AM

Took a risk and sold Journalism.co for $150. Well thats still over 5x my investment flipped in a short time.

Number38 · 09-07-2010, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by exsedo

I see a problem with your theory, and that is, the big brand companies already have their name in the king .com, so why would they want to take a step backwards by switching to .co ?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

Small to medium companies may adopt the .co , but it will always be a poor relative of the .com in terms of perception

One likely use is mobile. The shorter a url the better when using a mobile keyboard and limited SMS message size. .co also provides a similar alternative to companies whose preferred .com is already taken. Though .com is the better choice if available.

No tld is better aligned as a global alternative to .com than .co for commercial sites.

the_poet · 09-07-2010, 04:44 PM

X.co

The definitive url shortening service by no less than GoDaddy! Go grab your free vanity url!

m-i-k-e · 09-07-2010, 05:08 PM

Re: x.co

I took a few including x.co/mex

Now I don't have to remember puny code or have to copy and paste méxi.co

Martin Kearns · 09-07-2010, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by the_poet

Another huge brand is making use of its .CO domain!
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Nike redirects Nike.CO to Store.Nike.com

Sad to say Mr Poet, the only part of your statement that approaches the truth is that Nike are a "huge brand".

As they have chosen (for now) to point their .co name at their .com, that is hardly using it. Just suppressing it.

This will do nothing to bring other businesses or Joe Public greater (or any) awareness of the .co brand or its potential.

There is some good news though (I believe!) - to be continued

defaultuser · 09-07-2010, 07:08 PM

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Martin Kearns · 09-07-2010, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by exsedo

I see a problem with your theory, and that is, the big brand companies already have their name in the king .com, so why would they want to take a step backwards by switching to .co ?

Small to medium companies may adopt the .co , but it will always be a poor relative of the .com in terms of perception

Hello ExSedo.

Thank you for your thoughts on this.

I will stress that I could be wrong - the .Co concept, like the last firework at 23:59, could simply fizzle and fade, and fall to the ground - and not even in a blaze of glory, but as a damp squib. All bets are off, frankly.

I am fairly sure of this much though:

The potential of .Co is not going to be realised by small (or even medium sized) businesses taking it up; this domain suffix needs serious interest from big businesses.

.Co is going nowhere (in my opinion) - all the time that big businesses are acquiring them - then simply suppressing them by pointing them towards their existing .com websites. Just like Nike have done, so far.

But...

Think.

You perceive .Co as a "step backwards" Possibly it is, in the strictest sense of the word (I have no idea which came first - the chicken or the .com, the egg, or the .co. - but again, does that matter?)

To the broader public - yes, us, the uneducated fools that these multinationals want to cynically sell their useless trinkets to - .Co is absolutely brand new. So new, as to be unheard of; literally unheard of (so far).

One of these big companies will "blink" first, and go .Co.

It does not matter what their motivation might be. But once one goes for it - and subject to their doing so successfully - I believe many more will follow.

And once "big" business adopts .Co, then medium and little business will flock to the concept.

Here (IMO) are the most likely ways in which any one big business might start this ball rolling:

a "cool" or "upscale" (upmarket) rebranding (what an easy / relatively inexpensive way for a company to appear "different" from a million others?);

any big business beaten to the punch in the early rounds and failed to get their .com will recognise the openings now offered by a .Co instead;

Big companies (i.e. the big company bosses) recognise that there is broad public cynicism about both the dotcom name, and the dotcom "culture"; public cynicism about moneygrabbing, exploitative, greedy, profit-driven, lazy, faceless and bloated dotcoms, with poor after-sales and lousy customer service. I could go on, but their own market research will have told them this already.

Any big business which does opt to wear its .Co heart on its sleeve may well do so for the specific purpose of subtly distancing themselves from their "greedy" / exploitative dotcom rivals.
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It may begin happening today, tomorrow, or not at all. My gut is telling me though that it is going to happen... and not in 5 years from now. This will happen (if it's going to happen) in the next 1 - 12 months.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

It will indeed be interesting to see which "big, big" name does first "take the plunge" and do us all the favour of educating the public to embrace .Co.

For what it's worth, I reckon it could well be Levi.Co Volkswagon.Co or Mars.Co.

Almost finally (in the UK at least) there are countless businesses - mainly "moneyed" businesses, too, like architects, solicitor firms, funeral directors and other (non ltd) partnerships so on - which trade as ****** and CO. To them, again, this domain extension will be a natural. They just haven't heard about it yet. Yet.

Finally - if the .Co domain does not make it "big" then no other suffix (with the exception of the .xxx when it is introduced) will ever make it.

Then again, I know nothing.

defaultuser · 09-07-2010, 09:33 PM

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the_poet · 09-08-2010, 03:25 AM

That proves that Nike actually cares about its .CO domain. If they only wanted to secure Nike.CO for anti-cybersquatting purposes, they would have bought it without redirecting it to their primary domain. And this is normal. .CO is only 1.5 months old. Would you expect that all .COM brands turned to .CO in 1.5 months?

That's a process that will take longer my friends.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

Originally Posted by Martin Kearns

Sad to say Mr Poet, the only part of your statement that approaches the truth is that Nike are a "huge brand".

As they have chosen (for now) to point their .co name at their .com, that is hardly using it. Just suppressing it.

This will do nothing to bring other businesses or Joe Public greater (or any) awareness of the .co brand or its potential.

There is some good news though (I believe!) - to be continued

Volkswagon is a dangerous typo of Volkswagen.

emjohn · 09-08-2010, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by defaultuser

Luckily the lifespan of URL shorteners is coming to an end....

Did we *really* need another one now?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
I don't know what planet that comment is from but shorteners are going to be the norm. With speed being the essence in the business world, do you think evrything is going to revert back to typing in long domain names!? Do you think that big businesses like Twitter and GoDaddy would just arbitrarily buy shorteners just for the sake of it?! These are market leaders and trendsetters, if there ever were any.

the_poet · 09-08-2010, 03:55 AM

@emjohn: great post, I totally agree with you.

m-i-k-e · 09-08-2010, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by emjohn

.... Nonetheless, I am interested in the outcome (please post) and wish you success! It would be good for the extension if you get something reasonable.

Well, there are 39 minutes left in the geb.co auction and bidding is at $52
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

*Edit* Final sales price: $61

100Plus · 09-08-2010, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by triplepen

Well, there are 39 minutes left in the geb.co auction and bidding is at $52
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

*Edit* Final sales price: $61

Too low IMO. Someone made good investment.

the_poet · 09-08-2010, 12:23 PM

http://www.thedomains.com/2010/09/08/google-goes-with-googleinstant-co-doesnt-own-the-com-didnt-bother-registering-the-me-or-tv/"]Google Goes With GoogleInstant.Co, Doesn’t Own The .Com & Didn’t Bother Registering The .Me or .TV

bmugford · 09-08-2010, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by the_poet

http://www.thedomains.com/2010/09/08/google-goes-with-googleinstant-co-doesnt-own-the-com-didnt-bother-registering-the-me-or-tv/"]Google Goes With GoogleInstant.Co, Doesn’t Own The .Com & Didn’t Bother Registering The .Me or .TV

I think Google will clearly go after the .COM at some point
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

They obviously will not be launching a website on the .CO, unless it is related to Colombia.

The reason they own the .CO is probably more for the typo aspect I am sure.

Brad

MattheP · 09-08-2010, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by the_poet

http://www.thedomains.com/2010/09/08/google-goes-with-googleinstant-co-doesnt-own-the-com-didnt-bother-registering-the-me-or-tv/"]Google Goes With GoogleInstant.Co, Doesn’t Own The .Com & Didn’t Bother Registering The .Me or .TV

They launched google.com/instant, not googlinstant.co, which is not resolving. And they own net and org, and will surly go for .com through udrp.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976

Funny thing is, they didnt bother to register .tv or .me for $20 per year.

sdsinc · 09-08-2010, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by emjohn

I don't know what planet that comment is from but shorteners are going to be the norm. With speed being the essence in the business world, do you think evrything is going to revert back to typing in long domain names!? Do you think that big businesses like Twitter and GoDaddy would just arbitrarily buy shorteners just for the sake of it?! These are market leaders and trendsetters, if there ever were any.

Huh ? This is like saying domain names no longer matter.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
There is one problem with URL shorteners, it's no good for companies that heavily advertise their domain names, their brand names and rely on heavy branding.

ctbon · 09-08-2010, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

Huh ? This is like saying domain names no longer matter.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=573976
There is one problem with URL shorteners, it's no good for companies that heavily advertise their domain names, their brand names and rely on heavy branding.

for once, sdsinc, I totally agree with you

shorteners are useful for shortening LONG domains like blog posts or other long form url's...I dont think anyone would think x.co/pepsi is better than pepsi.co.

defaultuser · 09-08-2010, 11:31 PM

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