co.ee? Please explain?

dy896 · 02-21-2006, 03:53 AM

Hi,
I am confused about this co.ee. Some people tell me that it is not valid/official, some people tell me it is a good investment. Can these names be parked anywhere? Does anyone own a co.ee and have a positive experience to share? What are your opinions on co.ee? By the way, I see co.ee being sold on eurodns.com. Thank you in advance.

peter phillips · 02-21-2006, 04:21 AM

.co.ee is a private subdomain only. Now .co.ee is avaialble for registration at eurodns and according to them it's the only possibility for the moment to get an Estonian Domain name outside of Estonia, and the .co.ee is shorter as compared to the original .com.ee extension that is available next to .ee.

dy896 · 02-21-2006, 04:33 AM

Thank you. Are both com.ee and co.ee official and recognized by Estonia? Do you think that they are good investments?

peter phillips · 02-21-2006, 04:46 AM

Both com.ee and co.ee are recognized by Estonia but they are potentially of no use to you if you are not from Estonia.

dy896 · 02-21-2006, 04:59 AM

Cant they be parked anywhere or bought and re-sold? I mean .co.uk, .com.es, are potential investments for investors around the globe, so why not .co.ee or .com.ee? I dont mean to contradict you, I am just trying to understand why they only have value for local Estonians?

sdsinc · 02-21-2006, 05:22 AM

First .ee is not a major TLD... I doubt the value of .ee as an investment.
Also .co.ee is not official unlike .co.uk for example. It's a private subdomains. It operates like .uk.com or .gb.com (subdomains offered by Centralnic).

I am not even sure .co.ee would look good in Estonia, it's likely most people there know it's not the official thing (.ee).
Honestly I believe you will have a hard time selling that kind of names. Unless you want to use them for your own purpose.
If you are looking for an investment you are better off with .com .de .co.uk IMO

dy896 · 02-21-2006, 05:25 AM

Ok, I see. Thanks. I will look more into the .com .de .co.uk like you suggest. It does make more sense.

owenwww · 02-21-2006, 04:26 PM

Think of the money a British citizen might pay for a .co.uk domain. Now think of the money an Estonian citizen might pay for a .co.ee domain. See the difference?

hanz · 02-22-2006, 10:32 AM

.co.ee is worth nothing. No one in Estonia knows it even exists, there are no big and not even small sites using .co.ee domain. In Estonia we use .ee and .pri.ee, but only Estonians can get them.

gattoplano · 02-22-2006, 11:14 AM

I thought .co was for "Commonwealth" ... and I don't think Estonia is a Commonwealth nation. Is it?

barefoottech · 02-22-2006, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by gattoplano

I thought .co was for "Commonwealth" ... and I don't think Estonia is a Commonwealth nation. Is it?

No ,It is shortened version of commercial ,same as "com" . Nothing at all to do with "Commonwealth"
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/169726-co-ee-please-explain.html
Example is .co.jp for Japan ,Japan is not part of the Commonwealth either

hanz · 02-23-2006, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by gattoplano

I thought .co was for "Commonwealth" ... and I don't think Estonia is a Commonwealth nation. Is it?

Estonia is a part of EU, but that is all

.

staskul · 02-23-2006, 07:27 AM

"com.ee" is availiable for registration! How much can it cost's?

dy896 · 02-23-2006, 09:00 AM

18 eur for registration with eurodns.com why do you want to buy them? aparently they are completely useless.

Alar · 03-23-2006, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by hanz

.co.ee is worth nothing. No one in Estonia knows it even exists, there are no big and not even small sites using .co.ee domain. In Estonia we use .ee and .pri.ee, but only Estonians can get them.

I agree with Hanz. In Estonia I know no sites that operate with co.ee or com.ee address-space. So they are basically worthless.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=169726

What I disagree with is that only estonians can get EE domains.

*.ee is available to companies in estonian business register, but the company can be 100% owned by foreigners.

*.ee domain registration rules can be found at: http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/ee-tldomreg.html

kev · 03-23-2006, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Barefoottech

No ,It is shortened version of commercial ,same as "com" . Nothing at all to do with "Commonwealth"
Example is .co.jp for Japan ,Japan is not part of the Commonwealth either

i always thought .co stood for company?

Alar · 03-23-2006, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by kevmacmeh

i always thought .co stood for company?

Hehee... company or commercial - thats basically the same thing.

dy896 · 03-24-2006, 01:29 AM

Hi all,

I am still very sceptical about this .co.ee extension. What I am understanding is that the reason why the .co.ee extension is worthless is because nobody is using it. Nevertheless, the .co.ee extension still exists. Therefore my logic tells me that an extensions' price is determined by it's demand. If this is true, then yes, it might not be worth anything because nobody is using it. The flip side to this story is that if someone were to buy e.g. hotel.co.ee, build a site on it, and publish it, he would have cornered the .co.ee market. He would be the only one out there with a .co.ee name! It would be impossible to forget the name or mix it out with another simply because he would be the only one. In my opinion, he would be worth just as much as someone who bought mygreathotelforuinamerica.com, (the approximate equivalent .com name) built the same site, and published it. In other words, i see a point where the overcrowding of the valuable .com extension is causing longer names and thus cheaper prices, whereas the not so valuable xx.xx or xxx.xx extensions are less crowded providing more valuavle names. Therefore, either name plus extension will end up in the same ball-park, price-wise. So to me, any good name followed by a not so valuable extension is worth just as much as the best .com name you can find, which will most likely be very long (unless you want to speculate on words that do not exist or 3, 4 or 5 random letter combinations). Anyway, this is just my humble opinion.

dy896 · 05-30-2006, 06:15 AM

Is there nothing more to be added? Do we then conclude that the .co.ee extensions are worthless? If this is in fact the case, then how come is every "valuable" name or number bought? Is there a more experienced member who can explain this market to us in greater detail? I really believe that this topic is worth further debate...

mojojo · 05-30-2006, 07:27 AM

gov.co.ee is avaiable if anyone likes it. lol

Alar · 05-30-2006, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by mojojo

gov.co.ee is avaiable if anyone likes it. lol

hehee - commercial goverment?

But as said - in Estonian perspective - *.co.ee is worthless.

ammo · 06-02-2006, 03:37 AM

.co.ee is definetly worthless, and its not a good looking domain! .co.ee just doesnt flow....

02-21-2006, 03:53 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	co.ee? Please explain? Hi, I am confused about this co.ee. Some people tell me that it is not valid/official, some people tell me it is a good investment. Can these names be parked anywhere? Does anyone own a co.ee and have a positive experience to share? What are your opinions on co.ee? By the way, I see co.ee being sold on eurodns.com. Thank you in advance. __________________ Regards, dy896

02-21-2006, 04:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
peter phillips Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,318	.co.ee is a private subdomain only. Now .co.ee is avaialble for registration at eurodns and according to them it's the only possibility for the moment to get an Estonian Domain name outside of Estonia, and the .co.ee is shorter as compared to the original .com.ee extension that is available next to .ee. __________________ Outsourced Hosting Support \|\| Server Management \|\| Web Development Portfolio ICQ : 487-845-393 \|\| AIM : EtecDesigns \|\| MSN : sales@etechdesigns.net

02-21-2006, 04:33 AM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	Thank you. Are both com.ee and co.ee official and recognized by Estonia? Do you think that they are good investments? __________________ Regards, dy896

02-21-2006, 04:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
peter phillips Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,318	Both com.ee and co.ee are recognized by Estonia but they are potentially of no use to you if you are not from Estonia. __________________ Outsourced Hosting Support \|\| Server Management \|\| Web Development Portfolio ICQ : 487-845-393 \|\| AIM : EtecDesigns \|\| MSN : sales@etechdesigns.net

02-21-2006, 04:59 AM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	Cant they be parked anywhere or bought and re-sold? I mean .co.uk, .com.es, are potential investments for investors around the globe, so why not .co.ee or .com.ee? I dont mean to contradict you, I am just trying to understand why they only have value for local Estonians? __________________ Regards, dy896

02-21-2006, 05:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,552	First .ee is not a major TLD... I doubt the value of .ee as an investment. Also .co.ee is not official unlike .co.uk for example. It's a private subdomains. It operates like .uk.com or .gb.com (subdomains offered by Centralnic). I am not even sure .co.ee would look good in Estonia, it's likely most people there know it's not the official thing (.ee). Honestly I believe you will have a hard time selling that kind of names. Unless you want to use them for your own purpose. If you are looking for an investment you are better off with .com .de .co.uk IMO __________________ NameNewsletter.com - free lists of available domain names ZoneFiles.net (beta) - ccTLD and gTLD droplists

02-21-2006, 05:25 AM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	Ok, I see. Thanks. I will look more into the .com .de .co.uk like you suggest. It does make more sense. __________________ Regards, dy896

02-21-2006, 04:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
owenwww NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 148	Think of the money a British citizen might pay for a .co.uk domain. Now think of the money an Estonian citizen might pay for a .co.ee domain. See the difference?

02-22-2006, 10:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
hanz onArcade.com Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Estonia Posts: 1,224	.co.ee is worth nothing. No one in Estonia knows it even exists, there are no big and not even small sites using .co.ee domain. In Estonia we use .ee and .pri.ee, but only Estonians can get them. __________________ so.ee - really short URLs onArcade arcade script

02-22-2006, 11:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
gattoplano NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Roma Posts: 591	I thought .co was for "Commonwealth" ... and I don't think Estonia is a Commonwealth nation. Is it?

02-23-2006, 07:27 AM	#13 (permalink)
staskul Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: domains Posts: 2,848	"com.ee" is availiable for registration! How much can it cost's?

02-23-2006, 09:00 AM	THREAD STARTER #14 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	18 eur for registration with eurodns.com why do you want to buy them? aparently they are completely useless. __________________ Regards, dy896

03-24-2006, 01:29 AM	THREAD STARTER #18 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	My humble opinion on the .co.ee extension Hi all, I am still very sceptical about this .co.ee extension. What I am understanding is that the reason why the .co.ee extension is worthless is because nobody is using it. Nevertheless, the .co.ee extension still exists. Therefore my logic tells me that an extensions' price is determined by it's demand. If this is true, then yes, it might not be worth anything because nobody is using it. The flip side to this story is that if someone were to buy e.g. hotel.co.ee, build a site on it, and publish it, he would have cornered the .co.ee market. He would be the only one out there with a .co.ee name! It would be impossible to forget the name or mix it out with another simply because he would be the only one. In my opinion, he would be worth just as much as someone who bought mygreathotelforuinamerica.com, (the approximate equivalent .com name) built the same site, and published it. In other words, i see a point where the overcrowding of the valuable .com extension is causing longer names and thus cheaper prices, whereas the not so valuable xx.xx or xxx.xx extensions are less crowded providing more valuavle names. Therefore, either name plus extension will end up in the same ball-park, price-wise. So to me, any good name followed by a not so valuable extension is worth just as much as the best .com name you can find, which will most likely be very long (unless you want to speculate on words that do not exist or 3, 4 or 5 random letter combinations). Anyway, this is just my humble opinion. __________________ Regards, dy896

05-30-2006, 06:15 AM	THREAD STARTER #19 (permalink)
dy896 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 24	Is there nothing more to be added? Do we then conclude that the .co.ee extensions are worthless? If this is in fact the case, then how come is every "valuable" name or number bought? Is there a more experienced member who can explain this market to us in greater detail? I really believe that this topic is worth further debate... __________________ Regards, dy896

05-30-2006, 07:27 AM	#20 (permalink)
mojojo NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Barcelona Posts: 360	gov.co.ee is avaiable if anyone likes it. lol __________________ Devi Divine Mother \| Hollywood Boulevard domains for sale: Fetiches.net \| GTW.us \| Biotechnical.net

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06-02-2006, 03:37 AM	#22 (permalink)
ammo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cornwall! Posts: 2,251	.co.ee is definetly worthless, and its not a good looking domain! .co.ee just doesnt flow....

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co.ee? Please explain?

My humble opinion on the .co.ee extension