.co Will LLL .CO be popular?

[tech0925]

I was wondering if snatching up as many LLL.co's as possible, when available, will be a good investment? I wasn't sure if they will have high returns like the .com's. Any thoughts?

 

[jmcc]

That doesn't answer the question. Im thinking of the future and not the past.

Actually it does. You asked about the near future and the answer is that there are over 87 million .com domains registered.

I know people who are giving up their long .COM domain for a short and easy to remember country code.

So what. That does not mean that everyone will just give up their .com like that and switch to .co ccTLD.

Now there's more other TLDs then .coms

Ever seen the movie "God Father II"? Particularly that scene with the landlord and Don Corleone?

If .ME is overtaking .NAME
Then maybe .CO will overtake .COM

Well .me ccTLD has overtaken .name and it did so a few months ago. However the reason that it did is because Godaddy was marketing it and .name's marketing sucks even though it has been around for years. The same argument does not apply in the case of .co and .com because .com is a global TLD with massive market share in all countries.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Animator]

Cocos Island ? LOL

Do these people have internet ?

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So what. That does not mean that everyone will just give up their .com like that and switch to .co ccTLD.

.COM is FULL

Of course ! Only those with premium .com will keep it.
But for those with ugly .coms might just give up.

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Ever seen the movie "God Father II"? Particularly that scene with the landlord and Don Corleone?

Yes but I never put all my eggs in one basket.

 

[jmcc]

Just to put things simply for you:
.com is not full.
.co is a ccTLD and is not intended to replace .com in the short or long term.

The ccTLDs do not operate on the same rules as the gTLDs. I don't think that you understand that crucial point. Many of the domains registered in .com have their equivalent registrations in various ccTLDs as businesses will register their ccTLD domain and their domain name in .com if it is available.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Animator]

I still think ACME.CO is prettier then ACME.COM

Think of all those .co.uk , .co.jp ... who would want to switch to .co

because of its global significance.

 

[Kate]

.COM is FULL

Well it's not just .com.
Most quality domains are taken in major TLDs too.

But feel free to use .co for all your websites from now on. If you're advocating a shift to .co you need to lead by example :gl:

 

[snoop]

I disagree, look at .TV (.tv was made for websites with video.)

.TV is very well known for the word "Television" and it is used by many video related websites like CNN.TV, USTREAM.TV 4KIDS.TV JUSTIN.TV ...ect

People see .TV as "Internet Television" and NOT the "Tuvalu Island".

.CO is very well known for the word "company" around the world.

.COM is not.

.COM means "COMMAND" in the computer language.

COM file - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't really follow because I am saying to ignore those techincal meanings. Ignore the fact that .tv mean tuvalu technically, ignore the fact that .com means commercial. .co is not known for anything other than in colombia and as a typo of .com, it is not known as a web address for companies, I'm talking about practicalities as opposed to technicalities. You are arguing that because "co" is a well known abbreviation therefore .co should be a great extension, it does not work like that.

In short:

The world does not care if you think .com means "command" or is not very good.

The world does not care if you think .co has more meaninging.

The only people who are ever going to agree with you are other .co speculators, your friends/relatives and the rep from your registrar.

 

[Tension]

It might be worth something, but I see no point in going crazy with 300$ land rush registering. That will only serves the registrars and not you. Maybe lll.co will be worth the same as lll.org at some point, in which case 300$ would be a waste of money.
I would advise people to stay away from the land rush registering all together. Most good names are already secured.

Let's say you enter 100 land rush orders for premium names that are all taken. Well, they will show up as available with the registrars, but you won't get them. However, the handling fee will still be taken by the registrar, which amounts to 1000$ you never get back. The remaining 29000$ they will keep and invest for gains until the 13th of july when they send it back to you without interest. You have meanwhile lost 1k, gotten no domains, gained no interest on your money and had them frozen up for the registrar's benefit.

I disagree, look at .TV (.tv was made for websites with video.)

.TV is very well known for the word "Television" and it is used by many video related websites like CNN.TV, USTREAM.TV 4KIDS.TV JUSTIN.TV ...ect

People see .TV as "Internet Television" and NOT the "Tuvalu Island".

You are right about .TV, I have asked many people who don't know what domaining is what they think .TV comes from. Everyone says "television of course", nobody says Tuvalu.
If this will be true with .Co, who knows... Just don't get crazy and put in a thousand 300$ pre-orders.

 

[theSun]

Yes it will be popular with legal matters.

 

[jmcc]

I still think ACME.CO is prettier then ACME.COM

Perhaps to you. But in global terms it is not a question of how pretty a bunch of characters look but rather one of what they mean.

Think of all those .co.uk , .co.jp ... who would want to switch to .co

I don't think that you quite understand the importance of a COUNTRY code top level domain (ccTLD). The .uk in .co.uk stands for the United Kingdom. The .jp in .co.jp stands for Japan. The UK and Japan are not in Columbia. There are over 8 million .uk domains registered and it is the second biggest ccTLD in the world after Germany's .de ccTLD. The Japanese .jp ccTLD has over 1 million domains registered.

because of its global significance.

The .com TLD is a global TLD in that it is the most widely recognised TLD. Businesses registering their domain name in a ccTLD often register it in .com TLD too if it is available. They do not, nor will they, register it in .co ccTLD with the same frequency and for the same reason.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Kate]

Every new TLD has been pimped up in exactly the same way.
Plenty of relevant threads here on NP.

 

[Animator]

Every new TLD has been pimped up in exactly the same way.
Plenty of relevant threads here on NP.

Some TLDs are worth buying then others.

I personally wound't buy these: .net .org .mobi .info .jobs .name .edu .pro .int .biz .gov .asia .arpa .coop .travel .tel .museum .aero .cat

What's next ? .ink .tld .corp .web .blog .www .3d .world .dog .cow .pig ..?

Why ? Because with gTLD, any registrar can create a made-up dot something for the buck.

ccTLD is different.

It's all about the popularity of a country or it's meaning.

I'll rather have .CO .US .CN .CA .TV .IN .JP .KR .RU ...ect

Then a DOT made-up english word. IMO

English is not the only language in the world you know.

I have asked people of what they think of .com and they think it means "computer" some say it means "command" and other say it means "communication".

 

[tech0925]

Looks like I started a great thread. Thank you all for your input! I really believe that the .co (in time ofcourse) will be just as popular as the .com. I can only imagine in the future we may start seeing ads with the .co (especially with the shortage of .com). I personally think it will surpass the .net for sure. Ofcourse, just my opinion. I believe most companies will be interested in having their own .co in the future. I believe the average person will see the .co as standing for company and corporation.

Another reason I feel most companies will want this extension is really simple. Typo's

 

[RHenderson]

The average American will not think .co means Colombia when they see a .co web address. They will think it means company, corp. or say "they left off the m in com". It might take some time, but once advertisers use .co in radio/tv/internet/billboard ads, people will catch on. It's kind of like how we used to only have 1-800...but then came a long 888 and 877.. did people still dial 1-800 at first?..does everyone now know that 888 is another toll free prefix...

For all of you who don't think .co will do well, then that's fine.. no one really knows 100% for sure. Logic and foresight makes the rest of us believe that .co WILL do well and that those of us who are investing/developing will be $uccessful.

 

[Kate]

I really believe that the .co (in time ofcourse) will be just as popular as the .com.

Again, that's not going to happen. Only the newbies believe that the latest TLD release is going to be the next big thing after .com.
The same has been said about .mobi for example. There are still people waiting for .tv or .biz to take over .net/.org. These are completely unrealistic expectations. Oh wait, 15 years ago it was .cc that was supposed to be the second biggest extension after .com... people never learn.

For the corporations that already have their .com or ccTLD, they are not going to switch to .co ? Why would they ?
Actually it's not a good idea to base your business upon a .co if you're not Columbian because of the likelihood of confusion with .com. Until the Internet users are educated en masse many will assume .co is a misspell of .com and surf away to the .com.

Bottom line: .co is good for:

• typo traffic
• Columbian-based websites

Mass adoption will only take place in the (soon to be shattered) dreams of domainers.

 

[snoop]

The average American will not think .co means Colombia when they see a .co web address. They will think it means company, corp. or say "they left off the m in com".

The bolded bit is what is likely, the people who will think of Colombia will be the colombians, type ins and colombians are the main uses in my view.

For all of you who don't think .co will do well, then that's fine.. no one really knows 100% for sure. Logic and foresight makes the rest of us believe that .co WILL do well and that those of us who are investing/developing will be $uccessful.

History tells us the chance of this doing well is very remote. I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry. They are being sold to by the registry. Easy money. They'll gladly take all their cash then in a years time there will be another bunch of saps lining up for something else.

 

[Animator]

I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry.

Prove it.

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The same has been said about .mobi for example. There are still people waiting for .tv or .biz to take over .net/.org.

Your comparing .CO with .MOBI ? LOL

The reason of failure is this: 1) long extension 2) made-up english word 3) used to be developed for low-tech mobile devices 4) a typo of mobile 5) ugly word.

As far as i know, .TV is surpassing .BIZ

.BIZ was there before .TV

 

[Kate]

History tells us the chance of this doing well is very remote. I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry. They are being sold to by the registry. Easy money. They'll gladly take all their cash then in a years time there will be another bunch of saps lining up for something else.

Yes it's a true. Some people have wasted $$,$$$ on .tel, .mobi or .me based on the same flawed assumptions. It comes as no surprise that at every TLD launch the staunchest supporters are newcomers.

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Your comparing .CO with .MOBI ? LOL

For domaining purposes, both are going to be bad investments for domainers. More money will be lost than made. The wishful thinkers will be hurt badly :O

As far as i know, .TV is surpassing .BIZ

What are your sources ?

.BIZ was there before .TV

Again, you're wrong. Do research.

 

[snoop]

Prove it.

That is a bit like asking me to prove what your bank balance is. Only you can do that, though it is clear that the people making these predictions have zero experience making money in this industry. It is just a whole lot of wishful thinking and unrealistic claims mixed in with some very obvious factual errors that make the lack of experience all the more obvious.

When ".co will take over the world" people are proven wrong in a couple of years they won't even be around anyway. They'll have move on to the next get rich quick idea. That is how it goes in the domain industry.

 

[Animator]

Yes it's a true. Some people have wasted $$,$$$ on .tel, .mobi or .me based on the same flawed assumptions. It comes as no surprise that at every TLD launch the staunchest supporters are newcomers.

.TEL = Useless extention JUST to publish contact information, and not host website.
.MOBI = Useless because new technology smart phones like the iPhone doesn't need this.

As for .ME, it's doing pretty well and it's 2 years old !!!

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What are your sources ?

Top 1000 Alexa rankings within .TV

Top 1000 Alexa rankings within .BIZ

 

[snoop]

I would say .tv has always been more popular than .biz. There is no "change" involved.

.tv has its niche market, and that has been the case for 10+ years, .biz never really went anywhere.

 

[Animator]

When ".co will take over the world" people are proven wrong in a couple of years they won't even be around anyway. They'll have move on to the next get rich quick idea. That is how it goes in the domain industry.

So your suggesting people to get namenamename.com instead of name.co ?

What appends to occam's razor ?

 

[snoop]

So your suggesting people to get namenamename.com instead of name.co ?

I'm suggesting people avoid .co unless it is for typos.

Not sure what you mean by "namenamename.com", the same three words repeated? 3 term names? I don't follow the point.

 

[Animator]

I'm suggesting people avoid .co unless it is for typos.

Not sure what you mean by "namenamename.com", the same three words repeated? 3 term names? I don't follow the point.

If name.com is taken, what would you do ?

Get name.net or name.co

 

[snoop]

If name.com is taken, what would you do ?

Get name.net or name.co

If name .com is taken I'd look for a weaker .com.

As for .co vs .net, the .net obviously.

 

[RHenderson]

History tells us the chance of this doing well is very remote. I can pretty much guarantee you that the people talking about .co surpassing other tlds are people with zero experience making money in this industry. They are being sold to by the registry. Easy money. They'll gladly take all their cash then in a years time there will be another bunch of saps lining up for something else.

Well, I'm not sure if I agree with .co surpassing .com... I never said i thought it would... that's not my argument. I know other people have expressed that they think it will...some of those are the big doggs/very successful domainers if you read their blogs. What I am saying is I believe .co will catch on/be very popular with domainers, non-domainers (business owners/advertisers/ corps., etc) and eventually average Joe's with personal/family websites. I do not think it will necessarily be as, or more, popular than .com... or have the 'global' presence that .com has... after all, it is a cctld. Time will tell..