.co .CO - The Discussion, Showcase and Sales Report Thread

[ZOX]

Well, it seems like Colombia will be releasing .CO to the internet market:
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http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co...ge=./mods/contenido/noticia_user_view&id=1043
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This could truly be a big competitor to .COM (especially being a "typo").
I would say with proper guidance .CO could REALLY have a bright future!
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Let me know your thoughts please.

 

[FUTRS]

Hey everybody

i know we're always looking for development on dot co domains... so some of you might appreciate this one:

I'm sure most of, if not all of you, have seen the video circulating the web about the Hologram Tupac Concert that appeared at Coachella this year.

(for anyone who may have missed that video (i guess it's possible), here's the clip:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrFmPBV0Y"]Tupac Hologram Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre Perform Coachella Live 2012 - YouTube[/ame])

Well, that was created by a company called "Digital Domain Media Group Inc.".
They are pretty good at what they do. They are located in Los Angeles California, with an additional office right here in my backyard, Port St. Lucie, Florida as well.

Thought it might be interesting to know that this company's website is built on a dot co.


http://DDMG.co


That Tupac Hologram concert really helped their business as well:

Tupac Hologram Sparks 48% Rise in Digital Domain Shares
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-20/tupac-hologram-sparks-50-rise-in-digital-domain-shares.html

 

[JB Lions]

One of their sites, - http://digitaldomain.com/

Of course the Empower Network, networking blog might like some of the extra traffic since they have the ddmg . com

 

[DU]

One of their sites, - http://digitaldomain.com/

Of course the Empower Network, networking blog might like some of the extra traffic since they have the ddmg . com

So is it the .co or the .com they are built on?

Can't wait for Freddie Mercury/s "appearance" at the Olympics.... Why not let him RIP?

 

[elmoney]

sardinia.co 2500 EUR in the last week

 

[the_poet]

sardinia.co 2500 EUR in the last week

Is it yours?

 

[elmoney]

Is it yours?

no, its from http://www.goldnames.com/domain-name-sales/47

 

[emjohn]

Well, it's coming closer to two years now since .co launched, and GoDaddy continues to promote them in a big way. There has rarely been a day when GoDaddy has NOT had them in their mainstream, homepage promotion right after .com. Have never seen this with .me,.tv,.biz or any of the others.

.co is still plastered all over the place with banners and Adsense ads. Two years ago it was clear that .co had a LOT of money behind them and to this day, it continues to be so.

Kudos have to be given.

 

[Kate]

Two years ago it was clear that .co had a LOT of money behind them and to this day, it continues to be so.

Agreed, when you are the registry or a registrar

 

[JB Lions]

Well, it's coming closer to two years now since .co launched, and GoDaddy continues to promote them in a big way. There has rarely been a day when GoDaddy has NOT had them in their mainstream, homepage promotion right after .com. Have never seen this with .me,.tv,.biz or any of the others.

.co is still plastered all over the place with banners and Adsense ads. Two years ago it was clear that .co had a LOT of money behind them and to this day, it continues to be so.

Kudos have to be given.

That's been gone over why already. It's the newest "mainstream" extension and most expensive. I would have to disagree with you about .me tho, since Bob Parsons uses it for his personal site, even BobParsons.com goes to the .me, .me Scholarship - http://www.godaddy.com/scholarship/default.aspx etc.

 

[the_poet]

I would have to disagree with you about .me tho, since Bob Parsons uses it for his personal site, even BobParsons.com goes to the .me, .me Scholarship

I disagree. GD promoted .CO in a Superbowl commercial 2 years in a row.

 

[JB Lions]

I disagree. GD promoted .CO in a Superbowl commercial 2 years in a row.

Yeah, I know I just said the reason why. Newest and most expensive extension, more profits for them. If there was another newer and more expensive extension, that extension would be getting promoted during the SB.

What's more important is development, sales etc. Those premium .co domains over at Sedo from the registry, haven't heard of 1 sale yet. The ones at sedo.co, sitting there collecting dust.

 

[Keith]

Those premium .co domains over at Sedo from the registry, haven't heard of 1 sale yet. The ones at sedo.co, sitting there collecting dust.

You would think that they would've learned from mtld. The folks at .mobi are sitting on loads of worthless "premiums" that could have been sold long ago but greed got in the way.

 

[emjohn]

Hey Bud,

This is unprecedented in terms of new Tlds. Money talks, bullshit walks. Not saying that .co is a market taker, but wow, have to respect the persistence. It's really commendable. They are NOT going away. Whether it's because money is buying it or not.

Yeah, I know I just said the reason why. Newest and most expensive extension, more profits for them. If there was another newer and more expensive extension, that extension would be getting promoted during the SB.

What's more important is development, sales etc. Those premium .co domains over at Sedo from the registry, haven't heard of 1 sale yet. The ones at sedo.co, sitting there collecting dust.

 

[JB Lions]

Hey Bud,

This is unprecedented in terms of new Tlds. Money talks, bullshit walks. Not saying that .co is a market taker, but wow, have to respect the persistence. It's really commendable. They are NOT going away. Whether it's because money is buying it or not.

Hey dude/bud/buddy, what are you talking about? What's commendable? A business advertising? They're supposed too, they're doing a great job of it, talking about .co. As far as GoDaddy, again it's what I said above, milk if for every dime while you can. Long term? Time will tell, but yet again and again, them being the closest extension to .com, will make them one of the biggest, if not biggest leak to .com as evidenced by past reports. If you don't think that's a big issue, if you think investing in leak extensions is smart, we'll just agree to disagree on that. I think it's their downfall. We shall see. You're posting above as if GoDaddy advertising them is some kind of sign or something, when it's just marketing the extension that probably makes them the most money, currently, nothing more.

 

[.NJ]

That's been gone over why already. It's the newest "mainstream" extension and most expensive. I would have to disagree with you about .me tho, since Bob Parsons uses it for his personal site, even BobParsons.com goes to the .me

I have to agree here. The bottom line is every business revolves around $$$$. It's what makes the business run, and it's what makes the business thrive.

Simple math:

Godaddy
.co = $12.99
.me = $7.99

If you owned a company, would you promote something that makes you more money or less????

It has nothing to do with the extension itself.

 

[DU]

Hey Bud,

This is unprecedented in terms of new Tlds. Money talks, bullshit walks. Not saying that .co is a market taker, but wow, have to respect the persistence. It's really commendable. They are NOT going away. Whether it's because money is buying it or not.

What is "this" exactly that is unprecedented?

There are more than 100,000 more .mobi domains registered this year than last year. From what I've read this would be similar to .CO.

And OOoooh look.. what's that.. Enom has a goMobi site!

http://www.enom.com/web-site-mobile-2/default.aspx

They're the second biggest registrar advertising .mobi!

It's easy to blinded by what you want so desperately to be true. :wave:

 

[the_poet]

Simple math:

Godaddy
.co = $12.99
.me = $7.99

.COM and .CO are currently $12.99 at GoDaddy, but you can get both for $7.99 with coupons.

 

[emjohn]

The amount of advertising is unprecedented! The money that was put behind it! I'm not speaking toward the quality of .co, I'm speaking towards the business of it all. Good product + capital = success.

What is "this" exactly that is unprecedented?

There are more than 100,000 more .mobi domains registered this year than last year. From what I've read this would be similar to .CO.

And OOoooh look.. what's that.. Enom has a goMobi site!

http://www.enom.com/web-site-mobile-2/default.aspx

They're the second biggest registrar advertising .mobi!

It's easy to blinded by what you want so desperately to be true. :wave:

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Hey Bud,

Don't steal my "hey bud"...:blink:

Hey dude/bud/buddy, what are you talking about? What's commendable? A business advertising? They're supposed too, they're doing a great job of it, talking about .co. As far as GoDaddy, again it's what I said above, milk if for every dime while you can. Long term? Time will tell, but yet again and again, them being the closest extension to .com, will make them one of the biggest, if not biggest leak to .com as evidenced by past reports. If you don't think that's a big issue, if you think investing in leak extensions is smart, we'll just agree to disagree on that. I think it's their downfall. We shall see. You're posting above as if GoDaddy advertising them is some kind of sign or something, when it's just marketing the extension that probably makes them the most money, currently, nothing more.

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I couldn't disagree more. Just throwing money at something will not make it a success.

If you throw gobs of money behind a shoe company,for example, that has sh***ty shoes and bad management, you're just asking for trouble. Good product and stable management are imperative.

I have to agree here. The bottom line is every business revolves around $$$$. It's what makes the business run, and it's what makes the business thrive.

Simple math:

Godaddy
.co = $12.99
.me = $7.99

If you owned a company, would you promote something that makes you more money or less????

It has nothing to do with the extension itself.

 

[JB Lions]

You're kind of making a case against .co.

"I couldn't disagree more. Just throwing money at something will not make it a success."

It might fool people (domainers) for a little while, until there is actual usage (Overstock) to test the product out.

"If you throw gobs of money behind a shoe company,for example, that has sh***ty shoes and bad management, you're just asking for trouble."

Great marketing, but is it really a great product? Imagine the extension, without all the marketing. Tell me, what is so great about being the leakiest extension out there? What is so great about being an extension more likely than any other extension out there to be confused with the .com? What is so great about confusion? Why would you build on such a product? Because you like to confuse your customers, leak out to the .com, What? I don't see any greatness in that whatsoever.

In a nutshell, .co = confusion, leakage

Do you disagree with that? You don't think it has confusion or leakage issues?

 

[emjohn]

No, no, no. Quality + Capital= Successful business. That's the formula.


There ia a certain sector of the population that can discriminate between .co and .com.

Rick Schwartz always quotes this Overstock 61% stuff all the time as if to say it will always stay at that number. As more people learn about .co, that number is just going to decrease. Not over night, but slowly. It wouldn't surprise me if that number went down to 30 percent in a couple years. Nothing remains static. With the thousands of new TLDs coming, people will pay more attention to the right of the dot than they ever have. Hence they will be more likely to be able to discriminate .co from .com. Just a matter of time.

You're kind of making a case against .co.

"I couldn't disagree more. Just throwing money at something will not make it a success."

It might fool people (domainers) for a little while, until there is actual usage (Overstock) to test the product out.

"If you throw gobs of money behind a shoe company,for example, that has sh***ty shoes and bad management, you're just asking for trouble."

Great marketing, but is it really a great product? Imagine the extension, without all the marketing. Tell me, what is so great about being the leakiest extension out there? What is so great about being an extension more likely than any other extension out there to be confused with the .com? What is so great about confusion? Why would you build on such a product? Because you like to confuse your customers, leak out to the .com, What? I don't see any greatness in that whatsoever.

In a nutshell, .co = confusion, leakage

Do you disagree with that? You don't think it has confusion or leakage issues?

 

[.NJ]

I couldn't disagree more. Just throwing money at something will not make it a success.

If you throw gobs of money behind a shoe company,for example, that has sh***ty shoes and bad management, you're just asking for trouble. Good product and stable management are imperative.

What is sh***ty or not is in the eyes of the beholder. Sometimes another mans garbage is another mans treasure.

When it comes to "bad management", I dont think you can actually equate that to the registars and the extensions they sell. If a new extension flops as many have before, the heat will never fall upon the registar. They are simply just the middle man.

Simply put, when it comes to the end of the day, the registars will market whatever will bring in the cash. It's all about the money, and always will be.

 

[Kate]

Great marketing, but is it really a great product? Imagine the extension, without all the marketing.

Sums it up well.

With the thousands of new TLDs coming, people will pay more attention to the right of the dot than they ever have. Hence they will be more likely to be able to discriminate .co from .com. Just a matter of time.

And in the meantime ? Should registrants continue to shoot themselves in the foot, and hope for the best ? Like saying, our dotco sucks today but the good news is that tomorrow it will suck less and even less after a decade.

.co has established itself as yet another alt TLD so it's nothing special. It's certainly not the dot-com killer predicted by Robert Cline. No amount of advertising will change that.

 

[DU]

The amount of advertising is unprecedented! The money that was put behind it! I'm not speaking toward the quality of .co, I'm speaking towards the business of it all. Good product + capital = success.

Surely that would have translated into more registrations and more businesses using .co?

The best "advertising" for .co is the CHEAPEST form of advertising. That is, when someone else does it for you through usage, through their brand, through association.

After spending close to $20 million dollars and seeing a slow down in growth - I'm sure that .CO would be hoping for a more natural advertising cycle at this point.

Advertising dollars should be a catalyst and not something needed in perpetuity. They cannot afford $10 million a year - and if they could they don't want to spend that much.

The great thing about the free market though is that .CO executives could more or less walk away from this with a few million they've sucked out of the venture....not spend a single dime in advertising and keep the platform
running at cost until their contract ends in twenty whenever.

It's the modern world where you fake sincerity, make money, walk away.

Everyone does it. Money is the new drug of choice - even in Colombia.

They don't owe anyone anything. :hearts:

 

[the_poet]

RomeHotels.CO on Sedo auction at $675 (not mine).

 

[emjohn]

Who cares about Robert Cline? He's good for a laugh or two. In the "meantime" a person has to be prudent, not shut thing down like a conservative oaf. You really speak in extremes here. Ever heard of balanced investments? Nobody, except Robert Cline, said that .co would compete with .com. That is ludictous. Seems Mr. Cline has really gotten into everyone's heads, including yours.

Sums it up well.

And in the meantime ? Should registrants continue to shoot themselves in the foot, and hope for the best ? Like saying, our dotco sucks today but the good news is that tomorrow it will suck less and even less after a decade.

.co has established itself as yet another alt TLD so it's nothing special. It's certainly not the dot-com killer predicted by Robert Cline. No amount of advertising will change that.