discuss .co registry premium

[blogspotter]

Is .co is the worst of the lot in assigning registry premium?
Did they change recently.

Any decent word with more than a certain number of related domains registered get automatically reg premiumed it seems

Any half decent .co that I shortlist I know will be registry premium. I think it is getting worse these past few months

I don't it will bode well for .co

.co is a great domain name. It is single syllable, and sounds like .com and has the potential to the second best TLD after .com, but this reg premium is a bit if a stretch.

Any random LLLL is a reg premium
Any word that makes some sense, even if it would be worthless even for a .net .org is now a reg premium

 

[blogspotter]

From angle is this a registry premium.
A German town with 60K population

 

[blogspotter]

At 2.99 I would have bought.

 

[E-Thunder]

I noticed that many of mine are now premium. I never noticed before so must be a recent change this year. Similarly 2 are German words if they are expanding languages for premium.

 

[blogspotter]

Looks like evrything is premium except some junk

 

[E-Thunder]

Definitely most keywords and cities off limits at that price.

 

[pb]

Many of .co domains can be bought cheaper before they drop than after.
Same goes for .tv and .me, not to mention nTLDs...

 

[blogspotter]

Totally. Look at LLL.co
You need to pay 1000 to register

 

[ArielT]

I don't have any "premium"

I noticed that many of mine are now premium. I never noticed before so must be a recent change this year. Similarly 2 are German words if they are expanding languages for premium.

Are you referring to domains you bought as standard and had that change while being registered?

 

[blogspotter]

I don't have any "premium"

Are you referring to domains you bought as standard and had that change while being registered?

maybe he dropped it. Lots of Deleted ones are premium

 

[blogspotter]

Look at this, Usury is 360
Usuries was in the deleted domains list last week

 

[ArielT]

Is .co is the worst of the lot in assigning registry premium?

I don't know. For example .online has lots of "premium" and reserved

 

[bruhne]

I had a little bit of success a couple years ago with dot co when I was able to get decent names for like three or four bucks a piece. So I recently decided I'd give dot co another shot,,, until I became aware of the premium pricing. This will just drive my capital elsewhere. The premium's aren't justified and will deter speculation and investment away from the dot co market. I hope the markets where I have been positioning while few people have been looking will capture the deterred dot co demand. I also hope to pick up the dot co pieces after the extension falters.

*fingers crossed*

 

[AEProgram]

How does it work, if you have a domain and it turns premium is your renewal higher?

 

[blogspotter]

How does it work, if you have a domain and it turns premium is your renewal higher?

It doesn't turn a premium like that. When a normal domain drops, if it meets some criteria, it becomes a premium. renewal is still the same for all domains names, premium or not

 

[iAbhay]

Had anyone found .co registry premium criteria on which they decide that a particular domain will be premium or not?