Any Thoughts on .CO?

[karjren]

I have registered a .co domain yesterday, and i wonder was it worth a buy? .co is closely the same with .com, so maybe someone will get interested in the near future..

 

[Grego85]

I recently helped a gentlemen with some scanned drawings he wanted emailed to him and he had a .co domain name, he made sure to clarify that it was a .co and NOT .com! I asked him how he liked his .co name and he explained to me the mass confusion he gets since people commonly mistake his .co for .com, he loses a lot of potential traffic and apparently emails too.

 

[HeyNow]

I have registered a .co domain yesterday, and i wonder was it worth a buy? .co is closely the same with .com, so maybe someone will get interested in the near future..

Probably not. The hoopla and speculator-driven hype over Columbia's country code, .co, is mostly gone. The hijacking of that ccTLD's specified purpose (by ICANN) to fool newbies and end-users to think .co was intended to mean "company" has mostly diminished and faded. The sharks have picked the bones and left the floating carcass for late-comers to feed from. Congratulations, late-comer.

 

[12no3]

.co 's value is increasing every day

 

[namey]

Let's play "would you rather?"

Would you rather have your company name in .Co, .Net, .Org? .Co for me
What about YourName.co or Yournameinc.com? .Co for me
Keyword.Co or Keyword.io ? .Co again
Keyword.co, Keyword.info, Keyword.biz or Keyword.us? Again .Co
Brand.co, Brand.xyz, Brand.club, Brand.science, Brand.top, Brand.party, or Brand.link? Again .Co

I think .Co is a great extension.

 

[doubleU]

Having confidential emails sent to a different domain is a serious concern it might not suit some businesses like lawyers, doctors etc.

But otherwise it's a good alternative to .com, it only has one syllable, two letters, has the backing of a country and its recognized by people to mean 'company' and does a good job at this.

 

[tomcarl]

I'd probably use anything else except .co because of this exact reason. I've felt this way for years and have always had responses from people I emailed thinking the .co domain I was selling them was actually the .com

I don't know how the startups that use .co can accept they will be spending years clarifying it's .co and not .com, to say they won't have this problem would be ignorant to the fact.

 

[12no3]

.co work out fine. shorter, and in time, people will all use .co not .com

 

[Name Trader]

.co is quite a good alternative to .com. See @namey's comments above. If you are speculating in .co, I think it is best to keep clear of two word domains, and stick with premium LLL and one word domains. Even short brandables are quite risky in .co, which are favored many by startups. They are a crap-shoot.

 

[NPer]

Pisces.co

My only one.

 

[cmdomains]

I'm 70% pro .co cause of the above reasons. Currently holding 3. I think if an enduser has a .com designated as a typical blogging/information site while using .co for their actual product/service page where workflow and transactions take place (assuming that they value .co more and assuming they're marketing both sites at the same time), it would create an awareness that these are two different tlds. This might only be a good strategy if it's a startup. Many established .coms reported having a hard time transferring their traffic from .com to .co so there's that.

 

[NPer]

I'm 70% pro .co cause of the above reasons. Currently holding 3. I think if an enduser has a .com designated as a typical blogging/information site while using .co for their actual product/service page where transactions take place (assuming that they value .co more), it would create an awareness that these are two different tlds.

Why would they do that? Blog on extension and offer services on another? Could do both on one domain.

If you already have the .com, why bother with .co?

 

[cmdomains]

^edited my post. To answer you, again, that strategy might only be good for startups and assuming they value .co more.

 

[NPer]

^edited my post. To answer you, again, that strategy might only be good for startups and assuming they value .co more.

Lol... yes, you did edit your post... so you aren't answering my question again.

A start-up would likely want to be taken seriously, that is what I would assume. Using a .co instead of the .com that they already have, will confuse their clients... and probably tick them off because chances are high they will hit the blog most of the time, instead of the store/services page that they are trying to visit.

 

[cmdomains]

I was stating an example but these are a few perspectives on multiple sites:

http://www.redtechnology.com/Downloads/Multi-site-ecommerce-and-your-online-strategy.pdf
http://joelhughes.com/2013/10/13/multiple-websites-pros-cons/


You might argue why not multiple sites on a .com. But like I say, if enduser feels that .co is more valuable to them then they'll have to establish that to their target market (with the help of their .coms).

You'll have to ask all these .co startups why they value .co and chose it over .com. I'm simply suggesting how .com might benefit them if they choose to keep .co in the long run

 

[NPer]

I was stating an example but these are a few perspectives on multiple sites:

http://www.redtechnology.com/Downloads/Multi-site-ecommerce-and-your-online-strategy.pdf
http://joelhughes.com/2013/10/13/multiple-websites-pros-cons/


You might argue why not multiple sites on a .com. But like I say, if enduser feels that .co is more valuable to them then they'll have to establish that to their target market (with the help of their .coms).

You'll have to ask all these .co startups why they value .co and chose it over .com. I'm simply suggesting how .com might benefit them if they choose to keep .co in the long run

You are telling me that they are using the .co instead, even though they have the .com already? Please provide examples.

 

[cmdomains]

I'll get back to you when I find specific examples. Though I'm not sure we're on the same page.

For now, I responded to the premise that ".com and .co cause confusion" and my suggestion is blah blah blah .

Buy .co because it makes sense and you have sound reasons.

 

[12no3]

intime people will drop .com and usd .co why type 3 letters where you could type 2 letters

 

[cmdomains]

Was browsing randomly for hours yesterday and a particular keyword is registered by endusers in .com .org and .net all forwarded to their respective main url.

One company took .co but the striking difference is in the website layout/design compared to the rest above AND it's not forwarded anywhere else. That's another way I guess of creating .co noise (with or without .com).

 

[bmugford]

intime people will drop .com and usd .co why type 3 letters where you could type 2 letters

Yeah right. Not gonna happen...

If 3 letters are the concern there are countless other ccTLD with 2 letters that are not confusingly similar to .COM when it comes to marketing.

Brad