.co .CA Vs .CO Which is Stronger?

[VisionEdger]

I live in Canada & have found alot of very good kw domains still available under .ca.

Also finding a number of strong .co's available as well.

I cant decide what cctld to reg under but moneywise .ca is almost 50% less $ to reg.

.ca is great for Canada use but
.co is universal use however.

Thoughts?

8^X8^X

 

[Kate]

There is no comparison between the two.
At least .ca is established. But it is restricted. To use in Canada proper, .ca all the way. IMO .co would be suicide more or less.

 

[domaindia]

If you are marketing / promoting to the Canadian Market - > definitely .ca

Other than that you want to go .co

There is about the same amount of internet users (~26M) in Canada and Columbia.

CCTLD is a niche (targeting a certain group) so with about the same amount of internet users the advantage will go to .co because .co has been used/associated for COmpany, COmputer, COmmerce, COrporation and heck even COlorado. So with all these options, you have a much better reach with .co to sell the domain as compared to .ca.

Also think of the number of people that will mistype .com to arrive at your .co. Another advantage to .co.

 

[RazorNF]

I live in Canada & have found alot of very good kw domains still available under .ca.

"very good" may not be good enough. Depends on your return expectations and how patient you are, and obviously the quality of the keywords - can you forsee end user sites on the domains you found?

I am familiar with .ca domains and many have been dropped by the "big" guys over the past while as they clean up their portfolios. Some of what's being sold now on the other forums are of the get-em-before-they-drop type posts.

.ca is great for Canada use but
.co is universal use however.

.co may be "universal" in that it can be swapped amongst a large audience whereas .ca is restricted to those with a Canadian presence.

But just how universal? To date, I don't think I have yet encountered an actual .co end-user website in my day-to-day websurfing.

Personally I predict many companies would opt to launch their web prensence on their country's cctld rather than .co. (if the .com is taken).

However, if you are going to be registering .ca's - this month is the time to do it. CIRA cut their registration costs, and subsequently some registrars are passing on the savings.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

No comparrison. There are some great keywords in both extensions still available, but being strictly for canadians, you cant compare the two extensions.Who is gonna be the buyer? Thats the question

 

[RazorNF]

A helpful tip for any extension is to just imagine yourself as an end-user. As masterofmydomains mentioned, who is going to be the buyer? That's the key question.

I never got on the .co bandwagon, but I know several who have. If your target is only those that have the matching .com as an end user, then you could be waiting forever for them to come calling...

 

[procanic]

I am canadian and have several .ca , I have dabbled in .co only as far as keyword specific Geo domain but may be a mistake doing so ( I only have 1 ). Also my last sale was Dictionary word .CA about 2 weeks ago For Mid $xxx .

I would given the availability choose .ca.

 

[domainscp]

.ca is a great extension, while not as good as .com it ranks up there with .org and .net. The .co extension is one of the worst ones out there.

 

[MicroGuy]

.co is universal use however.

I think this statement is not right. I would go with .CA if you live in Canada depending on your application. But .CO should not even be considered. IMO

 

[jmcc]

In a Newfoundland accent: - .co? Ah yeah b'y! Right!
Translation: I remain somewhat skeptical about .co ccTLD.

Definitely .ca - it is more developed. (And not just because the people around here can all understand a Newfoundland accent easier than a Dublin accent. It is just that .ca makes a lot more sense in terms of development and usage. The usage figures that COInternet is pushing are akin to Astrology and Astrology is probably more accurate.)

The key metric for a non-bubble TLD is development. Right now, .co doesn't have the characteristics of a strong ccTLD. Even the universal argument would favour .com as being far more "universal" than .co ccTLD.

Regards...jmcc

 

[RazorNF]

.ca is a great extension, while not as good as .com it ranks up there with .org and .net. The .co extension is one of the worst ones out there.

Well speaking from a Canadian perspective, I think 99% of what I see here in Canada is either .ca or .com. Very few .org or .net, and those are usually because the sites have existed for a long time.

I don't think any of my non-techie friends would know that .co is an actual domain extension. They might assume it was a misprint if they saw an address written with a .co