.CO Domain Registrations at Epik

[private123]

The $0.99 all-inclusive .CO promo will kick off on this Sunday night at 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET, which is 00:00 GMT on Monday morning. It will last 7 days.

All domains registered at Epik include:

- Free WHOIS privacy
- Free SSL parking landers
- Free forwarding
- Free basic Wordpress site
- Free listing in Epik marketplace for selling/leasing

Brandable names are doing particularly well in the after-market for .CO, e.g. 7 letters or shorter, pronounceable .co can be registered for $0.99 and sold for retail prices as brands.

I have no idea why people buy .AI and .IO when they get the more reputable and cheaper .CO and get the first year basically for free.
........ By Rob Monster (epik.com)
@Rob Monster

 

[werty]

Same problem here...

 

[Rob Monster]

The .CO registry is backed up with requests. They are queued. Search/register is prioritized ahead of update/delivery. However, I see .CO orders getting filled. There are some conflicts but orders are being filled in the order submitted. We'll see if we can get .CO to clear these EPP requests faster.

 

[ET76]

Domains added, thanks @Rob Monster

 

[Rob Monster]

The backlog is cleared.

There are some really impressive General Availability (GA) domains being registered in spite of the EPP delays from the .CO registry.

I am seeing especially a lot of great crypto-related domains getting registered so there are some potentially great ROI scenarios unfolding there.

In the event of a conflict where two people register the same domain, the later registrant is credited back to their account. So, look out for those credits in your account balance.

Anyway, happy hunting -- the promo should last 7 days.

 

[Rob Monster]

For the record, Epik has not registered any .CO domains for its own account. The .CO conflict domains are being awarded automatically by the system based on timestamp of submission.

Also, for anyone who registers these .CO domains, I do highly recommend our SSL parking landers and marketplace. You can use these tools to flip domains immediately for sale and/or lease.

Here is a sample SSL parking lander:

https://laptopcomputers.com/

How-to articles here:

https://www.epik.com/support/knowledgebase/selling-and-leasing-domains-on-epik/

https://www.epik.com/support/knowledgebase/enable-a-coming-soon-or-domain-parking-page/

If you get any big ROIs from this promo, feel free to share in this thread. Epik does not generally report sales so we'll not post about that here but are happy to celebrate wins for those who don't mind sharing.

 

[Rob Monster]

Very nice hand registrations in the last few minutes:

Fables.co
Lots of short brandable .co domains, e.g. 7 letters and shorter.
Lots of LNN.co domains.

All for $0.99 each.

Who says you cannot hand-reg anymore? Nonsense. @Nametree among others is killing it.

If I were a bootstrap domainer, I would be doing these big-time and then flipping them asap to end-users who should logically own them. I would cover the acquisition costs with a few quick sales and then hold out for inbound inquiries on the rest.

 

[geekjojo]

Thanks @Rob Monster I got few domains.

Can you suggest me a site that would bring out brandable words for me to register? (Not that usualy domain name generator)

Thanks
Harry

 

[Bob Hawkes]

What a great deal! I just increased my .co holdings by a factor of about 7.

Spent good part of yesterday and today trying various words to see which available as non-premium, then checking for relevant active TM, and used NameBio to look at comparable sales, and Dofo to see what other extensions registered and for sale. Spent quite a few hours, but eventually came up with a list I was happy with and from that this evening quickly registered about 40 (Epik was very smooth for registration).

Thanks @Rob Monster and Epik for such a great deal, and giving us the heads up about it here on NPs.

It was such a good deal that I even registered a word that honestly probably does not have much potential as a business domain name, but the term stuck with me since elementary school (which was a long time ago for me ) and it has a nice sound, so at $0.99 I now own iambic .

Thanks again,

Bob

 

[Dev Pareek]

How can i use these .co domains? Can anyone tell me all such benefits?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

How can i use these .co domains? Can anyone tell me all such benefits?

It is a broad question. There is no doubt that .com is the most desired, and most valuable, extension by far. With 130 million plus registrations in .com almost everything is being held by someone (not to say that one can't find hand regs, but it is hard). Some companies that can't afford a .com turn to a .co. It has for years had a relatively strong resale market. For example past 2 years on NameBio (many venues do not report there so real number higher) about 1150 sales with an average price of $1630. Now most of those are in single word .co, and not many single word .co still around to hand register, at least not desired ones, but at $0.99 for the first year (an amazing price - usually first year .co are about $6 is the best deal) to me it passed my risk / probability of sale / potential return test. If I sell one I am way positive. If I sell none, not too much invested. But each person must make the right choice for themselves.
Bob

 

[RogueWriter]

OK, picked up my first .co domains........ I have stayed away from this extension up to this point, but 99 cents is a good way to experiment. I picked up a few product domains, and several related to mesh wifi.

 

[Shailendra Mishra]

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found the root cause. and yes they were registry premium

 

[dirk]

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@Rob Monster Why it is $118 per domain for me.

(No, they are not premium domains)

Probably registry premiums.

 

[private123]

Probably registry premiums.

Yes.

 

[Martins B.]

Bought my first .co domains, can't pass up this deal.

 

[eternaldomains]

Probably registry premiums.

Aren't all the good ones under registry premiums? If so, what's the point of this sale?

 

[Kamaldeen]

The $0.99 .CO deal is live in 10 minutes. Enjoy.

Denying my credit card, what is happening? I am from Nigeria.
Thanks

 

[capybara]

Here are some nice words which are available for registration:

castrate.co
s..thead.co (hi)
eunuch.co
cannibalism.co
quirt.co
mutilation.co
resemblance.co
exorcise.co
interrogation.co
testicle.co
disappearance.co
crucifixion.co
iguanodon.co
malefic.co
electrocution.co
midterm.co
genitalia.co
crowberry.co
ampule.co
depravity.co
megalomania.co
expulsion.co
demolishing.co
meanie.co
colonization.co
wh..emonger.co (or)
inevitability.co
expectable.co
slugfest.co
nicker.co

 

[Martins B.]

Here are some nice words which are available for registration:

castrate.co
s..thead.co (hi)
eunuch.co
cannibalism.co
quirt.co
mutilation.co
resemblance.co
exorcise.co
interrogation.co
testicle.co
disappearance.co
crucifixion.co
iguanodon.co
malefic.co
electrocution.co
midterm.co
genitalia.co
crowberry.co
ampule.co
depravity.co
megalomania.co
expulsion.co
demolishing.co
meanie.co
colonization.co
wh..emonger.co (or)
inevitability.co
expectable.co
slugfest.co
nicker.co

Somehow all of those seem dark..

 

[UmerK]

Does anyone know any fast ways to separate registry premiums? Almost all names I checked were registry premiums priced at $128.