.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

 

[Jonathan Beadle]

Typo of duck.co for 20K wow.

Not Likely The Reason.

 

[Rob Monster]

Not Likely The Reason.

Agreed -- Buck is a word and a great brand name in its own right.

As for economics, the "create" cost for this domain was $100 so it was not a GA name though not insanely priced. The renewal was $20/year. In other words, the carrying cost was reasonable and it got solid ROI.

 

[Rob Monster]

For the folks who dropcatch .CO domains at Epik, three things:

1. We have a very good API. The how-to article about is here.

2. You can enable your account for one-click express checkout. It is an advanced setting here.

3. For fastest checkout, you are a better off pre-funding the account prior to checkout. Credit card processing and PayPal add a few seconds to the checkout process.

If you do 2 and 3 above, you can register within a few seconds of the submit. If you use the API, you are likely to be under 1 second.

 

[Jonathan Beadle]

Picked Up Another 40 .co Domains Today. Thanks @Rob Monster

 

[masonzhang]

We need to admit that the oversea sales is incomparable with the inland market. Our oversea market is still developing. First of all, we are based in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China and the country where we are decides we will have a bigger market here regarding the population and the numbers of Internet uses. Secondly, I disagree to the point that these domains are sold as fishing domains. You should know the money and the number of customers with Alibaba. If you have been to Hangzhou, you should know the city is called Alicity, which was founded technically by its co-founder Mr YUN MA. Thus, pleas don't criticize us. Our market in North America is huge and we have a great potential to develop with Rob. So don't look down upon us. Thank you so much.

 

[Rob Monster]

The official $0.99 phase of our insane .CO promo just ended.

I hope everyone did great. We continue to see some amazing GA finds across many niches and also see daily inbound .CO offers so clearly this worked.

For the next 5 days, the listed price is $1.99. For anyone with bulk lists of 500+, we can batch process them for $0.99 or provide a rebate for NamePros members.

 

[Rob Monster]

We need to admit that the oversea sales is incomparable with the inland market. Our oversea market is still developing. First of all, we are based in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China and the country where we are decides we will have a bigger market here regarding the population and the numbers of Internet uses. Secondly, I disagree to the point that these domains are sold as fishing domains. You should know the money and the number of customers with Alibaba. If you have been to Hangzhou, you should know the city is called Alicity, which was founded technically by its co-founder Mr YUN MA. Thus, pleas don't criticize us. Our market in North America is huge and we have a great potential to develop with Rob. So don't look down upon us. Thank you so much.

I am a fan of .TOP, which is why we are doing a featured Promo. Your .TOP management team is aggressive, similar to .XYZ, and .BEST which is why I think .TOP can succeed, particularly as more Chinese speculators embrace .TOP as an extension. Your China home base could be an advantage in this regard. That is why I highlighted .VIP as case study. However, to be very clear, we at Epik are 1000% behind the efforts of .TOP. and are encouraging domain speculators and bulk buyers to take a look. I have been unable to get the list of available dropped .top names from Estibot but will share it as soon as I get it!

 

[mani0307]

The official $0.99 phase of our insane .CO promo just ended.

I hope everyone did great. We continue to see some amazing GA finds across many niches and also see daily inbound .CO offers so clearly this worked.

For the next 5 days, the listed price is $1.99. For anyone with bulk lists of 500+, we can batch process them for $0.99 or provide a rebate for NamePros members.

Mean if i buy 500 or more than price will be $0.99 for .co?

 

[Rob Monster]

Mean if i buy 500 or more than price will be $0.99 for .co?

There seems to be considerable interest from folks for bulk ordering at $0.99.

To keep the administration easy for everyone, we are going to have a "Happy Hour" for $0.99 .CO from 4-5 pm PT, i.e. starting in exactly 2.5 hours from now.

 

[Rob Monster]

.CO Happy Hour -- One hour of $0.99 .CO domains starting in 9 minutes. Good luck to all.

 

[loredan]

Did the server crashed or some idiot uploaded a 5 million names list on bulk search?

It takes more than 3 minutes to show if a name is available or not

 

[Rob Monster]

Did the server crashed or some idiot uploaded a 5 million names list on bulk search?

It takes more than 3 minutes to show if a name is available or not

Sorry about that -- seems like the requests to Neustar's EPP was excessive. We'll extend the happy hour until 6 pm PT, i.e. another 1.5 hours.

The system is giving priority to create commands -- Neustar only allows us a finite amount of EPP requests per second unfortunately.

For the folks who are trying to submit 10,000 domains at a time to check availability, perhaps do that elsewhere. Thanks.

 

[masonzhang]

That's a good news for us and I am looking forward to it.

 

[howudoin8]

.CO Happy Hour -- One hour of $0.99 .CO domains starting in 9 minutes. Good luck to all.

Is the Happy Hour a 1 time Thing or Everyday at same Time For rest of July?

 

[Rob Monster]

Is the Happy Hour a 1 time Thing or Everyday at same Time For rest of July?

How about a daily domainer happy hour from 4-6 pm PT? We can do this through Tuesday, July 23. It is for GA .CO domains.

 

[Jonathan Beadle]

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How about a daily domainer happy hour from 4-6 pm PT? We can do this through Tuesday, July 23. It is for GA .CO domains.

Im Sure Thats 2AM Here In The UK. Definitely Be Asleep. Shame.

 

[Rob Monster]

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Im Sure Thats 2AM Here In The UK. Definitely Be Asleep. Shame.

I thought you Brits just get back from the pub at that hour.

In all seriousness, just prepare the list and hit the submit button. Alternatively, if you are buying in bulk but need your beauty sleep, we can buy them for you. Just send your list and we'll submit them.

 

[Jonathan Beadle]

DWI (domaining while intoxicated) Is Not The Best Idea

Yep, I Do Need My Beauty Sleep

Thanks @Rob Monster Will Let You Know If I Need A Bulk Buy.

 

[wizard]

I thought you Brits just get back from the pub at that hour.

In all seriousness, just prepare the list and hit the submit button. Alternatively, if you are buying in bulk but need your beauty sleep, we can buy them for you. Just send your list and we'll submit them.

We don't have time for the pub to busy scanning domain lists if you can start it earlier it will help

 

[Rob Monster]

We don't have time for the pub to busy scanning domain lists if you can start it earlier it will help

How about if happy hour starts 2 hours earlier: 2-4 pm PT?