discuss .Co registry RESERVING pending delete domain names for themselves?

[Crysis]

For the past few days, I have been observing that .Co registry has been reserving many of the pending delete domain names for themselves.

For ex: The domain names listed below were supposed to drop yesterday and become available for hand registration. Now, if you check the whois, it's showing as RESERVED.

Some Examples

• HaveFun.co
• SpaceLabs.co
• Eits.co
• Wast.co
• Adrienne.co

I can understand if premium .co domain names like Idea.co, Talent.co are getting reserved by the registry. However, in these cases, even mediocre domain names are getting reserved for the past few days.

Some Examples (These are just a few examples. There are many more domain names which are getting reserved)

• Locatelli.co
• SoulFire.co
• Bergamo.co
• Wova.co
• Wiku.co
• Furmanite.co
• Nxstage.co
• OnlineIncome.co
• PureBliss.co
  
• TraderOnline.co

Have any of you observed the same thing?
Is this ethical?

 

[Natto]

my 4L.co watch list also gone "reserved"

 

[Haroon Basha]

It is as if when a company become richer, its assets value increased tremendously, then the company will try to Buy Back its own shares from the general public holdings. Is it any indication that dot CO is becoming popular nowadays or expected to become popular in near future? Or is the dot CO registry creating an artificial demands for its names by holding most of the popular expired names?

 

[Furquan]

As per the namebio 4l.co sale report. There were 314 llll.co got sold with total value of $1.3 million.

https://namebio.com/?s==QjN4QjNwgTM

Now, if I am going to compere this with .io here is .io 4l reported sales from Namebio.

418 Total LLLL.io sales, total value of this sales is only $684.5k

https://namebio.com/?s==kDNwUjNwgTM

Over all I can see an pronounceable or cvcv or cvvc .co are performing better then .io, .in etc.

LLLL.co slightly behind to .co.uk which has total value of reported LLLL.co.uk is $1.6m

https://namebio.com/?s==IjN5QjNwgTM

 

[Premiums]

send me please .co reserved names i will post it on Platinums.co

 

[codoamins]

Let the registry play alone.

 

[John Napoletano]

I was told by "The .Co Team" by email that on September 1, 2018 there was going to be a tier pricing update. That is why they are reserving domain names as they drop, for example. No change in pricing for current customers.

Please move this discussion to the .co official thread here
https://www.namepros.com/threads/co...es-report-thread.573976/page-492#post-6822221

 

[slader23]

Tier pricing for a cctld? Good luck.

 

[Keith]

I was told by "The .Co Team" by email that on September 1, 2018 there was going to be a tier pricing update. That is why they are reserving domain names as they drop, for example. No change in pricing for current customers.

Please move this discussion to the .co official thread here
https://www.namepros.com/threads/co...es-report-thread.573976/page-492#post-6822221

That’s a ridiculous excuse to warehouse domains for max profit. Is @Lori Anne still with .co?

 

[equity78]

That’s a ridiculous excuse to warehouse domains for max profit. Is @Lori Anne still with .co?

She is at Neustar, who acquired them. Not sure if that's her day to day. She is VP of Registry Solutions.

 

[John Napoletano]

If anyone has contacts with tld VPs please explain to them that this industry needs transparent pricing and policies in print on each tld website. XYZ for example has a pricing page though it still leaves questions. Hiding this info is not a good idea.

Off the top of my head a MSRP should be clearly identified for each tier. Also the top Q&A scenarios must be layed out:

• If i sell/transfer the domain to a new owner does the pricing reset?
• If I drop the domain does the pricing reset?
• Can I continue to renew the domain name for 100 years at the current price?
• Is there a set limit for annual price increases, 4%, 10%, etc?
• Is there an appeals process for rent increases?

Website operators need to know what their rent is going to be long term. And we need to be able to shop around. Imagine you built a site for 10 years then your rent goes up 200% with no appeals process in place. Am I the only one thinking this?

Here is the xyz pricing as it is today:
https://gen.xyz/pricing

 

[Nikul Sanghvi]

Thanks for the update @John Napoletano - completely agree, the lack of transparency is shameful. All of the questions you raise are valid.

I've had around 50 different back orders fail over the last month due to the domain being reserved by the registry. The most recent being Etna.co on 24/07/18. Feels like the registry have the exact same strategy as many of us for picking investment-grade domains.

 

[John Napoletano]

I wouldn't mind paying a one time up front fee say after a domain drops. That's what domainers do now. But paying a large annual fee scares the heck out of me. In the case of .Inc they are asking you to pay $20,000 over ten years at today's price tier. Put $100,000 of labor and marketing into it each year. You can't move! Google doesn't move your links and brand equity for you. If you move it's back to zero and someone else gets your link equity.

I hope they reconsider. It might be the end of .co as the .com killer branding. If they had just waited five more years. Any way to ask them to reconsider?

 

[MarkedOne]

I haven't got a domain that I won in GoDaddy auction. The auction ended on 15-7-2018 and the waiting period ended on 25-7-2018. The domain whois shows it's in the transfer period.

 

[alcy]

i think this whole thread could have had something to do with the approaching .co promo flow.. and celeberation.. which stil goes on in some registrars.. so let's hope its all more back to normal like before after.. which I guess will be beginning of august.

 

[Armageddon]

For the past few days, I have been observing that .Co registry has been reserving many of the pending delete domain names for themselves.

For ex: The domain names listed below were supposed to drop yesterday and become available for hand registration. Now, if you check the whois, it's showing as RESERVED.

Some Examples

• HaveFun.co
• SpaceLabs.co
• Eits.co
• Wast.co
• Adrienne.co

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I can understand if premium .co domain names like Idea.co, Talent.co are getting reserved by the registry. However, in these cases, even mediocre domain names are getting reserved for the past few days.

Some Examples (These are just a few examples. There are many more domain names which are getting reserved)

• Locatelli.co
• SoulFire.co
• Bergamo.co
• Wova.co
• Wiku.co
• Furmanite.co
• Nxstage.co
• OnlineIncome.co
• PureBliss.co
  
• TraderOnline.co

Have any of you observed the same thing?
Is this ethical?

Logic . Is not something new also .xyz or .club or .tv or many other do the same

 

[John Napoletano]

Update by me on the .CO showcase thread...long one...
https://www.namepros.com/threads/co...wcase-and-sales-report-thread.573976/page-492

 

[creataweb]

Just for fun I scanned about 12,000+ names in .co for availability. Around 11,000 were taken. Of the one worders and 4L / 3L with any value that were not owned already were dropped then reserved by the registry indeed.

 

[MarkedOne]

Well, I received my .co domain today.

 

[alcy]

maybe they do this so people renew more names at their 20-30$ fee.. instead of most people droping .co now and then waiting to rereg for under $10.

I mean this news so far probably already will cause many people to renew their .co.. instead of dropping them and risking registry picking them up.

 

[creataweb]

maybe they do this so people renew more names at their 20-30$ fee.. instead of most people droping .co now and then waiting to rereg for under $10.

Doubt it based on the other thread discussion.

Just scanned 800 random 4Ls and only about 4 were available. Nothing good either.