.co .CO - The Discussion, Showcase and Sales Report Thread

[TOXX]

Well, it seems like Colombia will be releasing .CO to the internet market:
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http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co...ge=./mods/contenido/noticia_user_view&id=1043
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This could truly be a big competitor to .COM (especially being a "typo").
I would say with proper guidance .CO could REALLY have a bright future!
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Let me know your thoughts please.

 

[nparab]

Ok. But I didn't buy it just because of the owner of the .com is a big company. That was just for reference, and maybe a potential buyer. Like I said that the name suits the .co extension too.

Also, there are 80K+ "exact" global searches for "supply chain". Plus there are 4 million results on Google for "supply chain company".

So I thought it might be worth keeping. All other extensions are taken, even with the hyphen. My only problem is with a hyphen .co. Without the hyphen I would have no problem keeping it.

Grace delete.

I would never register a domain based on the thought that the owner of another extention might buy it.

 

[Edward Smeu]

@Keith

You should always search for potential buyers before acquiring a name. It;s not mandatory but it helps a lot to do research.

@Nparab

You didn't do anything that stupid, stupid would have been to register dfgdfgdf.co just because dfgdfgdf.comis registered(no kidding, it really is ). You have plenty of end-users for this and the potential ratio that you might benefit is pretty nice to me( you can lose 10-20$ reg fee but you can win easily a few hundred dollars if you hit the right end-user, its not easy).

 

[Jack.]

Has anyone else noticed an upsurge in inquiries?

I went sometimes a month or two with no bites then in the last 3 days I get 4 inquiries for different .co domains. 2 of them for lll.co and the other 2 for single word brandable....all from end users...well one I'm not sure of.

Where are you getting this exposure from? I have had a few of my names up on SEDO and no bites. Single word LLL.co names with make an offer/low price (at least in my opinion) and still no bites.
I am just wondering if I am doing something wrong.

Cheers

 

[the_poet]

Where are you getting this exposure from? I have had a few of my names up on SEDO and no bites. Single word LLL.co names with make an offer/low price (at least in my opinion) and still no bites.
I am just wondering if I am doing something wrong.

Cheers

Are you sure your names are high quality?

 

[nparab]

Ok Thanks.

@Keith

You should always search for potential buyers before acquiring a name. It;s not mandatory but it helps a lot to do research.

@Nparab

You didn't do anything that stupid, stupid would have been to register dfgdfgdf.co just because dfgdfgdf.comis registered(no kidding, it really is ). You have plenty of end-users for this and the potential ratio that you might benefit is pretty nice to me( you can lose 10-20$ reg fee but you can win easily a few hundred dollars if you hit the right end-user, its not easy).

 

[MeanMrMustard]

Where are you getting this exposure from? I have had a few of my names up on SEDO and no bites. Single word LLL.co names with make an offer/low price (at least in my opinion) and still no bites.
I am just wondering if I am doing something wrong.

Cheers

All of my pages are very simple with just the domain name and an email link for direct contact.

I think maybe parking pages put people off and ad revenue is so negligible that it doesn't even count. I made less than $10 in parking revenue last year for my .co domains so I would rather have an end user contact me directly and know who I am dealing with and pay less in bull$hit fees when I make a sale.

The downside to this is you may get more inquiries but they are not all serious because it's so easy to contact you.

 

[Keith]

@Keith

You should always search for potential buyers before acquiring a name.

I've never done that before a purchase. I buy domains based on many things but one of them is not because google shows me a few "potential" endusers.

Nowadays I buy quality on the aftermarket with a few new regs sprinkled in here and there (.com of course).

As for supply-chain.co...it would be questionable without the hyphen. Add that and you should be running to grace delete IMO.

 

[MeanMrMustard]

Are you sure your names are high quality?

I would think most single word lll.co are of a decent quality.

In fact, PM me what you've got, Jack, if you are looking to get rid of them at reseller prices.

 

[dragtastic]

Has anyone else noticed an upsurge in inquiries?

I went sometimes a month or two with no bites then in the last 3 days I get 4 inquiries for different .co domains. 2 of them for lll.co and the other 2 for single word brandable....all from end users...well one I'm not sure of.

I've had a couple lowball offers on a LLL.CO but when I countered (with a low $xxx price) it was immediately denied! haha

 

[Edward Smeu]

I've never done that before a purchase. I buy domains based on many things but one of them is not because google shows me a few "potential" endusers.

Nowadays I buy quality on the aftermarket with a few new regs sprinkled in here and there (.com of course).

As for supply-chain.co...it would be questionable without the hyphen. Add that and you should be running to grace delete IMO.

I didn't say buy only because you find end-users, you can find end-users for almost everything, but it's nice to know the market before you buy a name(similar sites, developed sites on niche, companies etc) and you know that.

The value is in aftermarket ofc but plenty of decent hand reg names( not only .com), this is against an issue between geo clients, americans tend to be very worried about almost anything that isn't .com while europeans and asians are open minded and educated regarding cctld and weaker gtlds than dawt com which makes them a great market. of course, that is just my view.

Regarding the hyphen in the name, it is obviously worse than without hyphen but that doesn;t mean it's worthless, just worth a lot lower. Plenty of hyphenated names sold.

Cheers and GL.:imho:

 

[the_poet]

BTW yes, I received several $xx offers on some great July 20 acquisitions (of course all denied).

 

[Keith]

Plenty of hyphenated names sold.

Can you share the list of hyphenated .co that have sold? Thanks in advance!

 

[Jack.]

Are you sure your names are high quality?

That is a good question. I thought they where but I could very well be mistaken.

Peg
Ork
Egyptian
Clam
USBDrive
MP3Converter
NorthAfrica

And then some specialist names that are difficult to spell correctly.
Ophthalmologist
Anesthesiologist

I started pulling them off of SEDO this last week because of lack of interest and now I am searching for a place that will get them some exposure but then again, my names could be just crap and I don't even realize it.
I am open for suggestions.

Cheers

 

[the_poet]

That is a good question. I thought they where but I could very well be mistaken.

Peg
Ork
Egyptian
Clam
USBDrive
MP3Converter
NorthAfrica

And then some specialist names that are difficult to spell correctly.
Ophthalmologist
Anesthesiologist

I started pulling them off of SEDO this last week because of lack of interest and now I am searching for a place that will get them some exposure but then again, my names could be just crap and I don't even realize it.
I am open for suggestions.

Cheers

Peg is a really nice LLL.CO. I like Ork as well. The problem with your names is they aren't very liquid ones. Liquidity is a key factor in a domain name. You should focus on high quality product domains.

 

[Edward Smeu]

Can you share the list of hyphenated .co that have sold? Thanks in advance!

Sorry, I do not have a list, I looked on namebio and dnsaleprice and didn't find any .co hyphenated registered sale.

I didn't say plenty of .co hyphens sold i said plenty of hyphenated domains sold. It's true that only .co counts in this case but I am sure we will see a hyphenated .co sale very soon.

If someone paid 200k on Hotel-Reservation.com IMO there is a chance someone will pay MORE than regfee for his name.

Anyway, case closed, useless anyway

 

[Jack.]

I think maybe parking pages put people off and ad revenue is so negligible that it doesn't even count. I made less than $10 in parking revenue last year for my .co domains so I would rather have an end user contact me directly and know who I am dealing with and pay less in bull$hit fees when I make a sale.

I have had my names up on SEDO for about a year now. I have made less then 50 cents, so I have started taking them off this week to find a place better. I have made some sites and I am now even using a name as a default calendar page for the University I work for. This is where I have gotten to with these names.

I would have thought that some of the names had some value but never a bite.

Cheers

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Peg is a really nice LLL.CO. I like Ork as well. The problem with your names is they aren't very liquid ones. Liquidity is a key factor in a domain name. You should focus on high quality product domains.

What do you mean "liquidity". I understand that in the investment sense but I have no idea what you mean in the domain sense.

Cheers

 

[the_poet]

Generally speaking, it's a good strategy to avoid hyphenated .COs, unless you have really great keywords like Real-Estate and Las-Vegas (on a sidenote, Las-Vegas.CO was sold for $1K by a fellow member last year).

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What do you mean "liquidity". I understand that in the investment sense but I have no idea what you mean in the domain sense.

Cheers

I mean keywords that can be sold more easily than others.

 

[Jack.]

I figured if ron (dot) CO sold for $5,210 (recently) then I would not be out of my realm to offer Peg for xxx to low x,xxx.

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I mean keywords that can be sold more easily than others.

How do you determine those names?

 

[the_poet]

How do you determine those names?

For example triple premium LLLs are generally liquid names in valuable TLDs. Also, keywords related to currently hot topics among the general public. Of course the domains have to make sense and have search volume (as per the Adwords Keyword Tool), you can't just pick a hot keyword and attach random words to it. Anyway it's safe to say that, at this point, very good .COs can only be acquired in the aftermarket, not handregistered.

 

[Blitz]

I figured if ron (dot) CO sold for $5,210 (recently) then I would not be out of my realm to offer Peg for xxx to low x,xxx.

I think you are right on the money :tu: