.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.

 

[the_poet]

".CO Is Making A Name For Startups All Over The World"

 

[NLP]

Anyone else notice Oranges.co in Sedo's top domain listings? Anyone else find this rather odd? I personally don't see oranges.co a premium .co although it is very good.. mind you maybe thats just me..

You can pay for "featured" listings on Sedo. Most likely, it wasn't chosen as a premium name by Sedo, but by the seller, who paid for increased exposure for the name.

 

[Dave]

You can pay for "featured" listings on Sedo. Most likely, it wasn't chosen as a premium name by Sedo, but by the seller, who paid for increased exposure for the name.

I know that but this isn't the case. It's in Top Domains listing not featured. It's alongside the likes of laptop.co.uk, free.co.uk, bulletin.com etc.

 

[rusty1000]

".CO Is Making A Name For Startups All Over The World"

Nice ad. Hmm, from a blog that gets paid by the .co registry.

Let's see, who's heard of any of these big .co startups? Show of hands.

 

[Mize]

I receive inquires from startups (or what appear to be startups) often.
The down side is most don't have a lot of capital to spend on a name.

 

[Dave]

Any of you .co lovers think Cherry.co is nice? I backordered it along with 5 other bidders so I now have a chance to bid in the auction. How much do any of you think its worth? Is it worth me bidding? Does anyone want me to bid on their behalf?

 

[the_poet]

@Dave

It's Shane Cultra's domain, a nice one.

 

[Keith]

Any of you .co lovers think Cherry.co is nice? I backordered it along with 5 other bidders so I now have a chance to bid in the auction. How much do any of you think its worth? Is it worth me bidding? Does anyone want me to bid on their behalf?

I don't understand what you're saying? You and 5 others backordered the domain when it's not expired???

 

[Dave]

I don't understand what you're saying? You and 5 others backordered the domain when it's not expired???

My apologies I didn't mean backorder at all.

I meant it's in Private Auction at Namejet right now with 1 day 20 hours left. The reserve has already been met at a pretty low price surprisingly.. Every chance I could win this with only 5 other bidders if I do bid..

I do have several backorders on my mind at the moment perhaps that's why I said backorder. Again apologies.. :P

 

[Keith]

My apologies I didn't mean backorder at all.

I meant it's in Private Auction at Namejet right now with 1 day 20 hours left. The reserve has already been met at a pretty low price surprisingly.. Every chance I could win this with only 5 other bidders if I do bid..

I do have several backorders on my mind at the moment perhaps that's why I said backorder. Again apologies.. :P

No biggie

What was the reserve? Seems like it should sell between $750 and $1500 IMO.

 

[Dave]

No biggie

What was the reserve? Seems like it should sell between $750 and $1500 IMO.

$190 was the reserve and $200 is the current highest bid.

 

[courlsale]

Posted related question in appraisals earlier and have received some good feedback/insights from that (see synopsis after the list of names). Would appreciate any thoughts on potential end-users other than the obvious (i.e., regional tourism bodies, etc.) for the following group of .COs. Other insights also welcome:

~120 NZ GEO .COs including these large cities and regions (covering approx. 90%-95% of NZ pop.).

AUCKLAND.CO
WELLINGTON.CO
CHRISTCHURCH.CO
DUNEDIN.CO
HASTINGS.CO
INVERCARGILL.CO
NAPIER.CO
NELSON.CO
QUEENSTOWN.CO
BAYOFPLENTY.CO
CANTERBURY.CO
EASTCOAST.CO
FIORDLAND.CO
GISBORNE.CO
MANAWATU.CO
MARLBOROUGH.CO
NEWPLYMOUTH.CO
NORTHLAND.CO
OTAGO.CO
SOUTHLAND.CO
TARANAKI.CO
TASMAN.CO
WAIKATO.CO
WAIRARAPA.CO
WANGANUI.CO
WESTCOAST.CO

General consensus on appraisals forum is to keep the best (core, i.e., above) and sell the rest before renewal - theory is value prop as a huge group will be hard to sell (may not even exist). Feel free to check out appraisals post.

Appreciate the feedback.

 

[freedom30]

Any of you .co lovers think Cherry.co is nice? I backordered it along with 5 other bidders so I now have a chance to bid in the auction. How much do any of you think its worth? Is it worth me bidding? Does anyone want me to bid on their behalf?

...cherry is nice...yeah.

Depends on usage. I would think a site for retro cars and car parts but that's just me...

 

[DU]

No biggie

What was the reserve? Seems like it should sell between $750 and $1500 IMO.

Why? It sold at Sedo 5 months ago for $160 and it's just *another* domainer auction.

 

[trelgor]

Nice ad. Hmm, from a blog that gets paid by the .co registry.

Let's see, who's heard of any of these big .co startups? Show of hands.

Let's see if anyone has heard of a "big startup". At that point, they aren't. That's why they are "startups".

 

[Keith]

Why? It sold at Sedo 5 months ago for $160 and it's just *another* domainer auction.

Exactly...a "domainer" auction. Namejet and godaddy auctions have a funny way of ending on the high side. I don't really believe it's worth what I quoted

 

[the_poet]

Interesting results for .CO on Alexa

 

[bmugford]

Interesting results for .CO on Alexa

The numbers across the board are not very impressive.

Another way to look at this -

1362 of Top 1M Alexa sites use .CO, or 1 in 734.

All the extensions, outside .INFO, only add up to about 10K total, or 1 in 100 Alexa sites.

Brad

 

[the_poet]

@Brad

Yes, of course they're nothing amazing from an absolute point of view, but for a new TLD (it's the youngest), they look promising IMO. In order to include TLD's age, it's more interesting to look at the table sorting it by Domains/Months.

 

[emjohn]

"Impressive" is a relative term. Not impressive compared to what? .com? This is a comparison chart for newer TLDs.

The numbers across the board are not very impressive.

Another way to look at this -

1362 of Top 1M Alexa sites use .CO, or 1 in 734.

All the extensions, outside .INFO, only add up to about 10K total, or 1 in 100 Alexa sites.

Brad