.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.

 

[Kate]

Well it depends on whom you ask.
First of all, 81% of the domains sold. That is good.
But many domains sold for modest amounts, leaving the owners with pocket change (after acquisition costs and Sedo commission).
The truth is, many domains were weak or average. Without the exposure from the auction they could have remained unsold.
I think it further demonstrates that when dealing with alt TLDs it is very hard to make a substantial profit. The domains sold for what they were deemed to be worth. They have low liquidity.

Of course there are exceptions but when you have to rely more on luck than the quality of domains it's no longer investing - it's gambling.

I bet that the first Sedo .xxx auction will look the same: money will be made and lost but nothing ground-breaking.

 

[NovyTimm]

Haters hated more, lovers made excuses. Maybe some undecideds got swayed.

I think there's a Paul Simon song in there somewhere. :hehe:

 

[emjohn]

Statistics are always lies. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

Please don't try to tell the truth. That's a real burden you put on your shoulders.

Well it depends on whom you ask.
First of all, 81% of the domains sold. That is good.
But many domains sold for modest amounts, leaving the owners with pocket change (after acquisition costs and Sedo commission).
The truth is, many domains were weak or average. Without the exposure from the auction they could have remained unsold.
I think it further demonstrates that when dealing with alt TLDs it is very hard to make a substantial profit. The domains sold for what they were deemed to be worth. They have low liquidity.

Of course there are exceptions but when you have to rely more on luck than the quality of domains it's no longer investing - it's gambling.

I bet that the first Sedo .xxx auction will look the same: money will be made and lost but nothing ground-breaking.

 

[DU]

Statistics are always lies. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

Please don't try to tell the truth. That's a real burden you put on your shoulders.

I'll bear this opinion in mind next time I come across one of your posts then ... :great:

 

[Kate]

Statistics are always lies. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

Please don't try to tell the truth. That's a real burden you put on your shoulders.

The figures don't lie.
Feel free to make up and share your own statistics based on these sales. Does it matter if the glass is half empty or half full.

Maybe you are disappointed with the sales but it's better than no sales at all.

 

[emjohn]

Some one in an earlier post took a quotation out of context. In the "celebrity" publicity game, all publicity is good for the pocket book. When you are selling a good or service, not so. The reason is that a good or service has the potential to do harm to someone and everyone knows that. Tabloid stuff does not. I's just tripe for bored people...

It's the attention that counts with celebrities and every time you take to Twitter to talk about a celebrity, for good or bad, you are helping line their pockets.

Great point, so let's bring this back to .CO. Overstock.com bungles its rebranding effort with O.co. The resultant bad publicity from this one instance is enough for many people to overreact and condemn the entire .CO domain as a failure. Simply put, bad-publicity is bad, good-publicity is good, and no-publicity is a quaint notion in this age of Google.

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Exactly. This is the nature of auctions...

It's neither a failure or a success. It simply is what it is for an alternative extention.

Personally I was happy with a few sales and highly dissappointed with a few others. I won't complain and I also won't submit my domains to a no reserve auction again :bah:

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Holy history, Batman! Where did you come up with that post?

When a person takes posts out of context, it does nothing for credibility...

The figures don't lie.
Feel free to make up and share your own statistics based on these sales. Does it matter if the glass is half empty or half full.

Maybe you are disappointed with the sales but it's better than no sales at all.

 

[MicroGuy]

Statistics are always lies. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

Please don't try to tell the truth. That's a real burden you put on your shoulders.

You either work for the .CO registry or you are completely insane. Lol. I'm not saying that's a bad thing.

Just my own personal observation. :kickass:

 

[emjohn]

Taken out of context. You seem to be the guru of taking things out of context. I believe that was more of a discussion about life in general and a quotation from Mark Twain. Statistically they say there is a 99% chance of me dying if I leave my home today. That's why I haven't left it in 5 years...:blink: I am bigger on Math then I am stats.

BTW...funk-man, I AM absolutely insane. So insane that it's probably best not to read any of my posts, although I will keep generating them.:P

You can just install an automatic button to pre-dislike all my posts...

You either work for the .CO registry are you are completely insane. Lol. I'm not saying that's a bad thing.

Just my own personal observation. :kickass:

 

[Keith]

I see tons of talking but has anyone here actually sold .co for profit?

Textbooks.co, stereo.co, 666.co...we're here I guess. Where are the reported sales from the others who constantly post here? As the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words :bingo:

 

[NovyTimm]

I see tons of talking but has anyone here actually sold .co for profit?

Textbooks.co, stereo.co, 666.co...we're here I guess. Where are the reported sales from the others who constantly post here? As the old saying goes, actions speak louder than words :bingo:

We sold numerous .CO domains in December for well over 10x average net profit. We have 2 more good sales currently pending.

So far we are seeing the best profit when end-user companies seek us out, much less when we call on them. I suspect that's true with any TLD, but of course .CO also requires more user education than .COM.

 

[emjohn]

My ROI with .co has been 10x to 100X.

We sold numerous .CO domains in December for well over 10x average net profit. We have 2 more good sales currently pending.

So far we are seeing the best profit when end-user companies seek us out, much less when we call on them. I suspect that's true with any TLD, but of course .CO also requires more user education than .COM.

 

[Keith]

My ROI with .co has been 10x to 100X.

So take reg fee between $20-$30 and multiply by 100. Please share your $2k-$3k sale with us. Every public sale boosts confidence

 

[the_poet]

Let's open this can of worms...

Sedo's Premium .CO Auction: Success or FAIL?

What's your verdict?

Great for buyers but not for sellers (except a few cases).

PS: Noticed the thread is just 2 posts away from 300 pages. Amazing :bah:

 

[DU]

So take reg fee between $20-$30 and multiply by 100. Please share your $2k-$3k sale with us. Every public sale boosts confidence

Yes. Daily sales are what matter.

Please don't try to tell the truth. That's a real burden you put on your shoulders.

Make it $5K if you want. Wouldn't want to hold you to the truth and some confidences want boosting a lot.

I've made one .co sale and I made about 1.5%

 

[Kate]

Keith, I doubt that those who are losing money are going to boast about it. In particular those who have been pumping the TLD and have heavy stakes. They are waiting for that big sale to save face

Personally I have registered 4 LLL.co, renewed and unsold to this day. One gets some traffic from Colombia. The rest: more or less a flat curve.
Note that I am not even claiming they have value, or will sell one day.
Nor am I claiming that I made a good choice of domains, or that I am representative in any way.
I'm testing the waters, but not expecting anything in particular.
Just to say that I personally haven't made one cent on .co. You could say I am one of the .co losers :bingo:

 

[Keith]

Keith, I doubt that those who are losing money are going to boast about it.

Personally I have registered 4 LLL.co, I'm testing the waters, but not expecting anything in particular.

I just figured it would be nice to hear of another $xxxx sale

Testing the waters with a minimal investment is the proper way to go about these types. If it works out then great! If you take a loss at least it's very little and no harm done

 

[Ms Domainer]

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I'm with sdsinc.

MOST of my .co have been defensive with the exception of my 3-character hyphenated one (already mentioned in this thread, so won't spam this post).

I suppose if you own super keywords you will make loads of money, but I don't have any of those.



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[emjohn]

I have made a whole heck of a lot more money in the .co extension than I have spent in registrations. It DOES have to do with excellent keywords and not being greedy. It's about understanding what the market is at.

BTW, if I was losing money terribly, I would leave it all. But as you can see, I see enough progress in my own endeavours to write some posts. Trust me, if I was making nothing and didn't see a future, I would leave it right away.

Keith, I doubt that those who are losing money are going to boast about it. In particular those who have been pumping the TLD and have heavy stakes. They are waiting for that big sale to save face

Personally I have registered 4 LLL.co, renewed and unsold to this day. One gets some traffic from Colombia. The rest: more or less a flat curve.
Note that I am not even claiming they have value, or will sell one day.
Nor am I claiming that I made a good choice of domains, or that I am representative in any way.
I'm testing the waters, but not expecting anything in particular.
Just to say that I personally haven't made one cent on .co. You could say I am one of the .co losers :bingo:

 

[MicroGuy]

I have made a whole heck of a lot more money in the .co extension

And who said blatant endless pumping didn't work? lol :bingo:

 

[JB Lions]

I have made a whole heck of a lot more money in the .co extension than I have spent in registrations. It DOES have to do with excellent keywords and not being greedy. It's about understanding what the market is at.

BTW, if I was losing money terribly, I would leave it all. But as you can see, I see enough progress in my own endeavours to write some posts. Trust me, if I was making nothing and didn't see a future, I would leave it right away.

Keith asked a question earlier, you skipped over:

So take reg fee between $20-$30 and multiply by 100. Please share your $2k-$3k sale with us. Every public sale boosts confidence

I think there was another question I asked before, don't remember if you answered it or not, but how many .co's have you bought at any of the premium auctions that you can share?