.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]

Are all the big drops happening in the next few days or something? Going thru the tool I used today, and it's flooded with .co domains.

The valuable keywords will be re-registered, only the worthless or low-value ones won't be (which I find very reasonable).

 

[jmcc]

The valuable keywords will be re-registered, only the worthless or low-value ones won't be (which I find very reasonable).

The valuable keywords were largely scooped up before ordinary domainers ever had a chance to register them. These are the big ticket sales that are trumpeted as great successes by fanboys and the broker sites in order to lure in more gullible domainers. The reality is that over the next few months (and the next two years) a lot of keyword type domains (that would have been valuable in .com or even .net) will drop and never be renewed.

Regards...jmcc

 

[the_poet]

The valuable keywords were largely scooped up before ordinary domainers ever had a chance to register them.

Those are superpremium keywords, not simply "valuable" ones. A lot of valuable keywords were registered on July 20th and during August-November 2010 (when landrush auctions completed). This is the kind of .COs that have been selling in the 3-4 figures for the last 2 years and that represent the vast majority. If you can distinguish between valuable and garbage keywords, you can still make some money with .CO.

 

[jmcc]

Those are superpremium keywords, not simply "valuable" ones. A lot of valuable keywords were registered on July 20th and during August-November 2010 (when landrush auctions completed).

I don't consider the "landrush auctions" to be part of the Landrush. COinternet has tried to merge the Sunrise Phase with the Landrush phase in an attempt to exclude the geunine Landrush phase (they've called it the GA or General Availability). This makes the renewal percentages appear better as Sunrise/Brand Protection registrations always have high renewal rates.

This is the kind of .COs that have been selling in the 3-4 figures for the last 2 years

And the genuine Landrush domains, how have they done?

and that represent the vast majority. If you can distinguish between valuable and garbage keywords, you can still make some money with .CO.

From what I can see, most domainers have used the "the .com is valuable so the .co must be valuable too" approach. These are the kind of domains that tend to drop quickly in the second Landrush Anniversary and I've seen a few of them already.

Regards...jmcc

 

[the_poet]

From what I can see, most domainers have used the "the .com is valuable so the .co must be valuable too" approach.

Agreed. And those who have made their purchases following that rule, have got or will get burned.

 

[bmugford]

The valuable keywords will be re-registered, only the worthless or low-value ones won't be (which I find very reasonable).

The problem with this logic is there are about 1.3M .CO registrations with hardly any development. That means the vast majority are for investment or defensive registrations.

And there are not that many investment quality keywords.

99% of the best all went long before open registration, or landrush, almost 40K of them. Those are the top quality terms - Loans, Fitness, Solar, etc. The vast majority of the 1.3M regs are closer to garbage than top keywords.

There are also a large amount of defensive registrations due to the closeness to .COM. Many of those are dropping as well because .CO provides virtually none of the typo traffic people had expected.

Brad

 

[-EM-]

I've seen lots of LLL.co are dropping at Godaddy auction and many of them have a bid.

 

[kotan]

"Urban Times Moves To UT.co On September 19th" via TheDomains

http://www.thedomains.com/2012/08/22/urbantimes-moves-to-ut-co-on-september-19th/

 

[TheWatcher]

This is great for .co extension.

I'm lucky to registered breed.co and breeder.co to replace my online store wagzone.com. Yes, wagzone.com is now redirecting to breeder.co as main website.

Cheers.

 

[NLP]

There are also a large amount of defensive registrations due to the closeness to .COM. Many of those are dropping as well because .CO provides virtually none of the typo traffic people had expected.

Brad

I agree with you on the defensive registrations, but of people registered for hopes of typo traffic, they registered for the wrong reason, and don't get it. I realize everyone has a different strategy, but that seems pretty shortsighted.

 

[jmcc]

I agree with you on the defensive registrations, but of people registered for hopes of typo traffic, they registered for the wrong reason, and don't get it. I realize everyone has a different strategy, but that seems pretty shortsighted.

Perhaps the best strategy with .co domains at the moment (apart from the obvious) is development. There's not going to be much competition from other .co domains and if the .com is parked, then it is an easy win.

I'm looking at a large (>170K) list of .co drops at the moment and it is like a flashback to 2002.

Regards...jmcc

 

[NLP]

Perhaps the best strategy with .co domains at the moment (apart from the obvious) is development. There's not going to be much competition from other .co domains and if the .com is parked, then it is an easy win.

Regards...jmcc

I agree with this. This is closer to my thinking. I've talked to a few old school domainers who bought a handful of .CO domains for typo traffic, and my first thought was, "nope..."

 

[equity78]

The only way the typo traffic model works is if its a high traffic .com doing 1million plus uniques a month, but those are all tm domains.

Deveoping a .co where you know who owns the parked .com is at least a way to get some return on investment. Seeing a name parked at Internet Traffic owned by a registrant that owns 10,000 domains with 0 developed is good.

 

[MicroGuy]

Perhaps the best strategy with .co domains at the moment (apart from the obvious) is development.

I think the best strategy is wholesale avoidance. IMHO

 

[littlenamebigsale]

help!guys ,how is the market price about 3 digits .co domains,like 005.co or 457.co?? i need your advice.thks

 

[NLP]

I figured people could use a coupon code in case you have names to pay for at GoDaddy this week. This took 22% off my order of $44: gdx624k

Edit: Works on auctions, too. That's why I posted it here.

 

[DU]

Anyone participating in the massive amounts of .co action at Godaddy?

Some decent names there.

 

[NLP]

Anyone participating in the massive amounts of .co action at Godaddy?

Some decent names there.

One of the names I was watching just ended at over $1,600 with more than 85 bids.

A few others I spotted seemed to be hovering around $700-800. Lots of action on LLL and NNN, as well.

 

[DU]

One of the names I was watching just ended at over $1,600 with more than 85 bids.

A few others I spotted seemed to be hovering around $700-800. Lots of action on LLL and NNN, as well.

I was interested in one.

Out of my price range. Its strange how people flock to names - plenty of decent names with not much bidding but some being bid up like crazy.

Some seem to be end user pricing.

Probably been a lot of front running going on.

 

[polyromcom]

I was interested in one.

Out of my price range. Its strange how people flock to names - plenty of decent names with not much bidding but some being bid up like crazy.

Some seem to be end user pricing.

Probably been a lot of front running going on.

Im sure that a $1600+ domain is an end user purchase.

Really interesting time for picking up .co's (tons of duds, tons of them. but a few reg-worthy ones that simply dropped).