.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.

 

[Domainstore]

This is HUGE. ! "bark.co" for nearly 20.000 USD

http://www.tntnames.com/blog/bark-co-sells-for-19532-on-sedo.html

 

[the_poet]

Seems defensive no matter how you slice it. Great for the seller though :imho:

Why defensive? .co and .com seem completely unrelated.

 

[DU]

http://www.tntnames.com/blog/bark-co-sells-for-19532-on-sedo.html

I like this one. Someone bought their last name.
Then Bark & Co came along.

Guy bought his last name in .pw

That's a $20K switch I'd be willing to make.

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Why defensive? .co and .com seem completely unrelated.

It's not defensive. They own Barkbox.com (a much better name)

They should have regged barkand.co imho - 10% finders fee if anyone profits from that and it looks like someone else has Barkbox.co and that form is "legitimate development" imho. It's UDRP safe.. lol.

I think it might be more of a .co tie in personally when you start to see who's involved. Cheaper than a GoDaddy ad.. great for Mr Bark and gets all the speculators back going again...

 

[equity78]

They just raised $5 million http://morganlinton.com/barkbox-raises-5m-buys-bark-co-for-19532/

 

[Keith]

They just raised $5 million http://morganlinton.com/barkbox-raises-5m-buys-bark-co-for-19532/

They could have bought bark.com with some of that 5 mil. Now they will learn the hard way. I'm quite sure that Overstock.com spent much more than 5 mil to promote o.co and it was an epic fail.

 

[Oppinus]

They could have bought bark.com with some of that 5 mil. Now they will learn the hard way. I'm quite sure that Overstock.com spent much more than 5 mil to promote o.co and it was an epic fail.

I don't think so... considering the fact, that 95% of the world population doesn't know how to spell overstock.
If you know this, it is clear then that promoting overstock.com internationally is a waste of money.

It seems that especially some american domainers need longer to grasp it. They seem still to consider only the american consumers to have a wallet That's why they are so surprised by the success of .co

 

[noonoo1]

I don't think so... considering the fact, that 95% of the world population doesn't know how to spell overstock.
If you know this, it is clear then that promoting overstock.com internationally is a waste of money.

It seems that especially some american domainers need longer to grasp it. They seem still to consider only the american consumers to have a wallet That's why they are so surprised by the success of .co

Too true.

 

[Keith]

I don't think so... considering the fact, that 95% of the world population doesn't know how to spell overstock.
If you know this, it is clear then that promoting overstock.com internationally is a waste of money.

Say what?

That's the whole point...they do NOT promote o.co after they're failed experiment. It's now business as usual with Overstock.com which people seem to have no problem with.

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I don't think so... considering the fact, that 95% of the world population doesn't know how to spell overstock.
If you know this, it is clear then that promoting overstock.com internationally is a waste of money.

It seems that especially some american domainers need longer to grasp it. They seem still to consider only the american consumers to have a wallet That's why they are so surprised by the success of .co

And btw, o.co redirects to overstock.com. I'm not sure if it was always that way...

 

[paranoidandroidiot]

here is my portfolio of .co domains:

CoolLab.co
DreamMarket.co
Just10.co
Noice.co
PromoSocial.co
Signatrue.co
Spreeder.co
StartedUp.co
Waant.co

 

[Oppinus]

That's the whole point...they do NOT promote o.co after they're failed experiment.

They DO promote O.co internationally, they DONT promote Overstock.com internationally.

“Clearly non-English speaking Internet users have an easier time typing O.co than Overstock.com,” says Ed White, director of international business at Overstock.com. “The global branding benefits are evident in the brand’s simplicity.”

Although the company reverted its brand back to Overstock.com in the U.S., it maintains O.co for its international business.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...g-ideal-for-the-international-web.html?pg=all

 

[Keith]

They DO promote O.co internationally, they DONT promote Overstock.com internationally.


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...g-ideal-for-the-international-web.html?pg=all

Lets not leave this little tidbit out...


“The O.co brand has many advantages, but it is not written in stone,” explains White. “It could always change. It may require a rebrand in the future, and that rebrand could even be different in each country.”

Anyhow, it's the "O" that matters for international users. The .co factor only exists because the .com isn't available

 

[NLP]

"Wantable.com Purchased for 47k is Being Forwarded to Wantable.co"

Article on TheDomains this morning. I really hope this isn't another fluffing attempt by .CO in order to stir up interest.

http://www.thedomains.com/2013/04/13/wantable-com-purchased-for-47k-is-being-forwarded-to-wantable-co/#comments

 

[bmugford]

"Wantable.com Purchased for 47k is Being Forwarded to Wantable.co"

Article on TheDomains this morning. I really hope this isn't another fluffing attempt by .CO in order to stir up interest.

http://www.thedomains.com/2013/04/13/wantable-com-purchased-for-47k-is-being-forwarded-to-wantable-co/#comments

The buyer responded on that blog post -

What we learned: the .co is confusing to a small segment of consumers, it is also more likely to get marked as spam by Facebook and email providers. We experienced each of these issues first hand and while none were insurmountable it was clearly an issue.

Why we purchased the .com and what we plan on doing: we purchased the domain this past week, a full 3 months before our lease expires because we feel by owning the .com we can rebrand as “Wantable” and not need to include the .com or .co extension. Expect to see our website running on the .com extension within the month.

While I’m a big fan of the .co movement, and currently advise a few .co companies, I feel if given the option a company should operate under the .com before the .co extension of their brand.

I hope this adds some color to our reasoning and the information is useful to those interested.

This is clearly not a "huge success" story for .CO as the article frames it.

It is another example of a buyer moving to the superior .COM when they are able to, after dealing with consumer confusion.

Brad

 

[Mektzar]

I found several single word /co/uk domain names, are they worth anything?

i found several single word co uk domains and was wondering if they are worth anything?

 

[Kate]

What does it have to do with the .co thread ?
If you find single words available in .co.uk they must be obscure keywords with no practical use.

 

[lll]

Wow seen a commercial on tv for a new site featuring a .co domain

And they mention it as dot c o and dot co

Zumu.co

I'm actually gonna try it out

 

[Mektzar]

Sorry, thought I was in the right place. Not so obscure, do tell. Addend,envies,mooned and several others... Thought after they were too easy to come by. New at this and thought co uk was a class of co. Pardon my ignorance.

 

[the_poet]

i found several single word co uk domains and was wondering if they are worth anything?

What Kate (sdsinc) said.

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Wow seen a commercial on tv for a new site featuring a .co domain

And they mention it as dot c o and dot co

Zumu.co

I'm actually gonna try it out

Is it one of these?

 

[lll]

^ yes poet the third one TO SELL DVDS AND CDS

 

[busyj]

What doyou guys think of H-P dot co ? Good ???

Thanks in advance !