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

[ZOX]

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.

 

[Oppinus]

It's all about QUALITY, not quantity. IMO it would be a major mistake to spend $10k on hundreds of .co vs 1 quality .com.

Why dont you just name the one "quality" .com you bought in the last year for $10000 and we will check in 2-3 years how much money you made with this "investment", and how much money I made with my 400 "crappy" .co registrations?
It will be a pleasure to do some reality check.

 

[rusty1000]

You wouldn't have to invest looking at the Sedo auction or the GoDaddy's Superbowl commercial. Doing that would mean being shortsighted, since .CO isn't an extension for a quick flip. Anyway, .CO and .com aren't the only options: if you live in a country which has a worthy ccTLD (.de and .co.uk to name the most popular ones), you could consider investing in it.

I agree, .com and .co are not the only options and frankly, .co is not much of an option for anything right now. Could that change, perhaps, but I can't see anything driving that in the future. As for citing the Super Bowl ad and the o.co rebranding, I did so because that's what many .co proponents on this board have been pointing to as game changers for this extension and why this extension was somehow different than all the other relaunches. So, I would ask, what do .co investors now believe to be the rationale for future increases in the value of .co names?

 

[the_poet]

So, I would ask, what do .co investors now believe to be the rationale for future increases in the value of .co names?

Since the February auction, there have been a growing number of sales (involving normal quality domains which were registered on July 20th, not just those released during earlier phases) proving the fact, which we already know, that an auction isn't a good meter for the value of a TLD. Some of these sales have been reported in this thread, with the latest one, which I was about to report, being glow.co currently on auction at Sedo, at $2,500.

 

[Keith]

Why dont you just name the one "quality" .com you bought in the last year for $10000 and we will check in 2-3 years how much money you made with this "investment", and how much money I made with my 400 "crappy" .co registrations?
It will be a pleasure to do some reality check.

This isn't a you and me thread. The discussion at hand is the market as a whole. If someone wants to buy loads of .co instead of a few nice .com then good for them. I guarantee the majority of folks who go the .co route will lose $$$ in the long run though.

Btw, 400 .co = $4,000 annual renewal fee at minimum. 1-2 nice .com = $20. Which option looks more sustainable for the long haul?

 

[rusty1000]

Since the February auction, there have been a growing number of sales (involving normal quality domains which were registered on July 20th, not just those released during earlier phases) proving the fact, which we already know, that an auction isn't a good meter for the value of a TLD. Some of these sales have been reported in this thread, with the latest one, which I was about to report, being glow.co currently on auction at Sedo, at $2,500.

I'll give you that, there have been some sales. But, I can't recall any significant sales that did not involve either domainers and are now redirects or otherwise undeveloped or were purchased for brand protection purposes. Perhaps these buyers are a better judge of how things will play out than me and believe as the .co proponents here that the future is bright.

Maybe Glow.co is being purchased for development, if so, that would be at least a small step in the right direction for the extension.

 

[the_poet]

I'll give you that, there have been some sales. But, I can't recall any significant sales that did not involve either domainers and are now redirects or otherwise undeveloped or were purchased for brand protection purposes. Perhaps these buyers are a better judge of how things will play out than me and believe as the .co proponents here that the future is bright.

Maybe Glow.co is being purchased for development, if so, that would be at least a small step in the right direction for the extension.

It may happen that .CO domains are bought for being forwarded to the main site or brand protection or parking, etc. But it happens in any extension, including .com. People may buy a .com because they have their website on a non-.com and want to protect their brand or they may want to park it. I was talking about this in this thread a few pages ago: Russia.com was bought two years ago for $1,500,000 and still shows GoDaddy's default landing page. The buyer didn't even bother changing the nameservers.

 

[MattheP]

Why dont you just name the one "quality" .com you bought in the last year for $10000 and we will check in 2-3 years how much money you made with this "investment", and how much money I made with my 400 "crappy" .co registrations?

You know you have to cover $32400* renewals before you make any profit? While two good coms will cost you $50.

*400 X 3years X $27 renewal (godaddy with discount code)

 

[Kate]

Why dont you just name the one "quality" .com you bought in the last year for $10000 and we will check in 2-3 years how much money you made with this "investment", and how much money I made with my 400 "crappy" .co registrations?
It will be a pleasure to do some reality check.

I think you have some decent Spanish .co in your sig, these names would actually be fit for the local market. Unfortunately, I have seen too many .co 'investors' stuck with poor combos that often wouldn't sell if they were .com.
If all your 400 names are of that quality I would say you are one of the very few who will do well with .co. But in general few people ever succeed with alt TLDs. I don't think you are representative of the .co craze, you may be the oddity or the smart investor everybody talk about, that is nowhere to be seen :sold:
I am curious, did you get those for reg fee ? What about the acquisition costs.

 

[Ms Domainer]

@Jennifer

Why don't you setup your website on ThoughtForTheDay.CO and redirect the .US to it? Since Google treats .CO like a gTLD, your site could rank better internationally than .US, which is optimized for US only. With .CO, you can choose the country in the geotargeting menu in Webmaster Tools or leave it unchecked (which is the best option if you aren't targeting a particular country). IMHO ccTLDs that haven't this option in Webmaster Tools (like .US) should be used only for national content-oriented websites.

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That's something to think about...

I don't see this site as being international, though. Perhaps a European or Asian audience might find the content a little bewildering.

The U.S. seems uniquely obsessed about weight issues. When I was overseas, people did not seem to be all that interested in weight topics--or am I wrong?

I do get some international traffic, usually via the .coms I have redirected to it.

Anyway, the_poet, thanks for the tip!

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[jmcc]

It may happen that .CO domains are bought for being forwarded to the main site or brand protection or parking, etc. But it happens in any extension, including .com.

Brand Protection in a new TLD is in two forms: trademark and small business. The trademark business will be handled by the specialist brand protection registrars like Markmonitor and CSC. The small business type brand protection will often forward to the main TLD website.

Parking is a different thing. There is holding page parking (where the domain is left sitting on the registrar's/hoster's coming soon page. And there is PPC parking. Many registrars now point unused and undeveloped domains to PPC parking pages. Many domains will have been bought for their PPC value and the .co/.com typo issue will have been a main driver in this. The PPC parking in .co could be upwards of 50% as development takes time. Naturally this falls as development increases in a new TLD.

People may buy a .com because they have their website on a non-.com and want to protect their brand or they may want to park it.

Sometimes people don't even bother setting up brand protection registrations in DNS.

What worries me about new TLDs is that people think that just because people are trading keyword domains in that TLD, the TLD is a success. It only means that people are trading keyword domains. The real mark of a successful TLD is development. I've just seen tens of thousands of direct navigation domains drop in the latest .eu Landrush Anniversary Junk Dump. Many of them were dropped by the Ovido/Gabino/Fausto investors and by Ultsearch.

Regards...jmcc

 

[the_poet]

@Jennifer

I think diet/weight is one of those topics that are hot in all Western countries, so a gTLD (or a "gccTLD" like .CO) is more suitable IMO. I'd go with .US if I addressed directly people from the USA, like, for example, a website dedicated to national politics or a portal for an american city.

 

[Audified]

I have just recently registered 3 .co names of decent quality in my opinion and I plan on waiting out to get the most money possible for themn. After reading the posts in this thread i decided to try to find a list of .co sales. I was looking at Sedo and Creditcard.co sold for $17,000. I also found this list as well.

Domain cash
O.CO 350000
flighttech.co 4819
Mortgage-Index.co 2446
BusinessAccounts.co 1956
studentjob.co 6560
TotalMobile.co 4922
EmploymentLaw.co 3167
weddingdesign.co 1000
Bodog.co 2000
ReservationRewards.co 3262
casinoguide.co 2328
Gates.co 16597
WebLoyalty.co 3418
Husbandry.co 1953
aberdeendating.co 200
marysbridal.co 120
topweddingsites.co 200
connectingsingles.co 160
modernrugs.co 6411
DBP.co 4618
GoDirect.co 2100
Mob.co 9187
And.co 9305
Pilates.co 11913
Apartmentfinder.co 4632
MobileMovies.co 1881
iFlorist.co 4718
WarnerBreak.co 3000
Holt.co 4435
Couture.co 6510
Cheap-Laptops.co 2046
Zumex.co 8835
TheCube.co 40919
Relay.co 8370
Theater.co 10000
Hairsprays.co 3819
CheaperCarInsurance.co 2468
Teletexholidays.co 7900
TrueLocal.co 14254
FreeMusicDownloads.co 5345
BetterDeals.co 2673
Forums.co 8908
WorkoutWorld.co 4187
FastImpressions.co 3150
Simple-Savings.co 2628
DebtIndex.co 2365
Tilers.co 4380
TheOneStopPhoneShop.co 1708
BibleStudy.co 9074
Performance.co 8016
Duck.co 10455
History.co 21667
Hardware.co 2188
Hollywood.co 17438
SciFi.co 2445
TeachersPension.co 4000
Archos.co 10000
Why.co 5268
BeHappy.co 9250
Study.co 7902
Educare.co 6985
Monday.co 7989
BOTW.co 1250
Connected.co 3500
Knives.co 3507
CheapBooks.co 3498
Prayer.co 7540
WeatherShop.co 8768
Lyrics.co 80000
ClaimSolicitor.co 2987
Bid4it.co 5231
HomeSell.co 16130
ecCoupons.co 11334
EnergyWatch.co 20000
PokerGenie.co 8725
TravelRes.co 8725
RightCover.co 3482
PornWorld.co 3000
ForSale.co 14692
4Ads.co 2750
Pretty.co 6250
Candles.co 2655
Motoring.co 11504
Grape.co 4246
eGay.co 12130
UKSearch.co 2695
Bernstein.co 4750
GDP.co 610
qui.co 400
spiritualawakening.co 100
good4you.co 360
Camping4You.co 195

 

[snicksnack]

nice find/listing, some people might have overpaid, on the assumption, of type in traffic.

 

[the_poet]

The most exciting under-the-radar tech ideas

The most exciting under-the-radar tech ideas

http://www.thedailyreporter.com/brandedcontent/archive?articleID=8048650733&categoryID=4

 

[emjohn]

I have just recently registered 3 .co names of decent quality in my opinion and I plan on waiting out to get the most money possible for themn. After reading the posts in this thread i decided to try to find a list of .co sales. I was looking at Sedo and Creditcard.co sold for $17,000. I also found this list as well.

Domain cash
O.CO 350000
flighttech.co 4819
Mortgage-Index.co 2446
BusinessAccounts.co 1956
studentjob.co 6560
TotalMobile.co 4922
EmploymentLaw.co 3167
weddingdesign.co 1000
Bodog.co 2000
ReservationRewards.co 3262
casinoguide.co 2328
Gates.co 16597
WebLoyalty.co 3418
Husbandry.co 1953
aberdeendating.co 200
marysbridal.co 120
topweddingsites.co 200
connectingsingles.co 160
modernrugs.co 6411
DBP.co 4618
GoDirect.co 2100
Mob.co 9187
And.co 9305
Pilates.co 11913
Apartmentfinder.co 4632
MobileMovies.co 1881
iFlorist.co 4718
WarnerBreak.co 3000
Holt.co 4435
Couture.co 6510
Cheap-Laptops.co 2046
Zumex.co 8835
TheCube.co 40919
Relay.co 8370
Theater.co 10000
Hairsprays.co 3819
CheaperCarInsurance.co 2468
Teletexholidays.co 7900
TrueLocal.co 14254
FreeMusicDownloads.co 5345
BetterDeals.co 2673
Forums.co 8908
WorkoutWorld.co 4187
FastImpressions.co 3150
Simple-Savings.co 2628
DebtIndex.co 2365
Tilers.co 4380
TheOneStopPhoneShop.co 1708
BibleStudy.co 9074
Performance.co 8016
Duck.co 10455
History.co 21667
Hardware.co 2188
Hollywood.co 17438
SciFi.co 2445
TeachersPension.co 4000
Archos.co 10000
Why.co 5268
BeHappy.co 9250
Study.co 7902
Educare.co 6985
Monday.co 7989
BOTW.co 1250
Connected.co 3500
Knives.co 3507
CheapBooks.co 3498
Prayer.co 7540
WeatherShop.co 8768
Lyrics.co 80000
ClaimSolicitor.co 2987
Bid4it.co 5231
HomeSell.co 16130
ecCoupons.co 11334
EnergyWatch.co 20000
PokerGenie.co 8725
TravelRes.co 8725
RightCover.co 3482
PornWorld.co 3000
ForSale.co 14692
4Ads.co 2750
Pretty.co 6250
Candles.co 2655
Motoring.co 11504
Grape.co 4246
eGay.co 12130
UKSearch.co 2695
Bernstein.co 4750
GDP.co 610
qui.co 400
spiritualawakening.co 100
good4you.co 360
Camping4You.co 195

Where did you find this list? It would be helpful to know. Unfortunately,

I think this list is the same old one that represents the "missing .uk" typo. These were sales from 2006-2007 that Namebio posted but they were missing the .uk.

 

[Audified]

The Creditcard.co I saw on Sedo this morning under recent sales when you click market activity. The big list I found on another Domain name forum after I typed "recent .co sales" in Google.

---------- Post added at 09:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 AM ----------

I think you are right about the .co.uk typo. A good tool to use which I just discovered is http://dnsaleprice.com/SalePrice.aspx

Just leave the keywords box blank and filter to .co and its a pretty decent list.

 

[the_poet]

Pizza.Co Becomes Latest Sedo Sale at $15K

Pizza.Co Becomes Latest Sedo Sale at $15K

http://www.thedomains.com/2011/05/04/pizza-co-becomes-latest-sedo-sale-at-15k/

 

[DU]

Pizza.Co Becomes Latest Sedo Sale at $15K

http://www.thedomains.com/2011/05/04/pizza-co-becomes-latest-sedo-sale-at-15k/

Sold at premium auction for $15K which means that after taxes and commission the winner is:


SEDO!

Taxes were probably washed away in a sea of non-reportage.

 

[johname]

I feel Pizza.Co for 15k is a good buy

 

[the_poet]

I feel Pizza.Co for 15k is a good buy

I perfectly agree.

 

[dragtastic]

i have a decent list of .co sales :

zoop.co/latest-co-domain-sales

 

[the_poet]

Mike Mann Sells Business.CO for $80,000

Mike Mann Sells Business.CO for $80,000

http://www.elliotsblog.com/mike-mann-sells-business-co-for-80k-0937

 

[kotan]

soccer.co and shop.co seems to have been sold under sedo at $5k and $22k respectively.

TheDomains also manages to pick up news with TheDailyReporter claiming the .CO as #2 of “The Most Exciting Under The Radar Tech Ideas”

http://www.thedomains.com/2011/05/05/co-and-3d-holo-tech-make-the-list-of-the-most-exciting-tech-ideas/

 

[the_poet]

Maybe.CO sold for $575.

http://sedo.com/auction/auction_history.php?auction_id=114108

 

[emjohn]

Currently at Sedo there is traditionalira.co (I don't know exactly what that means) for $500 US at auction. I always like seeing these because they are true reflectors of the market. The daily sales with these kind of keywords are very positive indicators, IMO. I think there are some very interesting sales to come over the next few months.

Drops begin in two months, and it should be a good time to get some decent .COs at a good price.