.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.

 

[MarkedMarket]

@John Napoletano Thank you for the latest updates regarding the .co registry.

I'm not sure if you have looked in this same thread, but a year ago we had similar discussions about the .co registration numbers: https://www.namepros.com/threads/co...es-report-thread.573976/page-481#post-6287821

One member pointed out the following website: http://www.ccw.cc/ymzcl/

If you go to the .co row and select the orange Chinese text, you can see how many .co registrations have been added in the last month. It shows the number of .co registrations have grown by ~50.000 since the promotion.

 

[alcy]

recent reg on promo..... etour......co
got a 1$ bodis click today..
wouldn't it be cool if it could get that everyday
and then multiple by all the 200-300 .co I picked up on promos hahha
dream on alcy.

........
how about you.. you getting some park clicks on your freshly regged tens or 100s or 1000s in some cases.. co names??

 

[John Napoletano]

@John NapoletanoOne member pointed out the following website: http://www.ccw.cc/ymzcl/
...you can see how many .co registrations have been added in the last month...grown by ~50.000 since the promotion.

Click that orange Chinese text on a site you can't understand...close your eyes and say a quick prayer! LOL. Thanks for the link to last year's post and the site with daily charts. I can see now that I'm not the only one questioning the stats.

If that pop up chart is the current month by day, then, I can see a gain of 50,000 for the one month. Is that what you see? If 200,000 is a good year of increases for .CO then a one month gain of 50,000 is healthy. Would you agree?

That website, however, shows the same total registrations as on other sites which I believe is understated. The count I see is 2,237,417 for .CO and 780,921 for .MX which I used as a comparison to available NIC released figures.

From last year's linked post on this thread:

Does .CO Internet provide access to the .CO Zone File?
No. Currently, access to the .CO Zone File is not available to the general public.

I emailed DomainTools and got a reply. I asked them to explain the .MX difference between what NIC Mexico quoted and their stats show. They said it's a "collection of discovered third party data, of which we have no control over." They should have red flags all over those tld webpages telling that to the general public who think the data is 'accurate'. They don't even call the registry to ask what the current count is and show a 30% variance alert to what's quoted by the registry. That might be useful.

I don't think discovered is the same as registered. For example: one tld allows access to the zone file - accuracy 99%. One tld actively blocks the zone file -- accuracy 75%. Call the registry annually and ask for their count. Post the result on a web page. I guess that is hard work, too much to ask. At least there is some daily trend data I can look at now. Thanks!

Hello,

Thank you for contacting DomainTools.

Domain data is based on discovery, especially regarding ccTLD's, so our count is known domain names, not all that could possibly exist. We do not guarantee any accuracy nor satisfaction however, as we are an agnostic collection of discovered third party data, of which we have no control over. We simply offer a library of discovered data, and it may or may not contain what you hope for. Use at your own risk.

We also do not provide large lists of domains, our tools designed and provided for targeted security research only. There are other more cost effective providers of WHOIS data for the purposes of marketing, lead generation, advertising, and non security use cases.

Best Regards,

DomainTools Support

 

[BRANDERX]

sales from yesterday, Namebio

healthcare.co 4,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
blackjack.co 6,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
weather.co 9,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
hire.co 10,099 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
vegas.co 18,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
debt.co 3,900 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
card.co 3,555 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
map.co 3,056 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
store.co 2,855 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
holiday.co 2,850 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
legal.co 2,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
bets.co 1,700 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
accounting.co 1,610 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gravy.co 1,002 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
cabs.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
answer.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
venturecapital.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
ledge.co 800 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
rom.co 580 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
abx.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
formulas.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo

 

[MarkedMarket]

Click that orange Chinese text on a site you can't understand...close your eyes and say a quick prayer! LOL. Thanks for the link to last year's post and the site with daily charts. I can see now that I'm not the only one questioning the stats.

If that pop up chart is the current month by day, then, I can see a gain of 50,000 for the one month. Is that what you see? If 200,000 is a good year of increases for .CO then a one month gain of 50,000 is healthy. Would you agree?

Indeed! (Strange by the way that a random Chinese site is able to come up with these numbers as they must get them from somewhere.)

I would not necessarily say that the 50K increase last month is healthy, as it's mainly driven by the $1 promotion. Last year around the same time there were already more than 100K registrations because of the promotion, and my guess is that most of those domains will drop in the coming months...

Moreover, the total number of registrations has actually not increased over the last year, so there seems to be some kind of maximum threshold (around 2.2M/2.3M), which might have been the incentive for the .co registry to find other ways to promote this specific extension. Ultimately there are only so many (dictionary) keywords / NN.co /LL(L).co that are worth renewing for $22, and given the latest Sedo auction, the reward for holding these names is not particularly spectacular.

Given that .co is often used by startups, and that 9 out of 10 startups fail, will also not help increasing the numbers.

Thank you for reaching out to DomainTools. I'm always quite amazed that not all statistics for all extensions are based on the same principles. Neustar is the registry for .co, .biz, .us and .nyc - so it's unclear to me why they can't provide the exact figures and numbers.

 

[John Napoletano]

... 50K increase last month...last year around the same time there were already more than 100K registrations

Thank you for your comments and insight. Great info. Do you still see last year's chart by month anywhere, to view last year's drop and $1 promo surge? I only saw the current month by day as a line chart using the link previously provided.

I can only guess that Neustar doesn't want the info out if it's volatile as you suggest it might be. Just look at Facebook trying to explain their active user count each quarter.

Personally, I don't care that they are a small extension today. I just want to know where they are and watch the trend going forward. If they are going to put more marketing effort into it that's great. We should see the numbers improve.

I was surprised by the lack of bidding and low Sedo results. But thinking about it more, this is the current market for .CO. Low volume. Pick up a good one word name for $500. Sell at $2,500. It's not a huge market like .COM but it's still profitable if you stick with the good names. It's not a bulk buy anything goes market for sure.

 

[MarkedMarket]

Thank you for your comments and insight. Great info. Do you still see last year's chart by month anywhere, to view last year's drop and $1 promo surge? I only saw the current month by day as a line chart using the link previously provided.

I can only guess that Neustar doesn't want the info out if it's volatile as you suggest it might be. Just look at Facebook trying to explain their active user count each quarter.

Personally, I don't care that they are a small extension today. I just want to know where they are and watch the trend going forward. If they are going to put more marketing effort into it that's great. We should see the numbers improve.

I was surprised by the lack of bidding and low Sedo results. But thinking about it more, this is the current market for .CO. Low volume. Pick up a good one word name for $500. Sell at $2,500. It's not a huge market like .COM but it's still profitable if you stick with the good names. It's not a bulk buy anything goes market for sure.

I agree with all your points.

I think this website is only reporting the last 30 days, but I guess that if someone would contact them, they would probably be willing to provide this data. Unfortunately I don't speak/write Chinese.

I was able to get the underlying data for the last month:

Nr. reg Date Delta
2183820 03/07/2018
2183714 04/07/2018 -106
2183993 05/07/2018 279
2184169 06/07/2018 176
2185505 07/07/2018 1336
2185559 08/07/2018 54
2185403 09/07/2018 -156
2185085 10/07/2018 -318
2187103 11/07/2018 2018
2187910 12/07/2018 807
2181397 13/07/2018 -6513
2188646 14/07/2018 7249
2189759 15/07/2018 1113
2190128 16/07/2018 369
2190291 17/07/2018 163
2190184 18/07/2018 -107
2187838 19/07/2018 -2346
2187766 20/07/2018 -72
2189645 21/07/2018 1879
2193663 22/07/2018 4018
2197833 23/07/2018 4170
2208991 24/07/2018 11158
2208991 25/07/2018 0
2216706 26/07/2018 7715
2219748 27/07/2018 3042
2227511 28/07/2018 7763
2232755 29/07/2018 5244
2233839 30/07/2018 1084
2233337 31/07/2018 -502
2237417 01/08/2018 4080

 

[John Napoletano]

Nr. reg Date Delta
2181397 13/07/2018 -6513
2188646 14/07/2018 7249

2208991 24/07/2018 11158
2208991 25/07/2018 0

Did 6,000+ people/businesses fail that day or did a portfolio move from one company to another causing the drop then sudden registration...

Looks like 'daily' data will be volatile indicating possible 'discovery' errors. Will have to watch week or month as a whole instead.

Hopefully they are getting a full count at least monthly.

 

[John Napoletano]

sales from yesterday, Namebio

healthcare.co 4,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
blackjack.co 6,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
weather.co 9,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
hire.co 10,099 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
vegas.co 18,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
debt.co 3,900 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
card.co 3,555 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
map.co 3,056 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
store.co 2,855 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
holiday.co 2,850 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
legal.co 2,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
bets.co 1,700 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
accounting.co 1,610 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gravy.co 1,002 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
cabs.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
answer.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
venturecapital.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
ledge.co 800 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
rom.co 580 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
abx.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
formulas.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo

23 sold so which of you bought the other 22?

 

[domvault]

sales from yesterday, Namebio

healthcare.co 4,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
blackjack.co 6,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
weather.co 9,999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
hire.co 10,099 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
vegas.co 18,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
debt.co 3,900 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
card.co 3,555 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
map.co 3,056 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
store.co 2,855 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
holiday.co 2,850 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
legal.co 2,500 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
bets.co 1,700 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
accounting.co 1,610 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gravy.co 1,002 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
cabs.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
gamble.co 1,000 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
answer.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
venturecapital.co 999 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
ledge.co 800 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
rom.co 580 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
abx.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo
formulas.co 499 USD 2018-08-02 Sedo

thanks for sharing these sales.

To be honest , not much impressed by these sales, everything seems to have sold for low, for .co to really become a force to reckon with, it needs to do much better than this. this is not good at all for .co investment. wont attract much investor interest.

 

[Premiums]

just sold
Platinums.co
$1,095
Sedo

 

[John Napoletano]

just sold Platinums.co $1,095 Sedo

That's great. Didn't you get bashed for that one here on NamePros?

 

[Crysis]

just sold
Platinums.co
$1,095
Sedo

LOL.. Stop with your BullSh*t. .. Platinums.co is redirecting to this:
https://auctions.godaddy.com/trpItemListing.aspx?miid=246114712

 

[Premiums]

Crysis, no idea about the redirect

 

[Crysis]

Crysis, no idea about the redirect

Yes.. You have no idea about redirect. End-user acquired the domain name from you for around $1K and now he/she is reselling it for $99. We all believe you. Try trolling somewhere else. You may get more likes.

 

[Premiums]

FYI: many end users do not update even WHOIS info

 

[domvault]

.co count as per domaintools : 2.234 million

can't confirm the accuracy of the data but domaintools have some pretty good reputation in the domaining world.

LINK : http://research.domaintools.com/statistics/tld-counts/

2.251 million .co registrations now

http://research.domaintools.com/statistics/tld-counts/

 

[woolwit]

Not sure if this should be a separate thread, but can anyone help me understand what happened in this situation?
A friend who was tracking iconic.co got a Godaddy whois change alert and asked me to look into it. On 7/27/18 I found it at auction on Namesilo with an end date of 8/18/18. I thought that maybe it had been registered at Namesilo, that it had dropped and that they'd held it for auction. I thought I'd come back towards the close of the auction and place a bid but yesterday I received an automated Godaddy Domain Status Notification and the nameservers had changed from NS1.PARKCO1.NEUSTAR.BIZ to NS1.BODIS.COM. It now resolves to a parked page with a This Domain May Be For Sale > Offer form.
Thoughts? And Thanks!

 

[meslam479]

Not sure if this should be a separate thread, but can anyone help me understand what happened in this situation?
A friend who was tracking iconic.co got a Godaddy whois change alert and asked me to look into it. On 7/27/18 I found it at auction on Namesilo with an end date of 8/18/18. I thought that maybe it had been registered at Namesilo, that it had dropped and that they'd held it for auction. I thought I'd come back towards the close of the auction and place a bid but yesterday I received an automated Godaddy Domain Status Notification and the nameservers had changed from NS1.PARKCO1.NEUSTAR.BIZ to NS1.BODIS.COM. It now resolves to a parked page with a This Domain May Be For Sale > Offer form.
Thoughts? And Thanks!

I don't know how .co domains backorder work but maybe the current owner renewed the domain

 

[Addison]

Not sure if this should be a separate thread, but can anyone help me understand what happened in this situation?
A friend who was tracking iconic.co got a Godaddy whois change alert and asked me to look into it. On 7/27/18 I found it at auction on Namesilo with an end date of 8/18/18. I thought that maybe it had been registered at Namesilo, that it had dropped and that they'd held it for auction. I thought I'd come back towards the close of the auction and place a bid but yesterday I received an automated Godaddy Domain Status Notification and the nameservers had changed from NS1.PARKCO1.NEUSTAR.BIZ to NS1.BODIS.COM. It now resolves to a parked page with a This Domain May Be For Sale > Offer form.
Thoughts? And Thanks!

I don't know how .co domains backorder work but maybe the current owner renewed the domain

.CO domains can be reserved by anyone (unless blocked by the .CO Registry) during the expiration process.

Most dropcatching services don't support .CO reservations.

 

[BRANDERX]

Reporting only:

fruits.co 2,000 USD 2018-08-15 Sedo

 

[Rxshow]

OAI.co

 

[woolwit]

.CO domains can be reserved by anyone (unless blocked by the .CO Registry) during the expiration process.

Most dropcatching services don't support .CO reservations.

Can you say more about that? I can't find any info on the go.co or elsewhere about 'reserving' a .co domain. Thanks!

 

[PAVAN]

Taking inspiration from @Nikul Sanghvi I hand regged

 

[John Napoletano]

FYI GoDaddy .CO backorder system is still 'broken'. I complained to them about it last year. I just watched their email alerts go through the cycle up to "Domain status notification...pendingdelete." From within the GoDaddy Backorders and Monitoring panel it says "Public Backorder Capture in Progress". Go.co shows it as available. I manually registered it on GoDaddy instead of waiting for them to capture at their leisure.

My guess is that GoDaddy backorder is not rechecking more than say 1x per day. So that's rediculous if you are waiting 24 hours and someone else can register it while you are waiting for them to backorder. Check yourself after alerted!