discuss .co vs .net

[acs6656]

Hello,
If you had to choose between .net and .co for your company domain name, which one would you choose?
and why?

 

[TopSilver]

.NET hands down. It is widely used and recognized by the average internet user.

The confusion between .COM and .CO is a real issue with ordinary people. The potential for email leakage is the thing I would be the most concerned about.

Brad

I actually completely agree with this statement. Using .co for a business wouldn't be terrible but would cause an immediate issue with users getting confused at whether it's meant to be ".com" and would confuse .co and .com with eachother. You want to keep it professional so in my opinion your best bet would be to go with a .net domain if you weren't using a .com

By the way, my name is also Brad.

 

[masvil]

.co? Do you mean .com?

Seriously now: I vote .net because older, still strong and recognizable.

 

[MHExplorer]

Only the extensions which a common visitor is aware of wins. .CO can be expensive and popular within domainers but .net is always going to beat .co because you can ask any random person to visit your sites with both extensions and everyone will be able to visit .net version of your site but majority will goto .com instead of your .co version of website. So .co sounds good within domainers only. .com, .net, .org will always be on top.

I would go for .biz as well but never for .co if i have to care about huge number of visitors on my websites.

 

[HotKey]

Personally, I don't think .co is in the same league as .net, in terms of brand persistence. I can see someone upgrading to the .net from .co, but not the other way around. Have always seen .co as a temporary solution. The .com that could have.

 

[jhm]

Mixed opinion, but for me .net. Considered the second most popular after .com...anything involving the web it is great. The .co as mentioned in a previous thread, great for a start-up. It still has credibility, but for me, I would stick with a .net

 

[DigitalGems]

I prefer .net because of the brand recognition. Websites like cPanel.net, doubleclick.net, or slideshare.net. Also those @comcast.net emails seem familiar.

That said, nothing against .co. It has a nice ring to it and will probably keep growing

 

[poorwebsite.com]

co

 

[J. Sharma]

.net is best

 

[kaposzta]

For a local company, .net can be a better choice (e.g. MiamiBoatRental.net vs MiamiBoatRental.co).
But if you have an app or a site operating on a company or global level, .co would be a better choice (e.g. BoatRental.net (has a feel of an amateur site) vs BoatRental.co).
If you want create a brand that would dominate a market, yet you don't have the necessary budget for the .com version (or it is not available for sale), I would always choose Boat.co over Boat.net.
So it depends

 

[Cooldomainideas]

I would prefer net if it was a tech market.