.co Colombia's .CO Domain Extension will launch in 2010

[Salmon]

http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/columbias-.co-domain-extension-will-launch-in-2010.html

Colombia's .CO Domain Extension will launch in 2010

Written by Chief Editor , Friday, 18 April 2008

So what's in store for the Colombia's .CO ccTLD extension over the next few years?

Colombia's telecommunications ministry has confirmed that Colombia's namespace will get a new registry next year, moving away from the current registry run by the Los Andes University.

Under this new management it also promises a full relaunch with the following "tentative launch agenda":
# May - August 2008: Drafting of .CO launch procedure rules
# August - November 2008: Contracts to be finalized and signed
# April - July 2009: Transfer and redelegation procedures begin
# February - May 2010: .CO opens to registrations

 

[Pound]

ill be like a kid in a sweet shop when .co opens for registrations :kickass:

I reckon I would register hundreds. The typo revenue would be ridiculous!

 

[michaeldotcom]

There's quite a large number of .co sales on Namebio, despite the fact that these registrations haven't been available worldwide yet.

Here are just the ones above $10K. Quite impressive...

lyrics.co $80,000 on 2006-02-21 Pvt Sale
thecube.co $40,919 on 2006-05-09 Sedo
history.co $21,667 on 2006-04-04 Sedo
energywatch.co $20,000 on 2006-02-14 Pvt Sale
hollywood.co $17,438 on 2006-03-28 Sedo
gates.co $16,597 on 2006-11-25 Sedo
homesell.co $16,130 on 2006-02-21 Sedo
forsale.co $14,692 on 2006-02-07 Sedo
truelocal.co $14,254 on 2006-04-25 Sedo
egay.co $12,130 on 2006-01-17 Sedo
pilates.co $11,913 on 2006-06-06 Sedo
motoring.co $11,504 on 2006-01-17 Sedo
eccoupons.co $11,334 on 2006-02-14 Sedo
duck.co $10,455 on 2006-04-11 Sedo
archos.co $10,000 on 2006-03-21 Sedo
theater.co $10,000 on 2006-05-09 Pvt Sale

 

[Kate]

Are you sure the trailing m is not missing ?
AFAIK .co is at 3rd level only.

 

[michaeldotcom]

Are you sure the trailing m is not missing ?
AFAIK .co is at 3rd level only.

It seems indeed that .co is at 3rd level only now, but was it always the case in the past ?

Either there's a mistake (m missing) on both Namebio and DNSaleprice, or 2nd level registrations were allowed for a short period of time in the past (most sales are in 2006). This could be due to a mistake from Sedo too, I'm not sure.

Anyway I'm very surprised how high these domain sales were and those could definitely be .com prices.

Would anybody have more information about this ?

 

[onewordonly]

I doubt they are .com prices, some of those domains would get a lot more.

 

[michaeldotcom]

I doubt they are .com prices, some of those domains would get a lot more.

Keep in mind that these sales happened 2 years ago, so .com prices were lower than they are now.

However it's true that for example hollywood.com for $17K sounds like a bargain indeed.

I'm not sure really...