.COM vs .CO

[Ted.T]

As you know, good names with .com are already taken, sold and sold again many times. Anyway, .co's are still available to register. So, how do you think, is worth investing in .co when the .com is taken?

 

[hawkeye]

A lot of extensions have available good names. Just depends on which one you like and 'think' is the next best thing! I could be wrong, but I don't believe .co's are, or ever have been, 'free' to register.

 

[Ted.T]

A lot of extensions have available good names. Just depends on which one you like and 'think' is the next best thing! I could be wrong, but I don't believe .co's are, or ever have been, 'free' to register.

I mean, free - available to register... The fact is that I found a couple of good .Co's available to register, while the .com's are on sale for xx.xxx prices.

 

[dnb8]

I mean, free - available to register... The fact is that I found a couple of good .Co's available to register, while the .com's are on sale for xx.xxx prices.

You can have two .com's at the registration price of one .co,
also I think that you have better chance to sell a good three word .com than one word .co.

 

[PuneetJvw]

As you know, good names with .com are already taken, sold and sold again many times. Anyway, .co's are still available to register. So, how do you think, is worth investing in .co when the .com is taken?

if you get a good .co then go for it. Else stay away

You can have two .com's at the registration price of one .co,

.co and .com at same price currently (atleast on godaddy and name.com).

 

[bmugford]

I mean, free - available to register... The fact is that I found a couple of good .Co's available to register, while the .com's are on sale for xx.xxx prices.

You would be better off looking for higher quality terms on the secondary market than handregging at this point.

Brad

 

[Ted.T]

Ok, an example. I already own a .co, and the .com is on sale for 75.000$. The exact keyword "allcar" has 550.000 exact searches per month. How do you think, can I get a piece of that 75000$ "pie"?

 

[bmugford]

Ok, an example. I already own a .co, and the .com is on sale for 75.000$. The exact keyword "allcar" has 550.000 exact searches per month. How do you think, can I get a piece of that 75000$ "pie"?

The asking price of a domain is irrelevant. A domain is only worth the asking price if there is a buyer willing to pay it.

I can ask $100,000 for Buy-Turtles.mobi, it does not mean it is worth that.

Also the actual search volume for the term is -

"allcar" - 2,400 Exact searches
"all car" - 1,900 Exact searches

You need to choose "exact" under Match Types in Google Keyword Tool.

Brad

 

[Ted.T]

The asking price of a domain is irrelevant. A domain is only worth the asking price if there is a buyer willing to pay it.

I can ask $100,000 for Buy-Turtles.mobi, it does not mean it is worth that.

Also the actual search volume for the term is -

"allcar" - 2,400 Exact searches
"all car" - 1,900 Exact searches

You need to choose "exact" under Match Types in Google Keyword Tool.

Brad

Yes, that price irrelevant, you're right, but that's the price an enduser will use to compare the both names.

 

[NPer]

.CO can never be compared to .COM. Too many reasons to mention.

.CO is not that strong an extension, there are better ones out there with better keywordsavailable which make sense in that extension-if you are into hand reg'ing.

Beside, your name has very low search volumes...

It is worth "investing" if the name is good and you get it at a good price. If you really want .CO domains, then the aftermarket would be the right option to get decent .COs. But for the price... you might as well purchase a good .COM.

:wave:

 

[wot]

.com v .co

.com wins by a knockout in the first second of the first round!

There will be no re-match.

 

[Ray]

.com v .co

.com wins by a knockout in the first second of the first round!

There will be no re-match.

Ding!

I have to agree with the others.. Stay away from .co unless you are trying to steal some typo traffic

 

[Kate]

The answer, as usual, is to study the market, analyze reported sales, look at what types of domains do sell and in which extensions.
After a while everything becomes clear :blink:

 

[Ted.T]

Thank you. I decided to stay away from .CO I'll try to sell the one I own and without a real million dollar domain never come back to it.

 

[Albert]

Before .co , Ask yourself why not the other domain extensions beside .co like .net, .org, .info? After all it is just a extensions if it is not .com anymore.

 

[mplswifi]

.com v .co

.com wins by a knockout in the first second of the first round!

There will be no re-match.

Haha, very good. :bingo:

 

[thepurplecow]

.com will always be king but people are too quick to write-off .co I feel. I'm not saying it's definitely going to be a success but it has a chance.

It's arguably more brandable than every other ccTLD and does have a strong marketing campaign behind it. Give it time and I think it could do ok.

 

[jcourtenay]

.com is better, but I would register the .co version if your domain too as a lot of people (including myself) tend to mistype .com sometimes.

 

[iogames]

Opinion:
I bought BuildyourOwn.co because com, net, org and even info are just for sale, parked...

Google Keyword Tool says:

Keyword
Competition
Global Monthly Searches
Local Monthly Searches

build your own
Medium
5,000,000
5,000,000

buildyourown
Medium
550,000
550,000

and the intention is to attract 1 client or 2 monthly to build your own social network...

 

[VisionEdger]

What I find with any tld is that whenever i am searching on google for example I simply type in the subject i want to search for or if i know the domain like namepros.com google prompts me to np link without having to type in the complete domain or even .com for that matter since the prompt knows what u want prior to typing the complete domain name entry in most cases.

Also how many people type in the url bar the complete domain with .com or .co or net ? Plus once a site has been visited & bookmarked there is no need to do so.

This is my big issue when it comes to cctlds being regged over the .com. What % of people type in the full domain name & tld when the engine prompts the link?

I think eventually the tld will simply be required only to designate the type of domain it os & will be physically irrelevant when locating the domain online due to the engines ability to recognize what the domain is prior to adding the tld in to the search. The .com for example will be highly valued since its the king of the net but for example .co will be simply another vehicle for domains to be tracked & designated what type it is in the search algorithm.

Possibly the domains value will be determined by demand of the domain name itself & not the tld but the .com will be higher value in most cases due to it being the default tld & baseline for the internet searches. .com will always be the standard all tlds / cctlds will have to bow down to.

U c what I mean?