poll Will .CO die a slow death?

[abstractdomainer]

Given how the registry has over-priced most of the good and decent names at $100/ piece, do you think this would make it even less attractive for domain investors to invest in this extension and it will start losing its value over time (say 5 years)?

 

[HotKey]

I was actually on the road yesterday and came across a truck with an ad on it with their domain, using a dot-co. But at first glance, even second glance I really had to be sure that it didn't mean dot-com. It actually looked confusing in a real-world visual. My first thought was that it was a typo and they forgot to add the "m" after the "co".

I was never a fan of dot-co before this, but after that encounter it kind of solidified it. I'm sure it works in certain scenarios but I think if it can confuse a domain investor surely can't bode well for the average Joe. I'm wondering how this would fare on a billboard, vehicles driving by too fast to make proper sense.

 

[kor]

Looking at the statistics, .co has a fairly large market share. Premium names make things a little harder, yes. But I do get a few solid premium names when the occasional discount comes up.
Moreover, renew fees for premium .co names stay at the base price, so I don't struggle with astronomical renew fees like many ngTLDs do.

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This will be off-topic, but please stop replying to trolls. Aren't you tired of writing the same things to the same users over and over again in every topic?

As if they are not enough to steal your precious time and energy, they will continue to do the same indiscretion as you continue to feed them. Be cool, just ignore and move on.

 

[jmcc]

Every non-core TLD has a life cycle. The .CO ccTLD benefited from there being little competition (no new gTLDs) and its similarity to .COM. The launch of the new gTLDs introduced competition. It is currently a very different market to that when .CO launched. As for statistics, there are very few on the market share of .CO and most date to its peak a few years ago when the registry was claiming that there were 2 million registrations. The number of active .CO registrations may be much lower these days. A lot of brand protection registrations still exist but in terms of speculation, it has been overtaken by .XYZ and others.

Regards...jmcc