Another one letter .co domain name to be auctioned.
Moments ago John Battelle, on the main stage of the opening of Web 2.0 Summit, announced that .co will be auctioning off the i.co domain name. The auction will be handled by Oversee.net through its Moniker/SnapNames division.
Indeed, it appears details are now up at i.co, although some of the links on the site aren’t yet operating (including registering for the auction) at the time I’m writing this.
It will be a private auction and bidders need to be qualified by January 21, 2011 in order to participate.
Apparently there will be many more single letter .co domain auctions last year. So far a handful of one letter .co’s have been registered, including t.co (Twitter), o.co (Overstock), and x.co (GoDaddy). Of course there was also e.co, which sold for $81,000 in an auction handled by Sedo earlier this year.
Brad says
Seems like the .CO registry is doing whatever it can to try and extend the hype.
Brad
SL says
Overstock kind of made sense since they emphasize the “O” prominently in their brand.
Having a tough time thinking of companies that are mainly associated with the letter “I”. Doesn’t work for IBM, Apple wouldn’t care because i.co is too clunky…other ideas?
Landon White says
@ Sl
Supposed to be Internet,
overpriced junk!
(Rich kid Collector stuff)
hairy says
i.co to b auctionned
@ domainfest , february 2011 ??
thanks , 2w
Joe says
@SL:
Ikea might be a good idea.