.Co hits another big milestone.
Just a couple months after general release, the .co namespace has now registered over half a million domain names effective today.
37% of registrations are from within the United States, followed by 17% in the United Kingdom. 12% of domain names are registered in Colombia. .Co is the country code domain name for Colombia, but has been commercialized and liberalized.
Consumers and businesses have spent over $20 million registering .co domain names since the launch, including sunrise and landrush applications. About 2,500 domain names went to landrush auctions. Top sales include: Mesothelioma.co for $76,000; Insure.co for $60,000; DuiAttorney.co for $44,500; Slots.co for $41,000; Aspen.co for $22,500; Vehicles.co for $18,500, Sites.co for $15,500 and UsedCars.co for $14,000.
The launch period for .co has been an unequivocal success. It will be interesting to see how it fairs over the coming years.
M. Menius says
I must say that is a pretty hefty milestone for the tld. Now, I wonder how much is domainer speculation vs. real world companies buying in and intending to use .co as a primary website. That is hard to determine.
If the .co reg numbers continue to trickle upward over the next year and 50,000,000 or so indexed web pages begin to appear in the search engines, then the tld may acquire a long term place.
.BIZ, .INFO, and .US were slow on the uptake because .com was so strong at that time, and a considerable number of good .com domains were still available for the taking. Now, .com is totally depleted. And the best keywords in BIZ/US/INFO are largely gone.
.Co is kind of between that and the forthcoming tidal wave of “new tlds” that will pollute the net beyond imagination. I think the longer that the new tld are delayed, the better that will be for .CO as it will give it more time to enjoy the limelight.
The Original Domainer says
Typos have broad appeal.
roddy says
well i regged two and have started to develop one …..problems is every time i go to look at the site i type in .com !!