Trademark owners go after their names on .co. A dozen companies have filed 13 .co domain name arbitration disputes since the relaunch of .co as a a generic domain name. The most recent UDRP filing was for Dreamhost.co by the owner of the large web ... Continue Reading12 Comments
e.Co Transfer Complete, .Co Landrush Auctions Begin
· Domain SalesBig .co sale finally completed; landrush auctions begin. e.Co, which was auctioned for $81,000 in a charity auction in June, has finally changed hands. Although the whois for the domain name still shows CO Internet, the buyer has informed me that the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.Co Domain Tops 400,000 Registrations
· UncategorizedAnother milestone. What's next? It has taken .co just two and a half weeks to hit a big milestone: today the .co domain name surpassed 400,000 domain name registrations according to the ticker on its web site. Although the rate of registrations ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Congratulations, .Co. Now the Real Work Begins.
· UncategorizedRelaunch was successful, but hard work remains. It comes as little surprise to me, but it's now apparent that the .co launch has been successful. As of now, 279,000 .co domain names have been registered. I calculate gross sales of about $19 million ... Continue Reading12 Comments
GoDaddy to Launch x.co URL Shortener
· Domain RegistrarsComing soon, x.co URL shortener. Domain name registrar GoDaddy is releasing a new URL shortener at x.co, according to a tweet by company founder and CEO Bob Parsons: This is likely a .co "founder's program" deal. .Co has already done a deal ... Continue Reading6 Comments
My.CO Powers .co Domain Name Registrations
· Domain RegistrarsCompany offers way for non-.co-accredited registrars to sell .co registrations. One of the unique aspects of the launch of the .co domain name is that there are only ten domain name registrars accredited to sell the domains. This includes some big ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Co Gets Big .Coup with Twitter
· UncategorizedTwitter signs on to .co. .Co has pulled out all the stops in marketing its launch, and it got another big win today. Twitter announced that it will begin using t.co as its URL shortener, and eventually will wrap all URLs on the twitter service through ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Where to Get Best Prices for .Co Sunrise and Landrush Domain Names
· Domain RegistrarsHere's a guide to getting .co at the lowest price. I have a feeling .co is going to be hot. It will have one of the best country code "relaunches" we've ever seen. .CO Internet has undertaken one of the most impressive "new TLD" pre-marketing ... Continue Reading28 Comments
LogicBoxes Manages .Co Transition
· ServicesLogicBoxes powers .co registrar for transition of domain names. LogicBoxes, a sort of "registrar/registry in a box" solution, announced today that it is the registrar backbone behind .Co Internet's transition of .co domain names from Universidad de los ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Co Domain Name is .Coming
· Uncategorized.Co domain name to go worldwide this year; Pool.com to manage sunrise and landrush auctions. [Update: See guide to pricing and registrars for .co launch.] Anyone who attended one of the three domain name industry events so far this year has heard ... Continue Reading56 Comments