It’s Official; 500K .Co Domains Registered in Less Than 2 Months & The US is #1 In Registrations

The .Co registry announced today that is has registered it 500,000 domain in less than 2 months after it launched the .Co extension.

The .Co registry released the following tonight:

“”"”.CO Domain Hits 500,000 Registrations Milestone”

“”".CO Poised to Become World’s Fastest Growing Domain Extension”

“CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co) announced that as of today it has officially taken registrations for more than a half a million .CO domain names.”

“Hitting this major milestone less than two months from the public launch of the .CO extension reinforces the high consumer demand and global nature of the .CO domain.”

“As of today, companies, web developers, agencies, entrepreneurs and individuals from nearly 200 countries around the world have registered .CO domains.  While nearly 37% of current registrations have come from inside of the United States, the domain is growing in popularity in many other countries.”

In terms of .CO registrations here is the breakdown of countries where registrants live:

1.       United States                                   37%
2.       United Kingdom                             17%
3.       Colombia                                          12%
4.       Australia                                           4%
5.       Canada                                              4%
6.       Germany                                           3%
7.       India                                                   2%
8.       China                                                 2%
9.       France                                               2%
10.   Poland                                                 2%

“In passing the half-million registrations mark so quickly, the Internet and business communities have voiced their desire for new and better options in branding their online presence,” said Juan Diego Calle, CEO of .CO Internet S.A.S.  “The strong demand for .CO domains validates our business strategy and the work we have done to bring .CO to market.  We are extremely pleased with our results to date – and look forward to continued growth in the coming months and years.”

A key factor contributing to the success of the .CO launch has been the strong distribution network the .CO Registry has formed by partnering with many of the world’s leading registrars and domain resellers, including, among others, GoDaddy.com, OpenSRS, Network Solutions, eNom, Inc. and 1&1 Internet AG.

“With a global domain launch of this magnitude, the .CO Registry needed a state-of-the-art back-end registry provider that’s been proven to be secure, reliable and robust,” said Tim Switzer, Vice President of Domain Name Registry Services, Neustar. “We are proud to say that Neustar’s global registry platform provides the technical infrastructure to seamlessly power the operation of the .CO domain.”

“Currently, the .CO registry is engaged in settling via auction more than 2,500 .CO domains that had multiple bidders during the pre-launch “Landrush” period.  Some recent notable auction 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, to name a few. ”

“The .CO Registry plans to auction single-letter and other premium domains in the coming months”

Congrats to Juan (our nominee for domainer of the year) and Lori Ward for writing the textbook on how to roll out a new extension.