According to a press release this morning the .CO registry is seeking 20 additional registrars to sell .Co domain names.
Currently there are only 10 registrars that sell .Co domains.
“”Today the CO Internet SAS (http://www.COinternet.co), the Registry operator of the .CO top level domain, announced the launch of a competitive Request for Proposal (“RFP”) process to help identify and select a limited number of additional Accredited Registrar partners to sell .CO domain names.
“Due to governing policy restrictions, only ten registrar partners could be directly accredited by the .CO Registry during the company’s first year of operations – comprised of two local Colombian and eight global registrars (including Go Daddy, Network Solutions, Tucows and eNom, among others).”
“As one of the fastest growing domain extensions in the world, with registrants in over 200 countries, adoption of .CO continues to grow,” says Crystal Peterson, Senior Marketing Manager of the .CO Registry, “so too has the number of potential partners from every corner of the world who have expressed a keen interest in becoming an official .CO Accredited Registrar.”
“Taking a measured approach to accreditation, the .CO Registry will be accepting only twenty (20) new Accredited Registrars through April 2012. In future years, the accreditation process will be opened progressively to additional potential partners that meet the established standards and criteria.”
“Selection will be based on a variety of factors, including each candidate’s demonstrated ability and commitment to expand brand awareness, grow sales in local markets, and enhance the overall competitive landscape for .CO domain names.”
“As in the past, each .CO Accredited Registrar will be contractually obligated to follow international best practices to protect and enhance the integrity and value of the .CO name space – and to support and actively promote a reseller channel to provide for and incentivize broad opportunities for participation by other interested sales agents. The .CO Registry will continue to support both Accredited Registrars and their resellers with custom marketing materials and resources through the .CO Resource Portal located at https://registrars.cointernet.co.”
“All the details of the RFP Process can be found at http://www.cointernet.co/registrars/accreditation/rfp. Only ICANN accredited registrars are eligible to participate. Questions can be sent to accreditation(at)cointernet(dot)co.”
About .CO Internet S.A.S.
For a registrar, is it financially more convenient to be a reseller (like Name.com and Namecheap.com) or an official .CO registrar?
very bad news for GoDaddy that has invested so much money to promote the .CO
.co is a waste I’m glad Go daddy got jammed up the ass with it,
Stupid extension .
not so stupid, since, .CoDaddy should have made good profits selling these domains at $30 each
Dmpartners,
After what has gone on with .CO over the last 9 months, I see no basis for your assertion. That is rather dislike than a sober look at the facts. This is an expanding company, nothing more, nothing less. GoDaddy is still the biggest registrar and will reap the biggest portion of the pie, regardless of any other registry getting qualified. GoDaddy has the Lion’s portion and this (addition of more registras) will affect them marginally. They (Godaddy) know that have an absolute monopoly is not good for anybody as competition is what drives a thriving market. I’m sure they feel quite confident in being the top competitor rather than being the sole participant.
Think about it. If you have no competitor, what will motivate you? Nothing. you will just get a big gut and wonder where all your drive went. I like it when there is competitor tension…makes for a more energetic environment.
@Em
Are you saying that Bob Parsons now needs to be motivated to sell dotCO? I guess he’ll no longer be the elephant in the room 🙂
LLL.Co sale
Sold
GEV.co
$3,000.00
As the .Co marketing ramps up there will be many medium to large companies that will be soliciting for these LLL.Co
@Robert Cline
Was this your sale?
When was that made… actually better question is, can you give us the details?
Just curious to see what has been happening with .CO.
Cheers
Many registrars will be competing for these coveted 20 additional .Co registrar statuses.
Many will apply but only a few with the highest standards will be accepted.
@Slate
Yes, GEV.CO was my sale. Yes, the buyer was a true gentleman and from start to finish took only 1 week through escrow.
also there was sale of
adk.co $1563 at Sedo
this past week.
True value of LLL.Co for an end medium to large company is $3,000-$25,000
Some folks go to Saks, Macys
Some folks go to Target
Some Step it down further to WalMart or KMart
And others go down to the bottom like the Dollar Store (or .co, .info., .net or a 1000 other non.coms because they have to)
So in that model – the more registrars the merrier