Don’t Hate The Extension, Hate The Lousy Domains; Godaddy’s .Expired Co Auction Shows You What Crap People Registered On Day 1
Yesterday as many of you know was the day that the first day that .Co drop auctions closed on Godaddy.
Thousand and thousands of non-renewed .Co domains dropped and were on Godaddy.com auction platform.
What amazed me was these were registered on the 1st day of .Co availability.
With an almost unlimited selection of domains people still registered crap.
So many horrible domains.
Domains I wouldn’t have registered in .Com much less .Co
Typo’s, misspells, trademark infringing domains and domains that simply don’t make any sense.
Its shocking considering on the 1st day of registration the whole world was basically opened to all and so many chose what would be described as pigeon shit by Rick Schwartz, yet these domains would be an insult to the pigeons.
So lets not blame the extension but those who register really bad domains in any extension.
The lesson is if you register mymotherusedtobemarriedtothemob.xxx and don’t sell it, don’t blame the ICM next year, blame yourself.
Here are just a few examples:
| bakofamerica.co |
| randmcnally.co |
| sarah-oliver.co |
| lekkertravel.co |
| urgentpropertysales.co |
| keralatour.co |
| razorsedge.co |
| cinima.co |
| electromenager.co |
| grubbellis.co |
| bingg.co |
| kfcmalaysia.co |
| mashkanta.co |
| szeed.co |
| abhishek.co |
| twiffer.co |
| saleisland.co |
| shopwildplanet.co |
| travelsteamboat.co |
| kaczynski.co |
| detectivess.co |
| premiumironentrys.co |
| zornia.co |
| globalopolis.co |
| bancomer.co |
| kitenhaus.co |
| vibramovil.co |
| alotofgames.co |
| liveclothing.co |
| gurukul.co |
| cougers.co |
| policybazar.co |
| camiseto.co |
| ivia.co |
| chocolat-frey.co |
| spiro.co |
| equitax.co |
| qrlaw.co |
| bookyourwork.co |
| estetik.co |
| bestipadapps.co |
| paymentech.co |
| blueshieldcalifornia.co |
| yogamama.co |
| kwanglee.co |
| caribbeangold.co |
| calstateconstructionloans.co |
| coatedconveyorrollers.co |
| buisness.co |
| wwwweather.co |
| mycardmyway.co |
| tdameritraderothira.co |
| teambuilding4good.co |
| lomaximoproductions.co |
| toddhouser.co |
| tellfaxemail.co |
| 9ku.co |
| runic.co |
| maruti.co |
| musiquepub.co |
| interfootbtofromto.co |
| hrmglobal.co |
| zionglass.co |
| hipermercado.co |
| doctorsuk.co |
| redoxsignaling.co |
| rqlaw.co |
| nextbesting.co |
| concorsi-pubblici.co |
| aduana.co |
| fearnet.co |
| lightening.co |
| ultimateentrepreneur.co |
| displayrolls.co |
| hublotreplica.co |
| yahoomobile.co |
| homecontentsinsurance.co |
| divertimenti.co |
| cityofmoscow.co |
| mahnam.co |
| pinkpound.co |
| focusoncustomersuccess.co |
| zahrani.co |
| wwwamericanexpress.co |
| paysagiste.co |
| valhalla.co |
| bankislam.co |
| linkinn.co |
| xboxstore.co |
| bizzo.co |
| jordanriver.co |
| blairportraits.co |
| androidcommunity.co |
| ocenet.co |
| peintre.co |
| chiron.co |
| hire-car.co |
| videoproducers.co |
| koldugmesi.co |
| lexjet.co |
| tanjong.co |
| dijaya.co |
| global-manufacturers.co |
| cancunbeaches.co |
| isatel.co |
| peruvianconnection.co |
| oddsguide.co |
| eagames.co |
| worldofcoca-cola.co |
| carinsurancemustang.co |
| donatecarca.co |
| qooza.co |
| taxibid.co |
| eastpak.co |
| minmax.co |
| conquistadorapts.co |
| absworkout.co |
| muezzapure.co |
| carhireportugal.co |
| buy-and-sell.co |
| ontargetccw.co |
| printerchips.co |
| ahmedbinzayedalnahyan.co |
| gleconsultants.co |
| digitaldigitalacar.co |
| robinsonpropertymanagement.co |
| elasticity.co |
| photovoltaicpower.co |
| abcdefg.co |
| warmtiles.co |
| sinusrelief.co |
| 212fashion.co |
| thequeenofthefruits.co |
| difesapersonale.co |
| superexpress.co |
| traviangames.co |
| stainlesssteelwater.co |
| jktech.co |
| unseen.co |
| rrado.co |
| schuheonline.co |
| maarsindia.co |
| californiahomebuildloan.co |
| derealestate.co |
| bionade.co |
| tipicon.co |
| goldenstatecommercialloan.co |
| ruskniga.co |
| sheilaswheels.co |
| finacialaid.co |
| highdog.co |
| insurancehomemotels.co |
| photo-school.co |
| storyvillestudios.co |
| indianoverseasbank.co |
| 8kmedals.co |
| cicso.co |
| htcphones.co |
| i-pad.co |
| caribecruise.co |
| albertamortgage.co |
| tama38.co |
| agentbox.co |
| buddhabelly.co |
| burgan.co |
| cbtestforco2.co |
| kiss925.co |
| criket.co |
| 8888sports.co |
| nikkeibp.co |
| central-islip-lawyer.co |
| sharelynx.co |
| performancetransformation.co |
| egitim.co |
| amirkhan.co |
| yeelee.co |
| tysonfood.co |
| parkmobile.co |
| cheapangeles.co |
| personalinjurynowinnofee.co |
| summerholiday.co |
| taxattorneystexas.co |
| reisestudio.co |
| dizifilm.co |
| recycleoldmobilephones.co |
| sherwin-williams.co |
| sedoparking.co |
| cassidyturley.co |
| vagaa.co |
| erpssearch.co |
| micrus.co |
| nr1brand.co |
| cerrejoncoal.co |
| cheaplifeassuranceuk.co |
| schoolhighyou.co |
| traneairconditioners.co |
| rentacoffin.co |
| worldofwar.co |
| siacargo.co |
| xmradio.co |
| miramax.co |
| culinaryartsschoolsinchicago.co |
| iwas.co |
| jupiterislandtradingcom.co |
| mobilephonerecyclingcompare.co |
| bryanwatson.co |
| bugleme.co |
| crystalscompleteestatesales.co |
| everythingbaby.co |
| ctrlwake.co |
| urbanfarmer.co |
| 52pk.co |
| bargin.co |
| 5c5c5c.co |
| gwinnetthomefinder.co |
| amcmo.co |
| foxsport.co |
| georgebush.co |
| financecalc.co |
| cyprusmall.co |
| 14er.co |
| natur.co |
| webtretho.co |
| carinsurancequoteinstant.co |
| cheapinsuranceukbreakdownuk.co |
| homebudhealthdepotinvestmentset.co |
| homeequityloansarizona.co |
| fishhawk.co |
| arizona-real-estate.co |
| barginhunters.co |
| abckj123.co |
| bucketlistassist.co |
| gdbulkco8.co |
| nestviewdrive.co |
| piperjaffray.co |
| allez-allez.co |
| envirophone.co |
| innerlightworkshop.co |
| ferramentas.co |
| sonicdrivein.co |
| divinelight.co |
| espnthe.co |
| olamonline.co |
| benelli.co |
| yigdigs.co |
| ipragaz.co |
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People are still paying money for domains ?
What year is this ?
Re: domain names with hyphen – search engines do not discriminate against these as permalinks in URLs are also made up of hyphens.
While I only own 4 .co domains- never was a fan of extension but will maintain my 4
Funny how people always remember your bad investment.
You don’t need a home run on each name.
Buy a name for 500. Sell for 2500
Profit is 2k
Second name buy at 1000. Sell for 300.
Loss is 700 on this.
So what’s your overall profit between the 2? Loss of 700? 2k? Or 1300
Answer 1300
Does anyone know how to do simple math and whole picture?
I’ve seen barely any evidence whatsoever that .CO is selling well or ranking well. Hardly any of them are mentioned in the weekly sales lists. Hardly any major brands building on them. If you buy into this, you are a gambler or collector, not a domain seller.
The optimistic comments here don’t make any sense, which leads me to believe they are mostly BS comments.
You see, this is like the Casino—you go in and bet and bet and lose about 100K $ and then out of a sudden,you win $100 plus the nice cute gal gives you a free drink of water and she smiles at you.
You get the feeling that you are a winner and keeps on playing forgetting about the 100K you dropped in the toilet.
Do you see casino commercials showing Losers instead of young couples playing happily and winning and then show you the room where they screw !!
“Do you see casino commercials showing Losers…”
Are you saying Domain Registries fabricate (BS) domainers with large portfolios and big deals ?
Pump and Dump ?
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
so what one considers crap is actually gold for another.
here are just a sampling that has shown a great opportunity for those that have bought:
utilities.co $1,506
weddingplanner.co $1,505
tweets.co $780
hoodie.co $773
exercising.co $411
wagers.co $408
copiers.co $371
crave.co $350
symphony.co $350
southern.co $305
beg.co $280
nda.co $256
printshop.co $255
455.co $255
powerboats.co $205
imb.co $205
dok.co $200
tots.co $171
ripped.co $162
finejewelry.co $156
bestrates.co $156
afa.co $155
dim.co $155
distributor.co $150
medx.co $145
auctioneer.co $132
delete.co $130
tnn.co $122
mld.co $106
ohl.co $106
wack.co $106
veal.co $106
onlinelawyer.co $105
yep.co $105
kot.co $100
mno.co $95
ckn.co $94
hdf.co $85
pjb.co $80
ibuyer.co $75
icards.co $72
ayg.co $70
oed.co $70
cee.co $62
roo.co $61
Average LLL wholesale price is now $135
retail price $3000 – $20,000
Mike@
Believe it or not 222 out of 246 are taken in .com. Amazing !!!
Cline@
You forgot one vuedotco $2,022
And onother thing…when you list the names in the future for resale value it would help the domainers if you don’t write the .co or the extension for that matter.
If the end user does a little research and he sees that deletedotco was sold at the auction for $130 he might have a problem paying x amount of dollars.
BLS and Robert Cline posting on the same topic.
The streams have crossed, prepare for a new reality.
Yes,There are so many good sales on Godaddy Auction.
Nearly 50% .co domains registered in Godaddy,that means most of the good .co domains will not actual drop,because it will bid and renew by Godaddy’s pre release
ManydotCo –stop BSing and go ahead and get those dot co domains.
Talk with your money…
@RobertCline – only time will tell if those were prudent purchases or the people who will be left holding the bag.
Remember the .asia, .tel and .me fanboys? Don’t see many of them nowadays.
And imho, you can make money in ANY extension, as long as you get good / great keywords… what MHB is trying to point out with this post.
@mhb-
Yes, I’m aware that some end users bought the .co without owning the .com and in fact as you know some .co were bought while the .com is still available.
There are obviously many factors to take into consideration as in losing traffic to .com with a .co , building your business and raising enough money to buy later on the .com. There are also advantages for shorter urls and .co is shorter than .com. There are many points arguable for each side.
Yes, Rick tried with .mobi and it didn’t work but as you said nicely: Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but he didn’t register pigeon s***, and it’s also a nice loss to balance against profit.
Anyway, its nice to see that Mike M is a good listner and is following Rob Hall
by selling swarmshop.com for a mere 1K+. “Mann”, prices are dropping…
Wow…browsing through the expiring auctions for .co I discovered the biggest waste of money I’ve ever seen! Approx. 1500 geo overheaddoor domains…that’s right 1500!!!! Thats probably $30,000 minimum and I’m sure it’s from one person because they were all reg’d at the same time. I’m going to assume they didn’t just register these alone. This domainer could have bought tens of thousands of domains…all of similar ‘quality’. Ugh…I feel sick about the waste of $$$. Disgusting really. It would be very interesting to find out who it is. Maybe you could interview them, Michael.
@Christopher
Who else–the great dot co king aka Diarrhea Mouth- R Cline
Not strictly related to the post, but did anyone notice that Apple owns iPad.CO but not the .com?
@Robert Cline, I sold Kreuzfahrt.co = cruise in German, I still have a good one Kreditkarten.co credit cards in German and Rechtsanwalt.co = Lawyer in German