Namejet.com is holding a no reserve .Co domain name auction and the deadline to backorder domains is June 26th.
Bidding starts at $69 a domain.
Here is the list of domain names included in the auction:
Backorder by June 26th!
Namejet.com is holding a no reserve .Co domain name auction and the deadline to backorder domains is June 26th.
Bidding starts at $69 a domain.
Here is the list of domain names included in the auction:
Backorder by June 26th!
Yuk I think I threw up in my mouth
It will be interesting to see what happens here. Looking over some of the names, they are ok but there is nothing that I am all what wild about.
I would like to see what comes of it.
Cheers
“Yuk I think I threw up in my mouth”
You should buy “chunky.co”
Looks like another one man show of expired domains….must be a new trend
the .co domains I like (and with the higher value, in my opinion) are those in which .co is part of the name, like e.co or mexi.co
I liked Syndication.Co
“.CO Premium No Reserve Domains”
I guess “premium” is debatable. I don’t see much special there.
Looks like a good way for the owner to dump a bunch of average domains before expiration. I am surprised NJ is giving the majority of their homepage to his auction.
Brad
A lot of them have bids already. Hairdos.co and Chronicles.co stand above for me. There was a prerelease .co auction a couple weeks ago that got 30 + bidders on a few domains. However, the domains were more product oriented or acronyms.
Some really nice domains in there, not sure whether all of them can be called premium though. I like Yiddish.co, Hairdos.co and Syndication.co the best.
crying . co … good for a . co domains investors’ directory? 🙂
and what about enlarged . co ? 🙂
what ever happened to their .TV auction? i threw my name in the hat for a couple .TV names just to try to get them cheap…they sat at ‘Pending Auction’ for days once the pre-bidding ended, but the auction never took place. Certainly won’t waste my time on a .CO auction.
only one I like is anabolic. I dont like “ed” or “ing” verb CO domains – just doesnt sound right.
Now, if there were some short keyword co domains, then you might be able to consider them premium
I am surprised that I dont see Robert Cline on here making posts about these names. Granted most of the names are less then impressive.
I like romanian.co out of all of them. I am sure there is a site chat can be built from that name rather easy.
Cheers
In all honesty, I only see two names that seem vaguely appealing. Most .co investors I know who got preordered or landrush names have far superior keywords than these. Fears.co? With the exception of Operating.co and a few others, these seem like these were names that were picked over and available for registration weeks after general availability.
The “no reserve” says everything.
🙂
Those aren’t premium names – I’ll pass.
The fact of the matter is these should sell for high $xxx – $xxxx range.
LLL.Co s are the best and then single premium words.
Mostly really bad names. “ING”, “S” and “ED” endings. Poor choices in names. Check the .COM of the same names and most of these are parked even there, so why would anyone think they’d be worth anything on the .CO?
Instead of attacks go for attack. The s makes it stupid and most likely they checked attack and it was taken so they thought “oh, this is available.” If you really like these names just check if the .US is open or make a low offer there.
Donuts.Co
Sold for $5,000 today.
The true fact of the matter is that for savvy people, today presents great opportunities with .CO
The stock market has returned on average they say 11%, but in the last 12 years, its returned a big NIL
in fact I am sure many of you have lost your shirt in the stock market like I have.
But these will gain probably 50% – 2000% per year for the fore seeable future.
Be smart, buy the up and coming .CO
In two years when everyone views the right of dot world, .CO is where you want to be.
Long live the new .CO KING.
.COM is and only will be KING. It’s engrained in everyone’s understanding of the WWW. It’s why domains like POWER.COM can have an initial bid of 2.5mil and POWER.CO will be in the x,xxx at most. O.CO sold for around 400k while E.CO less than 100k, I’m guessing Juan Diego Calle’s still scratching his head on that one, wondering why eBay didn’t buy it.
I think .CO is great for someone wanting a website that doesn’t want to fork over a lot of revenue because the other gTLD’s are taken. Unfortunately that doesn’t go well for the resell side of this. I’m watching the news to see what happens when domainers have to pay 29.99 each on renewing their long list of .CO’s. I think we’ll find the registration numbers flatten out after July.
When it comes right down to it, you really want a TLD that people will recognize that have been with them since the beginning. Even after .ANYTHING comes around it will only increase the value of .COM/.NET/.ORG because they’re the prime real estate of the web. No other TLD will ever match .COM’s success. I will go as far as saying .CO could be the best ccTLD, but right now I’m leaning toward .US
BACTERIAL.CO, seriously? All the gTLD’s are parked, even better without the ‘l’ bacteria.com/net/org are parked. So guess what? Let’s buy the .CO and hope that works.
@Tom
You are an idiot
I have seen so many .com s that are parked where the .Co is bustling with traffic it’s not even funny.
.com was the version of the net. Net 1.0
.Co is Net version 2.0
.com has so much garbage sites, so much parked sites that I would not be surprised if they decide to scrap it and start over.
I really wish this blog had an ignore feature.
Brad
.com is OLD TECH
.CO is NEW TECH
Here comes DotWhatever.youlike
Read this breaking domain news from Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-tech/dotcom-is-old-tech–here-comes-dotwhateveryoulike-20110621-1gchi.html
@Robert Cline
LOL! Must of struck a nerve, cause you know I’m right.
Not saying .CO is all bad, I think it’s a great opportunity for someone who doesn’t want to spend big dollars on buying a domain name, which is what .CO is targeted towards, not domainers, hence the 29.99 price tag and no private registrations (sort of).
But to say it’s better than .COM. Now that’s being an idiot.
The most a .CO has sold for is O.CO and they’re not even using the .CO, it’s still OVERSTOCK.COM. I don’t see them redirecting to O.CO yet, and if they do they’re going to loose a lot of customers. Just ask yourself if it’s worth renewing all the .CO’s for another year after you don’t sell all the ones left in your portfolio. The fact is we already have enough domain names out there, the web’s flooded, it’s just hopefuls you want to convince that there’s enough opportunity for all of them to be valuable and necessary. That’s just plain common sense.
With domains like the ones listed above some have said are good, fact is there’s not one good one there. Before you buy a domain, the first thing you should do is check the other extensions to see what they’re doing. They’re registered, that’s a good sign. Parked? All of them? So no one can find a use for it. So move on and forget about BACTERIAL.CO and ATTACKS.CO because they’re junk. Even the .com/.net.org can’t make any use of them and they’ve had over ten years to get it right.
It’s interesting that Namejet is advertising these names front and centre on their home page. Now, how does one get that kind of exposure for so-so .co names?
I’ve recently purchase the following domains:
hybridsportsbike.co
hybridsportsbike.com
hybridsportsbike.co.uk
Anyone interested?
Just a quick question?
Does anyone like 3dHuntimg.co or 3dFishing.co ? I think the LLL .co’s may continue to gain a little value for small companies but like the general consensus I am not impressed with the list on NameJet.
I also think that the .anything will help the .tv and the .me the most with .co following close but .tv and .me is easier to brand in my opinion.
Have a great day
Phil
“Be smart, buy the up and coming .CO”
@Robert
These .co’s are all for sale, if you are quick and smart you may get them for $30 😉
Thailand.co
England.co
UnitedKingdom.co
Russia.co
Spain.co
Italy.co
Cyprus.co
Ireland.co
Austria.co
Latvia.co
NewYork.co
Hungary.co
Greece.co
NY.co
NewYork.co
Egypt.co
Norway.co
Sydney.co
Switzerland.co
Germany.co
Berlin.co
Poland.co
France.co
Portugal.co
Belgium.co
Jamaica.co
LosAngeles.co
Washington.co
Taiwan.co
Denmark.co
Sweden.co
Milano.co
Rio.co
Croatia.co
Liechtenstein.co
Bolivia.co
Cancun.co
Hawaii.co
Elsalvador.co
Salvador.co
Bangalore.co
Austria.co
Ukraine.co
Delhi.co
Israel.co
Qatar.co
Estonia.co
Capetown.co
Virginislands.co
Jamaica.co
Alexandria.co
Madagascar.co
Fiji.co
Bangalore.co
Lima.co
Trinidadandtobago.co
Tanzania.co
Ghana.co
SPN.co
one.co
Data.co
Mobiles.co
ringtone.co
sms.co
egg.co
eggs.co
Play.co
GPS.co
Horse.co
wrestling.co
BasketBall.co
Motorcross.co
DirtBike.co
SoftBall.co
Cricket.co
formula1.co
skateboard.co
martialarts.co
jesus.co
billboard.co
webdesign.co
language.co
translator.co
BoardGames.co
stockmarket.co
recipe.co
musicdownload.co
Florist.co
Leisure.co
spyware.co
psychic.co
Milk.co
i.co
ring.co
Solitaire.co
Babaysitter.co
exchangerate.co
Christian.co
LasVegasShows.co
Simpsons.co
Manual.co
POD.co
Tractors.co
Taps.co
body.co
jeux.co
EA.co
IT.co
BT.co
BA.co
FT.co
LG.co
KC.co
MG.co
XE.co
MS.co
EM.co
KC.co
TO.co
PE.co
WE.co
XW.co
JM.co
KS.co
RD.co
BB.co
NR.co
AN.co
AR.co
OK.co
EC.co
PG.co
AB.co
DA.co
DS.co
CC.co
TI.co
TA.co
XW.co
V.co
mad.co
puppys.co
fastfood.co
fat.co
embroidery.co
tvshow.co
CubanCigars.co
MobileComputing.co
commercial.co
free.co
Discovery.co
fsbo.co
gmbh.co
DogBreeders.co
HipHop.co
solo.co
teen.co
hotporn.co
fisting.co
squirt.co
asian.co
milfs.co
amature.co
nasty.co
tits.co
strip.co
Breast.co
Masturbation.co
fetish.co
upskirt.co
babes.co
blowjobs.co
bondage.co
mature.co
Chatroom.co
chatrooms.co
lonely.co
drunk.co
interracial.co
arabic.co
Latina.co
Town.co
Charity.co
Kiss.co
Everday.co
sugar.co
Style.co
profit.co
wheel.co
Freesms.co
beaver.co
horror.co
highschool.co
cheese.co
Paint.co
Herbs.co
Bathroom.co
Steel.co
Here.co
Doll.co
Beef.co
Cost.co
mandm.co
Castle.co
Payroll.co
Metal.co
Reverselookup.co
Quitsmoking.co
Reading.co
Scorpion.co
RockMusic.co
Honeymoon.co
AirTravel.co
Helecopter.co
Paranormal.co
Trance.co
Matress.co
ChineseMusic.co
Ballet.co
Congo.co
Cakes.co
Freelancer.co
myip.co
September.co
river.co
tagged.co
magic.co
Fengshui.co
jungel.co
electronic.co
babysitter.co
communication.co
Journalist.co
lace.co
Yankee.co
talk.co
jew.co
lds.co
mouse.co
nanotechnology.co
Culture.co
lymedisease.co
best.co
success.co
riva.co
rims.co
vivid.co
here.co
tutorial.co
alcohol.co
scholarship.co
musique.co
Dolphin.co
BOB.co
Alcholisim.co
Uruguay.co
Result.co
PeriodicTable.co
GuinePig.co
Truth.co
UFO.co
Lunch.co
Shark.co
Moda.co
Glasses.co
gaymarriage.co
teaching.co
Bracelet.co
huge.co
instrumental.co
BlueTooth.co
psychology.co
Religeon.co
Postales.co
Skeleton.co
Oriental.co
natural.co
snap.co
Secretary.co
DVDplayer.co
Tower.co
Geometry.co
Timemanagement.co
Smoke.co
Level.co
Classified.co
Terror.co
Textiles.co
SolarSystem.co
InternetRadio.co
Shareware.co
Barcode.co
Palestine.co
word.co
Aids.co
Marriage.co
hair.co
Body.co
insomnia.co
wallet.co
knee.co
wood.co
SVT.co
loancalculator.co
weed.co
farm.co
land.co
Chrome.co
Knowledge.co
Microwave.co
base.co
celebrity.co
speaker.co
Broadway.co
concert.co
customerservice.co
ZZZ.co
AAA.co
AlternativeMedicine.co
bodybuilding.co
worldreference.co
rollercoaster.co
taps.co
firstaid.co
add.co
mario.co
familytree.co
building.co
human.co
connection.co
winter.co
chicken.co
cleaning.co
Kungfu.co
solarenergy.co
firefighter.co
aquarium.co
pvc.co
miniskirt.co
bootycall.co
swair.co
lock.co
fineart.co
incometax.co
question.co
palestine.co
connection.co
100.co
coco.co
virus.co
tracking.co
computadoras.co
person.co
Telescope.co
Birthday.co
Thong.co
Rave.co
GodFather.co
MentalHealth.co
Mp3music.co
FamilyTree.co
Indian.co
chatrooms.co
distribution.co
Penguin.co
rss.co
mario.co
pan.co
mozart.co
Karaoke.co
boardgames.co
spanish.co
magic.co
Rap.co
scooter.co
fan.co
nuclearenergy.co
dancing.co
zombie.co
electronic.co
prayer.co
archery.co
icecream.co
here.co
destiny.co
phonebook.co
base.co
freemail.co
telescope.co
hydrogen.co
protein.co
OCD.co
machine.co
stars.co
heavymetal.co
translation.co
electricity.co
day.co
snow.co
civil.co
hero.co
Alt.co
streaming.co
aliens.co
part.co
womenshealth.co
securitycamera.co
competition.co
golfresorts.co
webs.co
virus.co
hydroponics.co
enviroment.co
autocad.co
flashplayer.co
layout.co
smiley.co
seal.co
ex.co
bob.co
multiply.co
vector.co
rice.co
society.co
hospital.co
projectmanagement.co
punjabi.co
childcare.co
police.co
handy.co
panda.co
Tree.co
tagged.co
writing.co
rainforest.co
abs.co
wk.co
neptune.co
wix.co
fame.co
atlas.co
everday.co
housecleaning.co
identitytheft.co
kangaroo.co
drink.co
dad.co
cheapvacations.co
f.co
Question.co
Run for the hills !!!
“Run for the hills !!!”
Meaning what Brian?
I wonder how they came up with their list of “premium” domain names that Gazzip tossed out there.
Hmmm…
Cheers
@Gazzip
“Looks like another one man show of expired domains….must be a new trend”
They all look so good LEFT-OF-THE-DOT – yet no reserve ? – Gosh what is wrong .co nation – possibly time to weight down the sinking ship even more ?
This is not shoring up a portfolio as we all do – this is “running for the hills” and throwing out the white flag
It is worrying seeing the abject .co fanboyism here. The reality is that .com has millions of websites and .co does not. The .com TLD is a globally recognised TLD and the web hosting businesses of most countries are on a .ccTLD/.com axis. In some countries, these two TLDs would occupy 80% or more of the registered domains market. While the .co did well to get to 1 million domains in its first year of open operation, the prices paid for domains in the first year of any new TLD are often highly unusual (a speculative mini-bubble to some extent where investors, domainers and fanboys all try to get their hands on high value keyword domains and generally end up selling amongst themselves) and it takes a few years for the market to settle down and for the true value of the domains to be established. What will make the difference with .co is web development and it should be interesting to watch the web development trends in the ccTLD over the next year or so. At the moment, it looks very much like a typical gTLD with PPC parking and holding pages dominating the webscape. There is development but as with any new gTLD, it takes time.
“Looks like another one man show of expired domains….must be a new trend”
I did not look them up, do we know if these are one persons domains? If so, this just tells me that this guy was not thinking. If they all are owned by one guy like your comment suggests (again I have not looked it up), then this guy thought he could make some quick cash with buying a flood of mediocre domain names. What he failed to realize is that it will take several years to cycle through the premium domain names first then people will start looking towards what he has to offer.
In my opinion, just looking at the list of names, he bought on a whim (after the initial launch) and extended himself with no intention of renewing his stock. He probably doesn’t have the money.
To me, this doesn’t speak ill of the .CO domains, it tells me the guy was in idiot (assuming that it is one person like the comment suggests) and purchased way out of his league in a speculative market and now he is going to try to recoup his money.
Remember, buying and selling domains is not for everyone. Some people get into it, loose their heads and of course they fail. Assuming that the post about this being a one man show is true, that is most likely what we have here. Some idiot who thought he can make quick cash off of mediocre domains falling short.
I put the burden on him and not the domains.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers
“generally end up selling amongst themselves”
it’s uncomfortable to watch, but this is the truth.
has the .co registry received a higher number of defensive registrations by businesses with .coms than other cctlds, on average?
might be an interesting analysis to do.
@yes I ran a websurvey about a week ago on 493K detected .co websites. The algorithms used for categorisation are those used for rapidly building search engines. There is a significant level of defensive registration websites. The identifiable brand protection registrations (big name brands) was at 1.84%. The algorithms also identified 3.48% of the websites as forwarding to exact match websites in other TLDs. These would be the small businesses protecting their domain names. Also 8.20% of the websites forwarded to non-exact match websites in other TLDs. These were typically websites using keyword domains in .co to forward to their main brand websites.
Categorisation and classification is actually a difficult process. However when I see the stuff that some registries (not .co registry) publish about domain usage, it is hard not to laugh at the sheer simplicity and inaccuracy of what they publish. There’s more snakeoil, relatively speaking, published about domain usage than about domain valuations.
@John McCormac
“There’s more snakeoil, relatively speaking, published about domain usage than about domain valuations”
If you cannot sell them something because they cannot afford it – then sell them something they don’t need that they CAN afford.
Add a little “Gold Rush” and “Ground Floor” and “this one is different from the other non.coms” BS to the “Skakeoil” – and you end up with a pile of shit in your garage that you cannot even dump on eBay.
Hosting.CO is on auction at Sedo, currently at $16,000 and 3 days left.