Holding back and reserving what one would consider "premium" names is nothing new in domaining. Verisign has taken back drops on premium .tv domains many a time. Certain new gtld registries have done the same. There is usually not a desire to hold back average or what some might even consider below average names. I was reading a post on Namepros and a member (Crysis) uncovered a bunch of .co … [Read more...]
Now that they got funding time to change the name?
Peoople is a friend & influencer recommendation based app that enables its users to discover restaurants, books, movies and more. They just closed their first round of funding for 500,000 Euros. They are using Peoople.co The name is a bit clunky, even with the trend of spelling brandables with an extra letter like Smiile.com or Fiverr.com. I am not sure that the double o works. Plus … [Read more...]
BitTorrent Acquires The Domain BT.co: Had a BIN Price of $75,000
BitTorrent.com has acquired the domain name BT.co. The domain name was listed for sale for $75,000 on Sedo and was owned by the .co Registry, .CO Internet S.A.S. which is owned by Neustar (NSR). The domain just cleared escrow at Afternic, yesterday so it is unclear whether Sedo or Afternic sold the domain and it's unknown if the domain was sold for the asking price or a lower negotiated … [Read more...]
Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin has taken a real shine to 99.co
There was a story published on Bloomberg that featured a short numeric .co. 99.co a Singaporean house-hunting service has caught the eye of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Now a resident of Singapore for close to seven years, Saverin the venture capitalist helped plug 99.co to real estate agents and sat in with the CEO Darius Cheung on a panel and expressed the need to embrace new … [Read more...]
Another Chance to Win Some Cash – Where will 13.Co Close ?
13.co was renewed but check out here for another chance to win $50. 212.com is up for auction on NameJet, since this is a public NameJet auction the auction will actually go through to fruition. … [Read more...]
.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in 2015
Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the … [Read more...]
Mike Mann Sells Fun.co For $70,000
Mike Mann announced that his DomainMarket.com sold the domain Fun.co for $70,000 The domain name was "purchased a while back" according to Mike Mann. This .co domain represents the 9th highest .Co domain sale according to Estibot and the highest domain sale by DomainMarket.com since Business.co which sold for … [Read more...]
