There is a new record for a .Co domain.
The domain name Mesothelioma.co just sold at the Land Rush Auction for $76,000.
Mesothelioma is one of the highest paying PPC keyword in the world.
Legal domains continue to shine on .Co
There is a new record for a .Co domain.
The domain name Mesothelioma.co just sold at the Land Rush Auction for $76,000.
Mesothelioma is one of the highest paying PPC keyword in the world.
Legal domains continue to shine on .Co
Mesothelioma is a medical term. Were you refering to other legal domains in land rush?
I am telling you .CO is a treasure trove, a gold mine.
Mine it now.
I have said this before, but opportunities like this only come every 25 years. It happened in the early 90’s with .COM now you have another opportunity if you missed that.
The sad thing is only a few will seize this opportunity.
the selling of a domain name of a disease at a so high price sounds like a marketing trick to “bump” the .co selling… its selling is like say… “hey, if someone has sold this orrible-disease’s name at this price, then, your more glamourous .co domains could give you million$”
The facts are the facts.
There is no denying that.
Closing in on 500,000 very soon.
Anything is possible in the .CO era.
Here is a directory of developed .CO sites up and running in record 1 and half month time:
http://www.opportunity.co/co-domains/
Last month the .CO domain was made available to the general public in a land rush style buying spree. While the .CO domain is not new, it has become the most popular domain TLDs of 2010. This is because it is being marketed as an alternative for the popular .com domain names which are harder and harder to get. According to Web Host Rating, “in years past, the .co domains did not show up in international searches, and were most commonly found when one executed a search within the region of Columbia.”
What has been big news is that Google has revised their position and has enabled international targeting for all .CO domains. This means that the .CO domain is being recognized as a general TLD and for those that bought .CO domain names their investment just got a lot more valuable.
So what is international targeting? Well Web Host Rating has a great explanation of international targeting –
“There are over 200 different types of domain TLDs in the world, most of which are country codes for specific regions. For example, the TLD for the United Kingdom is .co.uk. When a domain is set with a regional TLD, search engines will usually direct traffic from the same country. In other words, when you conduct a Google search in India, there is a good chance that a significant amount of your search engine results will be .IN domains (Indian Domains). However, there are some domain TLDs that are open to international targeting, which means they can appear frequently in any search results from any country in the world, such as .com domains. By having an international domain web site owners can specify thier specific and intended targeted audience, without limitation to a preset country.”
To support the statement that the .CO launch was tremendous check out these numbers:
11,000 names applied for during the Sunrise Period
28,000 names sold during the Landrush Period (closed July 15, 2010)
Total paid by applicants for Sunrise and Landrush names: over $10 million
Total .co names registered as of this writing: 489,884
So what is the long term impact of this decision? Even though there has been much support for the .CO domain over these last few months, there have been many people who have hesitated to buy a .CO domain because it is not an international domain. Because of this change you can be sure that many more people will be buying. Another important thing for .CO as an international domain is that traffic levels are expected to increase as they start appearing in search results around the world. This means an increase in value for those who bought good names and bought them early.
I agree, Robert. I’m still buying. I was very happy to get on it when it went public. I have a sale going through right now for a .co that has returned over 5x my investment for ALL of my 130 odd .co’s. It probably sounds boastful but it’s just a fact.
@Gnanes
Mesothelioma transcended being just a medical term a long time ago and is probably known more as a legal term nowadays, at least online. Hundreds of attorneys have worked their entire careers focused entirely on representing mesothelioma clients and suits.
For the poster who said this sounds like a “marketing trick to ‘bump’ the .co selling”. Your basis is flawed.
Mesothelioma is an incredibly valuable keyword which marketers strive to rank for at great cost. PPC values on this one term are through the roof. If you’ve ever managed a blog, the mesothelioma comment spam links are some of the most frequent of all blog spam.
“Anything is possible in the .CO era.”
the .co domains do have a value (I hope the right value) but I don’t see a “.co era”
when the .co hype will vanish, the .co will become a domain like many others
As expected, .CO is slowly taking off like a beautiful Boeing.
The 500,000 registrations bar is approaching very fast.
So far I have managed to sell some of my .cos for a very good return on investment.
.CO is the best TLD launched in years. That’s a fact. Call me crazy, but I believe it will overtake .NET and .ORG in value in less than 3 years.
“Anything is possible in the .CO era.”
LOL. Some people need to step outside their bubble.
Brad
.CO has too many things going for it. Consider these facts:
1) First and for most .COM is depleted, old
2) .CO is really a better extension than .COM, more efficient. States i.e. are abbreviated with 2 letters.
3) .CO is shorter than .COM, less is more
4) .CO stands for company, community, collaboration, compete, etc.
5) This all makes so much sense. .CO I think will supercede .COM
“”when the .co hype will vanish, the .co will become a domain like many others””
It will be a while before it vanishes. The reason being that that the Landrush phase auctions are still going on. Within the next few months we expect to see the 2,000 or so reserved listed domains start to go on auction.
So after the Landrush when many people think the hype will start to vanish, along comes more sales and more numbers to keep the interest in .CO going longer.
Its going to be a while before this dies down.
Just my opinion
Cheers
.CO era is just starting.
It will overtake .net and .org within couple years and .com within 5 years for sure.
“New Record For A .Co Domain $76,000”
I thought O.CO held the current record at $350,000, did this sale fall through ?
“It will overtake .net and .org within couple years and .com within 5 years for sure.”
@ Robert, lol, best of luck with that one ! 🙂
Gazzip makes a good point. O.CO sale.
There was also a 80,000 .CO sales back in 2006
Lyrics.co … I am assuming that is not being counted because it was before the current launch of .CO
There where many good sales back when .CO was only a ccTLD before it became part of the gTLD and the worst part is they where English names.
Hard to believe…
Cheers
They are referring to auction sales.
Get a sense of clue.
O.CO was a direct sale at $350,000 not an auction sales record.
.CO has now effectively surpassed .CA for Canada, which has been out for more than 10 years.
A domain which has sold $76,000 at a private auction between less than 10 bidders can sell at least for 5 the price in a public auction.
The .co will make a few millionnaires. This TLD is a serious thing. .mobi or .me are nowhere near its league.
The .me registry has sold 250,000 domains in one year.
The .co registry has sold 490,436 domains in one month.
Jim, you are right on the button. I cannot imagine what these would be selling for in the open public market auction. I too wanted to participate but was locked out because I did not submit an application.
If I had known I would have applied.
Anyways, Long live the new King.
in
The .CO reign era has begun. Any dissenters here will be either imprisoned or eliminated or assimilated.
Bon voyage!
P.S. – Oh, Ls Morgan, for you public humiliating repentance is your only hope. Oh I love it. This is a very fun time for me. hahaha.
Cline was obviously a tulip seller in a previous life:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
Like all the other pretenders to the .com throne, this extension too will pass.
I have to ask the obvious. Robert, if .co is so good, why don’t you own epier.co to match the epier.com link in your post name?
Given how wildly popular .co is, surely you’re afraid someone would register it first, no?
“Like all the other pretenders to the .com throne, this extension too will pass.”
Nobody ever said .co was a pretender to the .com throne.
But .co is way out .mobi, .me, and even .org and .net.
As I already said, many hate .co because they missed out the landrush and don’t want to go on the aftermarket because they feel it’s too late.
Concerning the .com supremacy, I think it will fade away one day (total saturation of the market will come near 2014)… When there is absolutely no offer, the prices go up to a point when nobody can no more afford it.
“I am telling you .CO is a treasure trove, a gold mine.”
“Anything is possible in the .CO era”.
“First and for most .COM is depleted, old”
“.CO is really a better extension than .COM, more efficient. ”
“.CO is shorter than .COM, less is more”
“.CO stands for company, community, collaboration, compete, etc.”
“This all makes so much sense. .CO I think will supercede .COM”
“It will overtake .net and .org within couple years and .com within 5 years”
“Anyways, Long live the new King.”
I think you’re suffering from a slight case of premature speculation, it’s early days to be waiving those .co pom poms about unless you work for the company.
get a sense of reality
As mentioned above the land rush auctions will continue to prolong the hype. Once these finish the aftermarket .CO auctions and sales will further prolong the hype.
The real test will be when these are complete and domains such as t.CO are launched. The question will be how much of the trend can be sustained long term. Also lets not forget the hype will probably be higher in 3-6 months than it is now.
Hi all from the UK.
I own 200+ keyword domains in the .uk extension.
I own 1 .co domain.
Last week I received my first ever offer.
It was for the .co domain!
Unbelievable-but true.
The problem with the Tulip example is that you likely will not know it when you are in one. Everyone’s a perfect investor in hindsight. And it is only in hindsight that we are in awe.
Did you sell your real estate at the buying spree of 2006, 2007 when everyone and every dog was getting loans and lenders were loaning 4.4Million to a 20 year old. Or did you sell your stocks before last year’s crash or the dot.com bubble so don’t think you are above others because you read a little Tulip history.
The trick is to recognize before it happens. The .COM is the tulip of today. It is the irrational exuberance of slots.com for $15,000,000 or porn.com for $11,000,000
The .CO is only $25-$30 that is it. Nothing more. Why is it a Tulip case if you are buying BoardingSchool.CO for $28 bucks. NO, I do not think this is an example of Tulip. However, it is a Tulip case for me to buy BoardingSchool.COM for $450,000
For crying out loud, we have an admitted jealous .CO poster here because he thinks he missed out on good names because it’s been 1 and half months and he thinks the good ones are already taken. The problem is some people like to look at life as glass half empty, I like to think life as glass half full. There are so many great opportunities still. I am maxed out. You all would be surprised if I told you what and how many I have.
I am rich.
But I tell you one thing, there is more money on the table now than chips picked up. So go and grab those great names now and develop them.
I know this because of life experience. There is always no better lesson than your own life experiences. Back in 1998, I thought there were great domain names and I thought about grabbing a dictionary and registering. So my thought was there but was lazy and simply didn’t do it. It was as easy and simple as that. And I am kicking myself thinking that I could be worth $25,000,000 if I had done that little bit of work.
You know that you only regret the things you don’t do in life. And things happen in a flip of a dime.
HOLY COW!!
An Asteroid nearly destroys the entire .Co inventory.
Here is the link folks:
http://domaingang.com/domain-news/asteroid-nearly-destroys-the-entire-co-inventory/
I almost went from rich to poor. I told you life is short and things can change on a dime.
Just like I stated somewhere else. It’s like the stock market but just for the extensions. Position yourself and you will either hit or miss..
Robert is Right
The post and the claim of a new record is for an Land Rush Sale.
Guys come on you all knew that.
LS Morgan bought it and is buying .co
So now that we have these sales rolling in, any update on the value of .co to .com? 4%?
“So now that we have these sales rolling in, any update on the value of .co to .com? 4%?”
Mesothelomia.biz has sold $1,500 in 2007. So .co is already valuated more than .biz.
On several auctions I’ve participated to, I’ve seen .info overtaken too by .co.
For the .com, it’s too early to judge, but I’d say 7 to 8%.
“Guys come on you all knew that.”
Just checking 🙂
(Robert) “This all makes so much sense. .CO I think will supercede .COM”
It appears that the hefty sale of O.co may be an attempt to get O.com if/when it is released. (a domain that MBH has estimated at having a potential value of
$5 million + in a previous post)
So overstock now have O.biz, O.co and a live trade mark on O.com
http://www.johnberryhill.com/single-letters.html
Word Mark O.COM
Registration Date January 26, 2010
Owner (REGISTRANT) Overstock.com, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 6350 South 3000 East Salt Lake City UTAH 84121
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
The $350,000 purchase of o.co makes more sense to me now.
“This all makes so much sense. .CO I think will supercede .COM”
“It will overtake .net and .org within couple years and .com within 5 years”
Cough cough cough …
Of course anybody that disagrees is jealous and is bitter because they missed out 😀
I don’t care what the lemmings do, I have done well and continue to do well with or without .co.
Good luck Robert.
“I don’t care what the lemmings do, I have done well and continue to do well with or without .co.”
In this case, I don’t know why you comment on this post. .co doesn’t interest you, does it? I never comment on posts which don’t interest me.
Maybe it was only for the opportunity to call .co investors “lemmings”.
As I said, jealousy and bitterness.
I personnaly don’t invest in .net or .org, but I don’t insult .net and .org investors.
“Nobody ever said .co was a pretender to the .com throne.”
Really ? You haven’t been reading this page… 😉
Jealousy and bitterness ? If the COers repeat that loud enough, perhaps you will start feeling less insecure about their investments.
Price your .co domains as .com or higher.
“we have an admitted jealous .CO poster here because he thinks he missed out on good names because it’s been 1 and half months and he thinks the good ones are already taken.”
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Was anyone around when .COM had less than one million registrations ?
One million .COM domains was viewed as the outer limit.
The assumption was, new TLDs would be added as .COM peaked.
The .COM incumbents actively prevented (m)any alternatives.
Now .CO is running 500,000 vs. 80 million
…
A few good .CO domains may be left…
…
and according to the Microsoft PNRP patents, they plan to use .0 [dot zero]
as their “root”. Their domains are apparently FREE.
FREE.COKE.0
Remember when the toll free numbers starting with 1-800 became saturated? They came out with a new toll free prefix of 1-888 or something and people were sceptical at first but then accepted it! The same thing will happen with .co!
I wonder how much i will be able to get for some of my .co domains in a few years.
I have:
cloudcomputing.co
cleanenergy.co
natgas.co
biofuels.co
just to name a few! I got about 100 good ones!
Wow some hardcore wishful thinking going on here.
Wishful thinking? Consider this: cloud-computing.de had sold for $38,000 and .CO is Global! Someone had offered me $5k for cloudcomputing.co and when i refused he didn’t hesitate to offer me $8,000. I still refused. Look at what some of the auctions ended at during the landrush phase by going to http://www.coauctions.co and watch them scroll by. Some had sold in the tens of thousands.
Wishful thinking ? Yes. plenty of alternate extensions have been available for over a decade. No way they have been getting popular like 877 numbers.
The comparison with phone numbers is difficult.
To begin with, the scarcity of toll-free numbers is such that you have no choice. In fact I even ‘registered’ a 855 number but I would not register a .biz domain for example.
With domains, you have more choice: people just register longer domain names in .com (800).
No Eric, .com saturation does not make poor extensions look good. It means the good stuff becomes more expensive.
Remember .mobi ? There was a lot of hype, some good sales, today it is a dead zone and the market is flat. Soon interest in .co will fade as the next ‘new’ TLD is introduced, just like the other landrushes before have already been forgotten.
Show me the end users. Right now it’s speculation.
My advice would be to sell now while the market (read: speculative bubble) is at the peak.
If you are able to make a least one sale in $,$$$ range then you are doing better than 98% of the .co speculators who are just followers and will lose money.
Wow, Kate…you win the ‘Most Illogical’ post award. Congratulations. I would dispute every point you made but I imagine it would be futile so I won’t waste my time. I’ve made one $$,$$$ .co sale and I’ve had plenty of inquiries. I haven’t sold more because I am pricing them VERY high right now until the market is less speculative. I can wait.
Hey Christopher,
I was wondering if i could possibly get your email. I would like to know how you went about generating the success of your .co domains. I have about 50 .co domains in real estate mostly california, alot of golf .co domains in very popular areas. I am needing cash now and i want to learn how to sell some for profitable $$ please get in contact with me if possible ill check back on this post soon. thanks again,
-Brett