Over this week there were repeated comments on this blog to the effect that all 3 letter (LLL.co) .Co domain names were registered or reserved, leaving none available.
We reached out to the .Co registry to confirm this and got the following information which is current as of February 9th
“The total number of 3-letter domains (LLL.co) registered is 16,551 out of a possible combination of 17,576 so close to 95% have been registered already.”
“Regarding the total possible number of registrable 3 character domains (mixture of letters and numbers):”
“Without IDN’s: you can register 26 letters plus 10 numbers, which adds to 36 possible characters, so there are a possible number of 46,656”
“We currently have 21,417 domains with 3 characters registered or 45.9% of the possible 3 characters domains registered.”
Ooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!……..whisky river, candy mountain. 🙂
Spend, spend, spend on .co……you’ll be RICH……LOL.
I will be honest. I did buy .CO domain names as a speculative investment (so to speak since all domain purchases are speculative). I only purchased 11 .CO domains, during the preorder phases and have not dropped a single penny since.
If I sold even one for $300 (which should not be very hard), then I would have broken even.
In doing so I picked up 2 three letter word domain names. You always expect 3 LLL domains to sell out rather quickly and the return on those are generally pretty good no matter what extension (if you hand reg them).
I am not at all surprised that theses will be sold out any time soon.
But those are just my thoughts.
Cheers
Hello Mike,
Asking the .co registry for sensitive information like this is like handing the keys to the chicken coup to a fox. There is little doubt that you mean well by this post ,but we have our doubts. The major question is three years from now where will the current support for.co be?? We know where the support for .com will be!!
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
wow this is pretty odd – I just wrote a post about the ways I find some LLL.CO domains
anyways – i do feel like there will be a demand for LLL.CO domains soon. Not only are they shorter than .com but CO in general has been – and continues to be – extremely marketed
Jeff
All I can do is ask for stats at the source.
Whether you choose to believe them or not is an entirely different matter but I in fact do believe they relayed accurate information.
I have asked for stats regarding number of registrations of .Co domains since the Super Bowl which they would not provide at this time.
No one knows how many domains will be registered in 3 years just like no one knows where the Dow Jones will be 3 years from now.
Everyone has to do their own homework and make their best guess
There are LLL sellout in .US, .BIZ and other secondary extensions. It means absolutely nothing for resale value. It just means LLL are the first things domainers target.
Brad
No word on the tens of thousands of new registrations after the Super Bowl commercial?
I’m still waiting for the press release from Juan stating how many .com oops, I mean .co domain registrations there were after the BIG commercial.
Hmmm, maybe they are still waiting for the commercial to work?
Not all LLL are equal, premium ones were already reg since longtime, the remainings if any are LLL with z,y,q… in it. Also, it’s weird because I’ve scan and found today that none LLL.co where available for hand reg, even worst ones. So I think your results is from weeks ago.
I’ve also invest on only LLL.co because we see that companies are interested with shorter URL just like overstock did. They would never get a LLL.com as already established by other companies or for sale at $xxx.xxx range prices. So .co is the best alternative IMO.
@hed
Yes, this is the bottom line: solid alternative, availability. I want an acronym, don’t have $100,000, what shall i do? A .comer might say “Oh man, just register a good two word .com.”. but it’s not the same as having the acronym, IMO.
so, if we want to buy one of the LLL.co not registered yet, we must do 17,576 attempts?
… or 46,656 attempts to register a 3 letters .co …
Hed
As said The response from .co was received on Friday
a crappy 4l dot com beats 3l dot co any day any time.
6mts from now, dot co will be like mobi
@Bulls
So you’d rather have UXXS.com than XXS.co? You gotta be kidding me.
@ em
When it comes to crappy quality like QZJV.com vs QZJ.co I would prefer to have neither.
Brad
em… I have sold many 4L dot com ( high $XXXXx) that most of you think they are junks because they are not pronounceable in USA English but valuable in other countries.
This is what I called international experience living in other countries.
They probably are all gone, the only ones not considered registered by co are prolly the reserved and restricted ones.
nice to see this working:
TheDomains.Co
plus it looks damn good…
“TheDomains.Co”
but used (as great part of .co) only to redirect to a .com
no problem with that…
I just like typing .Co
Looks are a fringe benefit.
Who cares how many .cos are sold Why the big pub to try to get us to buy a .co name? When the 3D Internet hits all.co’s are worthless period.
@ Rob Sequin
Hmmm, maybe they are still waiting for the commercial to work?
—
Great Line 🙂
@ Slate
—
I will be honest.
Does that mean every thing you said before about .CO junker was dishonest!
LMAO
@Landon White
Nope!
I just state my opinion on the SPECULATIVE investing that is known as domaining.
I dont always state how many domains or what domains I have gathered.
The people that I am always curious about are those who give their opinion on blogs/forums such as this but never really show who they are.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers
how many one and two letters .co domains are still available?
what is the % “end-user” improvement?
hoarding by the hands of speculators usually becomes the kiss of death for any new extension.
First
To my knowledge all one & two character domains were either grandfathered in and take or reserved by the registry
e.g. according to who.is the 3D.co domain is still inactive
LLL.CO
Threee letter domains are iconic, usually operated by large well known companies. I have begun compiling the largest LLL.CO database. Here is a list of just a few that are already up and running.
http://hnw.co/
http://www.cos.co/
http://www.tsi.co/
http://www.ecf.co/
http://www.csd.co/
http://nwb.co/
http://www.llc.co/
http://www.rov.co
http://www.lyh.co/
http://qiq.co/
http://ww.ogl.co/
http://surfing.cbd.co/?tag=llc
http://pwl.co/
http://bmt.co/
http://iws.co/
http://www.wdc.co/
http://www.roe.co/
http://www.tga.co/
http://www.pbf.co/
http://www.sra.co/
http://www.stb.co/
http://ipe.co/
http://0rz.co/
http://www.jak.co/
http://www.l10.co/
http://www.tde.co/
http://jdr.co/
http://www.ceu.co/
http://www.ivp.co/
http://hau.co/
http://www.s60.co/
http://www.xyg.co/
http://www.1ct.co/
http://apa.co/index.htm
http://www.hia.co
http://www.bnr.co/
http://www.1st.co
http://www.adp.co
http://www.apc.co
http://www.app.co
http://www.amd.co
http://www.bmr.co
http://www.bza.co
http://www.cpn.co
http://www.chd.co
http://www.dfj.co
http://www.dmd.co
http://www.fjz.co
http://www.hau.co
http://www.lgz.co
http://www.ijs.co
http://www.ini.co
http://www.ipe.co
http://www.ivp.co
http://www.ivs.co
http://www.jco.co
http://www.kro.co
http://www.loc.co
http://www.mjs.co
http://www.mfg.co
http://www.now.co
http://www.new.co
http://www.nos.co
http://www.nwc.co
http://www.ner.co
http://www.nws.co
http://www.pbn.co
http://www.pxl.co
http://www.qi2.co
http://www.syn.co
http://www.swb.co
http://www.sra.co
http://www.vwp.co
http://www.u10.co
http://www.wds.co
http://www.xch.co
One thing you will instantly realize when you look at all these sites are that LLL.CO are owned by large reputable companies for the most part. This tells us that owning an LLL.CO is an instant ticket or at least a great foot in the door of something big.
And this is just the ones that I know about after 2 days of research. Of course there is at least 10x more that I don’t know about.
@First
– – –
“TheDomains.Co”
but used (as great part of .co) only to redirect to a .com
– – –
Great part? I don’t think so. This is valid for any extension: if you have a website on a somewhat long domain and you also own a shorter one, you can point it to the first one for the joy of your users: dnw.com and dnw.co -> DomainNameWire.com for example. In the case of TheDomains.co the difference is only one letter, but one may prefer using it because it’s still shorter and faster to type 😉
Hi,
I am a domainer in the UK and to date I have not seen a single business ad showing a dot co address. If people here saw a van with a dot co web address on it, they would think that the last part of .co.uk had been missed off.
This in general would also apply in the US where the general public expect a full .com, not one with the m missing.
It seems therefore that most dot co domains are going to speculators, but will they ever be truly worth anything to businesses in view of the fact that their customers already expect .com, .co.uk etc.
something to think about…
Before the internet, companies were choosing to use co. and not com. on
their signs because it was short and looked good.
Not many companies used the letters com before the internet.
Companies had to use .com because it was the
best alternative at the time.
@David
I’m not saying .CO will become this ot that, but things always need to be seen long term. Obviously established habits cannot be changed overnight.
The whole premace of the .co registry seems to be based upon their notion that the general public are, or will become too lazy to add the letter m when typing a web address.
Any business trying to build a reputation with .co will I think be thought of as having some kind of Mickey Mouse web address or worse, be thought of as a Mickey Mouse set up in general. Yes before the internet the abbreviation Co was normal, but we are not in the pre-internet world and we never will be again.
@MHB
Thanks for the new post and information. Sorry for the same old comments…
“Please give me your opinion. Thanks.”
I would sell it Robert, at least it’ll pay for the others.
If .co is anything like all the other extensions then things will quiet down pretty quick when the next “new” ext hits the block and the buzz moves on to that.
my 2 cents, good luck
RicksBlog.Co
ElliotsBlog.Co
Sedo.Co
GoDaddy.Co
DomainMonster.Co
TheDomains.Co
…if it gets you were you want to go…
@cm
_____
It only makes sense that all those people have their respected CO domains registered. It makes thing easier for the blog owners since some chump cant try to reg those domains
Chris,
I agree with that.
But it is a domain that can be used…not just sit as protection.
If you need to buy .co as some form of defensive protection, then why not buy every other TLD in the world. But who would be that bothered?
@ David
Not every extension is clear .COM typo.
Brad
The debate about which came first typo can be argued either way.
.ao
.aom
.bo
.bom
.co
.com
.do
.dom
each of the above can exist distinctly
@ cm
There is no way around the fact that many of the “brand protection” buys are because of the obvious typo aspect. There is a reason many companies own .CO and not .BIZ
Brad
And the argument to which came first. Give me a break. There were 90M+ .COM regs when .CO was repackaged and released.
Brad
“This is valid for any extension”
true, this is what I do with all non .com domains I use for real sites
yes Brad, I realize that.
The two “good is a noun” satements I discoverd today:
1. “Companies had to use .com because it was the
best alternative at the time.”
2. “…if it gets you where you want to go…”
Hi !
I just whant to tell Domainers that Im Using 4 LLL.co and all my friends Love the Idea !
Its shorter and easy to remember 3 Letters !
If you tell your friends to go on LLL.tk , LLL.biz , LLL.ws …. Chance is that they will not remember the extention !
LLL.co is simple ! Its like dot Co(m) !
I own :
HBH.co
XLM.co
MZN.co
XBR.co
IM LOVING IT ! XD
@Dotbay
I agree. LLL.CO s are the best domain names in my opinion.
They feel really good when you type them in. I am compiling all LLL.CO s here:
http://hnw.co/
http://www.cos.co/
http://www.tsi.co/
http://www.ecf.co/
http://www.csd.co/
http://nwb.co/
http://www.llc.co/
http://www.rov.co
http://www.lyh.co/
http://qiq.co/
http://ww.ogl.co/
http://surfing.cbd.co/?tag=llc
http://pwl.co/
http://bmt.co/
http://iws.co/
http://www.wdc.co/
http://www.roe.co/
http://www.tga.co/
http://www.pbf.co/
http://www.sra.co/
http://www.stb.co/
http://ipe.co/
http://0rz.co/
http://www.jak.co/
http://www.l10.co/
http://www.tde.co/
http://jdr.co/
http://www.ceu.co/
http://www.ivp.co/
http://hau.co/
http://www.s60.co/
http://www.xyg.co/
http://www.1ct.co/
http://apa.co/index.htm
http://www.hia.co
http://www.bnr.co/
http://hnw.co/
http://www.cos.co/
http://www.tsi.co/
http://www.ecf.co/
http://www.csd.co/
http://nwb.co/
http://www.llc.co/
http://www.rov.co
http://www.lyh.co/
http://qiq.co/
http://ww.ogl.co/
http://surfing.cbd.co/?tag=llc
http://pwl.co/
http://bmt.co/
http://iws.co/
http://www.wdc.co/
http://www.roe.co/
http://www.tga.co/
http://www.pbf.co/
http://www.sra.co/
http://www.stb.co/
http://ipe.co/
http://0rz.co/
http://www.jak.co/
http://www.l10.co/
http://www.tde.co/
http://jdr.co/
http://www.ceu.co/
http://www.ivp.co/
http://hau.co/
http://www.s60.co/
http://www.xyg.co/
http://www.1ct.co/
http://apa.co/index.htm
http://www.hia.co
http://www.bnr.co/
http://www.1st.co
http://www.adp.co
http://www.apc.co
http://www.app.co
http://www.amd.co
http://www.bmr.co
http://www.bza.co
http://www.cpn.co
http://www.chd.co
http://www.dfj.co
http://www.dmd.co
http://www.fjz.co
http://www.hau.co
http://www.lgz.co
http://www.ijs.co
http://www.ini.co
http://www.ipe.co
http://www.ivp.co
http://www.ivs.co
http://www.jco.co
http://www.kro.co
http://www.loc.co
http://www.mjs.co
http://www.mfg.co
http://www.now.co
http://www.new.co
http://www.nos.co
http://www.nwc.co
http://www.ner.co
http://www.nws.co
http://www.pbn.co
http://www.pxl.co
http://www.qi2.co
http://www.syn.co
http://www.swb.co
http://www.sra.co
http://www.vwp.co
http://www.u10.co
http://www.wds.co
http://www.xch.cos
http://www.200.co
http://fxd.co/
MZN.co can be the short-URL for (e.g.) for Mark Zuckerberg Networks
.co will go the way .mobi – sounds good in principle but ultimately search rules and that points on web and smartphone to .com
no one promotes a .co because perception is that “real” company has a .com
it’s legitimised “protection money” – every single non-country-based domain release since CNOs has been purely an exercise in marketing – and will most likely continue to be. so they’re useless apart from flipping domains for profit in the name of “protection”
GARTH ”no one promotes a .co because perception is that “real” company has a .com” …..
Godaddy and Name.com made SuperBawl Comercial ! Why do you think haf millions .co domains are sold ?
ITS A BIG BANG ! Just remove ”m” and you have a shorter link !
.com (comerce,comunications,)
.co (compagnies,corporated,)
Emul.co(nsole) That’s what I saw when I purchased the name…
You can use .co as you want!
It will never become like .mobi or .tell
Its one of the bigest chance you have to buy some Hight value domain names for regs cost!
@botbay
.co stands for COmmerce, COmmunity, Communication, COrporation, COrporated, etc so STFU !