In a story just out by ABCNews/Univision entitled "The Americas: 13 to Watch in 2013" sitting among people and topics like the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, Hugo Chavez and President Barack Obama, the .CO domain name registry came on at number 11 on the list: "This year we saw some major changes in the Americas in regards to business, technology and politics. 2013 should be all the … [Read more...]
Amazon Finally Starts Using A.co & Cloud.co
Amazon.com is finally starting to use half of the .co domain names they bought back in 2011. A.co is now being used as a shortener for Amazon.com and cloud.co is being used for Amazon's Cloud Drive service It was back in May 2011 that Amazon announced it had acquired four .Co domains, A.co, K.co Z.co and Cloud.co for an undisclosed amount. However the domain name did not go immediately … [Read more...]
.Co Domains Under Management Grows 24% In 2012
According to blog post on the .Co blog this morning the registrar is reporting that domains under management grew 24% from 2011-2012 "The .Co blended renewal rate is 63% and growing". "First time renewal rates are in the mid 50% range, and second time renewal rates or older are in the low to mid 70% range." You can read a more in-depth look at the .Co 2012 results on registration and … [Read more...]
.Co Registry Announces It’s 3rd Super Bowl With Godaddy.com
For the third year in a row, Go Daddy is teaming up with the .CO domain to create a 2013 Super Bowl commercial. The 30-second ad is set to feature Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick, but that's about all either company is revealing about the commercial at this point. In a press release issued today Godaddy said that ".CO is one of the fastest-growing domain name extensions on the Internet and is … [Read more...]
G.Co Hits Times Square By Letting You Put Your Pictures & Message In Times Square
G.co has hit New York's Times Square and now so can your pictures. Google is using the domain name G.co as a branded marketing shortcut. The campaign is called "For Everyone" and is part of their ad campaign for Google's Chrome Book product. "There's no bigger stage … [Read more...]
Home.Co Sells On Sedo For $24,999
The domain name Home.Co just sold on on Sedo.com for $24,999 The domain was part of the .Co auction for Start ups There are 11 applications for the new gTLD .home including by Godaddy.com, Google, Frank Schillings Uniregistry and Minds + Machines to name a few. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the applicants as the winning bidder. As for the rest of the auction it was pretty … [Read more...]
Sedo .Co Domain Auction “For Startups” Ends At Noon Today
The Sedo.com, .Co domain name auction "For Startups" ends today at Noon EST. There are 164 domain name at auction and of the time of publication with three hours to go 66 domains out of 167 have bids but only 7 have hit reserve. The domain with the highest bid it Hot.co with a bid of $10,000 hot.co Reserve met 10,000 USD 10,000 - 24,999 USD shoot.co Reserve not … [Read more...]