Tag Archives: .co

Mon 28th September 2015
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Another .Co win: Taco Bell regulating Ta.co - Taco Bell is promoting ta.co domain name. The .co domain name extension continues to rack up big name customers, the latest being Taco Bell. The fast food restaurant chain is now promoting ta.co and an upgrade to its website. Now you can order completely customized tacos and other menu items through your mobile phone. Taco Bell bought the domain name directly from the .co registry. For now, typing in ta.co merely forwards you to Taco Bell. When I watch Taco Bell’s introductory video (below), it ... read more ...
Mon 20th July 2015
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.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 United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
Wed 17th June 2015
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Mike Mann Sells Fun.co For $70,000 -

Mike Mann announced that his DomainMarket.com sole a domain Fun.co for $70,000

The domain name was “purchased a while back” according to Mike Mann.

This .co domain represents a 9th top .Co domain sale according to Estibot and a top domain sale by DomainMarket.com given Business.co that sole for $80K.

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

Mon 15th June 2015
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Neustar's Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37 - What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provider for a lot of new TLDs. On this episode, Neustar VP of Registry Sean Kaine talks about these top level domains and how he sees the internet naming landscape changing in the coming years. What’s the future of .US? Why is .Co still growing in the face ... read more ...
Sun 25th January 2015
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.Co names seems to be behind adult and using only fine - Dot Co was having some problems yesterday it was affecting some Twitter links. The Next Web reported on the issue with the .co extension which now seems to have gotten fixed. If you are still having a problem, they posted Update: Some are reporting that .co domains are beginning to work again. Flushing your DNS cache may fix the problem. Here’s how on Mac or PC. From the article: Noticed that none of the links on Twitter are working today? It’s not just you! It looks like there’s a very serious ... read more ...
Fri 8th August 2014
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Interview with Jeffrey Peterson of Mobile Corporation – Company Recently Purchased Mobile.co for $239,000 - Mobile Corporation just completed the purchase of Mobile.co for $239,000. Our readers may recall that there was an interesting story behind this transaction. The start up based out of Cambridge,Massachusetts has raised $5 million in funding. Jeffrey Peterson the CEO of Mobile Corporation was kind enough to get on the phone and give me an interview about the company and their strategy. Interview 1)Please tell us a little about your domain portfolio Jeffrey Peterson: Working together with our partner ... read more ...
Sun 3rd August 2014
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New .Co Site Making National News: ManServants.Co & Frank Schilling Owns The .Com - A new site launched on a .Co domain name is getting some national news coverage, I saw a feature on the site on Fox News yesterday. The site is ManServants.co By the way not that it’s going to come as any shock to anyone in the domain name space, Frank Schilling’s Name Administration owns the domain name ManServants.com So to start with what is a Man Servant you ask? According to the site a Man Servant just to start with will: According to the company’s blog, the San Francisco-based startup  ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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Neustar reports earnings, and income strike from .Co - Revenue was up 8% in the quarter, some of which is attributed to the company’s acquisition of .Co. Neustar reported second quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue was up 8% and adjusted net income was up 1% compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company’s Security Services segment reported 28% growth, 12% of which it attributed to the acquisition of .Co. It’s not entirely clear if this represents a full quarter of .Co revenue, but .Co appears to ... read more ...
Sat 12th July 2014
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From A UDRP to a $238,000 Sale, Mobile.Co Has Apparently Sold - Mike wrote yesterday about the owner of Mobile.pro losing its UDRP attempt for the domain Mobile.co. Mobile.co was purchased back in 2010 for $15,000 and today the buyer of that domain has supposedly sold the domain for $238,000. Chadi Ghaith posted the sale on his Facebook page. It will be interesting to see if the Mobile.pro owner was the buyer of the domain. The previous dealing for the domain was rather odd as mentioned in the UDRP: Complainant negotiated with Ghaith for purchase of the disputed ... read more ...
Wed 11th June 2014
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Light.Co Bought For $25K In May On Afternic/Godaddy Raises $9.7 Million - Back in May of this year we reported that the domain name Light.co sold on Afternic/Godaddy for $25,000 A nice price for a nice .Co domain name. Today the Term Sheet is reporting that Light.co, a digital photography startup, has raised $9.7 million in Series A funding. Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV co-led the round, and were joined by Paul Jacobs (Qualcomm exec chairman) and Sanjay Jha (ex-Motorola Mobility CEO). Now the question becomes what is going on with light.com As present the domain does ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2014
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Launched – Grown – Sold The Miami Herald Discusses What’s Next for .CO Founders - The Miami Herald did a piece today on the .CO Registry acquisition by Neustar. They spoke with Juan Diego Calle to find out what’s next for everyone now that the company is sold. Calle mentioned a better job and better benefits for employees. The article also mentions that Neustar did not get Pop.co in the deal.   Calle said Neustar’s plan is to keep the offices — and the jobs — in Miami and Colombia. There are 20 full-time employees going to Neustar, plus a few consultants. “All of our ... read more ...
Tue 15th April 2014
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The Sale of .Co To Neustar Closed Today; Offices To Stay In Miami - Although it was announced a few weeks ago, the sale of the  .CO Internet S.A.S to Neustar for $109 million dollars actually just closed today. According to the MiamiHerald.com, the “Champagne popped and bonuses flowed after .CO Internet closed its chapter as an independent company and became part of the publicly traded Neustar on Monday afternoon.” “In his first comments to the press about the transaction, Juan Diego Calle, co-founder and former CEO of .CO, said “The timing was right for ... read more ...
Fri 21st March 2014
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Why Neustar paid $109 million for .Co and what it means for new TLDs - While the circumstances behind Neustar’s acquisition of .CO Internet were unique, it bodes well for operators of new TLDs. Neustar announced yesterday that it is paying $109 million to acquire .CO Internet, operator of the .co domain name. It’s a big price tag, and here’s how it breaks down: * $68 per currently registered .Co domain * 5x current annual revenue run rate * 6.5x current annual revenue run rate when you account for Neustar losing $4 million a year ... read more ...
Thu 20th March 2014
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.CO Internet S.A.S Acquired for $109 Million - Neustar traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSR has a market cap of roughly $2.16 billion, today after the close they announced the acquistion of the company behind the .CO extension. Neustar is acquiring  .CO Internet S.A.S for $109 million. Neustar recorded $4 million in revenue for its role as the back-end provider for .CO Internet, which will be eliminated upon consolidation. Neustar is proud to announce the acquisition of .@dotco .CO Internet will expand Neustar’s registry services http://t.co/xpv8XLDRHe — ... read more ...
Mon 10th March 2014
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Photos: Domain.com SXSW Party & .CO HQ - Here are photos from Domain.com’s party in Austin Saturday night and the .CO HQ. Domain.com threw a party in conjunction with Public Interest Registry (PIR) Saturday night in Austin at the SXSW festival. A steady cold rain didn’t keep people away. In fact, it may have drawn them to the relative comfort and warmth of dancing in a tent. For the second year in a row the party featured 80s cover band The Spazmatics. Drinks included “The Domain Fire” and the “Refresh-ORG”. On ... read more ...
Thu 27th February 2014
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.CO creates a “Pop-up HQ” for SXSW 2014 - .CO creates its own home on the road for SXSW Interactive. .CO went small the first time it came to SXSW Interactive in Austin. It was more of a scouting trip than a marketing one. I remember catching up with the company at the W Hotel that year. .CO Internet CEO Juan Diego Calle said “Wow, this is big”. .CO has had a major presence at SXSW ever since then. It’s the perfect event for a company that targets startups. This year it’s going bigger and better ... read more ...
Tue 11th February 2014
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Check out what this association did with the .Co domain name - It’s not .com. Every once in a while I see a .co domain name around town. One of my favorites is mow.co, which is used by a local lawn mowing service. I was flipping through the Angie’s List magazine last night and saw an ad for a local window washing company. Something about the domain name looked funny: I’ve never seen that before. They use a .co domain name, and to make it clear to readers that it’s .co and not .com, they put an / through an “m” next ... read more ...
Mon 3rd February 2014
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Sandwich.co Sells For 18K After The .Com Sells For $137,500 - The domain name sandwich.co sold on Sedo today for $18,000 USD. Yahoo sold the domain name Sandwich.com for $137,500 back in November 2013 also on Sedo. The buyer of Sandwich.co is Sandwich Company of Los Angeles, California. The buyer of Sandwich.com seems to be a different party. The purchase price of the .co is over 13% of the .com. Congrats to the buyer and seller. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 22nd January 2014
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Confirmed: There Will Not Be A .Co/Godaddy Super Bowl Commercial This Year - Godaddy.com released one its commercials that it will be airing during the Super Bowl today. I confirmed with Godaddy that there will not be a .Co domain name registry co-branded commercial running on this year’s Super Bowl. The .Co registry ran co-branded ads with Godaddy for the past three Super Bowls. My favorite of the bunch, actually my favorite television commercial of all time for domain names, was last years Godaddy/.Co commercial entitled Your Big Idea .Co. Godaddy also confirmed that ... read more ...
Sat 18th January 2014
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Juan Diego Calle of .CO: Want to Control Your Brand Experience? Look to Top-Level Domains - Tech Cocktail did a piece on Juan Diego Calle from .CO Registry. In the video Juan talks about his start in the Internet in 1999, that his first business went bankrupt, he talks about how he got started with .CO in 2009. He talks about building a community and the ROI on getting early adopters with credibility. He also calls .com a wasteland. From the article: With the gradual release of new top-level domains (TLDs), 2014 is going to be a big year for the Internet. It’s all very exciting for Juan ... read more ...
Wed 8th January 2014
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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches His Newest Project On a .Co; Jelly.Co - Biz Stone one of the co-founders of Twitter, just launched his newest project on a .Co domain name. Jelly.co Jelly.co is an app which was originally launched on jellyhq.com which is now forwarding to the domain name jelly.co “Using Jelly is kinda like using a conventional search engine in that you ask it stuff and it returns answers. But, that’s where the similarities end. Albert Einstein famously said, “Information is not knowledge.” Knowledge is the practical application of information ... read more ...
Mon 23rd December 2013
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Calle: New TLDs will be good for .Co - .Co Internet CEO thinks new TLDs will gain acceptance over time and ultimately be good for his own .co domain name. Everyone has been asking the question about what new TLDs mean for .com. Few have been asking what new TLDs mean for existing alternatives to .com, such as .me, .info, and of course .co. .Co Internet CEO Juan Diego Calle has weighed in on the issue on the .Co company blog. It’s a well-thought out post worth reading in its entirety, but I’ll attempt ... read more ...
Mon 2nd December 2013
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Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz Is Buyer of Mega.co Sold For $60K - Just over two weeks ago we reported that the domain name Mega.co was sold for $60,000 to JustCloud.com However today the domain name Mega.co is being forwarded to Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz. cloud service. For Mega.com acquiring the domain name Mega.co makes a lot of sense not just as a URL shorterner, but I’m sure there was a good deal of typo traffic going to the .co domain name. The domain name was owned by Rocket Name™ According to Rocketname.com, it’s the fifth biggest .co sale to date ... read more ...
Thu 14th November 2013
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JustCloud.com Buys Mega.Co For $60,000 - JustCloud.com a company which allows you to store all you “information in the cloud” just bought the domain name Mega.co for $60,000 The domain name was owned by  InterNetworX Ltd. Co. KG. The domain sale was brokered by Rocket Name™ According to Rocketname.com, it’s the fifth biggest .co sale to date after O.Co ($350,000), e.Co ($81,000), cruises.co ($82,500) and mesothelioma.co ($76,000). It should be noted that e.Co was subsequently sold for more than $81,000 in a unreported transaction. Mega.com ... read more ...
Tue 29th October 2013
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UPDATED: Samsung Rolls Out Ad Campaign On TogetherWeRise.co With Lebron As Part Of $100M NBA Deal - Samsung has rolled out a new Ad campaign to celebrate the start of the NBA season on the domain name TogetherWeRise.co With Matching Twitter Hash Tag The features Lebron James as the Miami Heat are seeking a three-peat as NBA champs. The site allows you to upload a selfie on ToghetherWeRise.co and the site has pictures of people that have already uploaded pictures. Pictures can also be send via Twitter or Instagram. Pictures will be also displayed on the outdoor screen at American Airlines Arena ... read more ...