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Lots of “Active” .CO Names on NameJet

Elliot Silver
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I was a bit surprised to see a whole bunch of great keyword domain names for sale in NameJet’s “100 Most Active Pre-Release Backorders” email list this morning. After rubbing my eyes a bit, I noticed that most are .CO domain names for sale, and the majority of domain names in the list are .CO domain names.

Here are some of the “most active” .CO domain auctions at NameJet. As more .CO names come on the market, it will become more important for you to confirm the extension of the domain names on which you are bidding.

  • 142.co
  • 953.co
  • annualcreditreports.co
  • asbestoslaw.co
  • aspenhotels.co
  • autobytel.co
  • autoweb.co
  • babyfood.co
  • bankloan.co
  • barbadoshotels.co
  • byf.co
  • cabohotels.co
  • canadavacations.co
  • cancunvacations.co
  • carpetcleaner.co
  • carribbean.co
  • creditloans.co
  • dbl.co
  • debtcollection.co
  • debtloans.co
  • eliminatedebt.co
  • eordb.com
  • familydoctor.co
  • federalaid.co
  • fijiislands.co
  • floridacondo.co
  • floridacondos.co
  • furniturestores.co
  • give.co
  • governmentgrant.co
  • hawaiicondos.co
  • heartland.co
  • interns.co
  • italyvillas.co
  • juicer.co
  • lasersurgery.co
  • ll6n.com
  • luxuryrental.co
  • luxuryvillas.co
  • maidservice.co
  • marketingplans.co
  • mazatlanhotels.co
  • mexicohotels.co
  • mexicoresorts.co
  • mortgagelenders.co
  • neckties.co
  • newyorkcityhotel.co
  • newyorkcityhotels.co
  • orlandovacationrentals.co
  • orlandovacations.co
  • personalbanking.co
  • pottery.co
  • puertovallartahotels.co
  • puertovallartavacations.co
  • remortgagecalculator.co
  • restaurantequipment.co
  • reuter.co
  • trusts.co
  • voiceovers.co
  • worldclass.co

Trafficz: Yahoo Imposes “Revenue Cap” on Certain TLDs

Elliot Silver
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I received an interesting email from Trafficz  this evening that I want to pass along to you regarding a recently imposed “revenue cap” on certain domain extensions, including .CO, .US, and .TV. If you park at a company that uses a Yahoo feed, it may impact your ability to monetize certain domain names.

According to the email sent to Trafficz clients:

“We would like to inform you that Yahoo!, our primary upstream provider, has recently imposed a revenue cap on certain TLDs. The affected TLDs include:

.biz
.co
.info
.tv
.us

The new, conservative revenue cap was rolled out early this morning and will be imposed on a per domain, per day basis. Specifically, if a particular domain in one of the above-referenced TLDs exceeds the revenue cap on any given day, Yahoo! listings will cease to be displayed on that domain for the following three days, at which point they will resume displaying as normal.This change was made across the board and will affect all Yahoo! partners.”

As a result of this new change, it seems that if your “revenue cap” is exceeded, you will stop earning revenue since the ads won’t be displayed for three days. I’ve never heard of a change like this, but it would seem to indicate that perhaps domain owners should consider parking domain names with these extensions at a company with a Google feed (or monetize them in another way, like development).

I didn’t hear anything from Parked, but since I believe they also use a Yahoo feed, this may apply to names in those TLDs parked there as well.

The only reasons I could guess for this change is that Yahoo thinks the traffic quality is poor, there is more click fraud on those particular TLDs, or the traffic is foreign and doesn’t convert as well. I really have no idea though.

Enom Adds .CO Domains to Cart

Elliot Silver
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A few weeks ago, someone emailed me the following message about registering a domain name at eNom, the domain name registrar owned by publicly traded Demand Media (DMD).

“Today I wanted to inform you about something I find really unacceptable: eNom keeps adding “.co” domain names to my shopping cart, even after I delete them from the cart.”

At the time I received that email, I tested the registration process, but it didn’t happen to me, so I figured it was probably an isolated incident.

Today, when I went to hand register a domain name (WhateverYourHeartDesires.com), I was sure to only leave the .com field checked, as you can see above. However, upon proceeding to the checkout screen, the .CO domain name had been automatically added to my shopping cart. Had I been paying less attention, I could have very easily hit the checkout now button and bought a domain name I didn’t want or need.

In addition to this, there was also something called the “Rich Content Free Trial*” which had to be manually removed from my shopping cart as well. I didn’t review the *fine print, but my bet would be that it discusses that a free trial then turns into a paid renewal, which would be equally or possibly more annoying. I don’t know if this is the case for certain, but it would seem to be so.

I understand when companies use a checkoff box to encourage you to buy other domain names. However, it’s very annoying when I uncheck the box and they automatically add it to my cart. Why not just add .net, .org, .biz, .info, .us, .ws, and .name just for good measure? I guess they figure people might notice that but are less likely to notice a .CO.

I hope Enom will stop this.

Great Timing for G.CO Acquisition News

Elliot Silver
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Today’s news that G.CO was sold to Google must be exciting to those with .CO investments. The price Google paid wasn’t disclosed, but the key word is “sold” and .CO Registry CEO Juan Diego Calle did tell Reuters that “the price of one character (.CO domain names) is already north of $1.5 million.” I am sure Google will publicize this in a way that money can’t buy, similar to Twitter using T.CO.

The timing is very good for the .CO Registry in light of the pending renewals that are scheduled for the next several days. As one person pointed out on Mike Berkens’ blog, the Registry has great timing when it comes to important dates. The O.CO announcement came just before .CO names were available to the public a year ago.

While some people seem to be calling the .CO Registry out for dropping important news before big dates, I think it’s smart marketing, and owners of good .CO domain names will certainly benefit. Someone like Lonnie Borck of B52 Media (a good friend) who took a very big risk buying E.CO for close to 6 figures must be very happy right about now. I know he has turned down 6 figure offers for the name, and I would bet if he doesn’t sell it for over a million dollars, it will be close. News like this will help him and others.

This news should certainly not influence people who bought .CO domain names that aren’t worth anything to renew their worthless names. I posted an article offering people the space to list their .CO domain names for sale, and there were certainly a whole bunch of names I wouldn’t want to own at no cost. In my opinion, this happens with every single extension and will happen forever. There are always people making dumb investments (DMD @ $27 anyone?).

When .mobi was having problems, people who owned .mobi names seemed to chide and criticize the .mobi Registry for not doing enough to promote the fledgling extension. I don’t think anyone can accuse the .CO Registry of the same thing.

Kudos to the .CO Registry for their marketing efforts. The more people that see .CO domain names in action, the better investment good .CO domain names will make. Whether you have or will invest in .CO domain names or not, you have to respect the fact that .CO isn’t resting on its laurels.

Sell Your .CO Domain Names Before They Expire

Elliot Silver
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I bought a number of .CO domain names via NameJet / Enom last July, and I started to receive renewal notices for them a few weeks ago. I did a couple of searches, and it appears that a significant number of .CO domain names bear registration dates around July 19 – 20, 2010.  

This means that the week of July 18 will be a hugely important week for the .CO Registry. Some companies are offering a .CO coupon code, but they are still relatively expensive compared to other extensions. I believe there are going to be a significant number of dropping / expiring .CO domain names in the next couple of weeks.

I know of a couple people who are interested in buying premium .CO domain names for good prices, and they would rather buy them in private than have to backorder and compete for them, or pay an extra fee for backordering the names.

If you own three letter or three number .CO domain names, or you own other GOOD keyword domain names and would like to sell them instead of renewing them, post them in the comment section below with their prices and way to contact you about buying them. It might also be a good idea to offer a bulk discount. Perhaps you can make a sale or two.


I am on vacation and posting with an iPad, so my apologies for any typos. I also may not be able to approve comments immediately.

GoDaddy Coupon Code: 30% Off .CO Domain Name Renewal

Elliot Silver
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Last month on DomainQuestions.com, someone asked if there were any coupon codes at GoDaddy for .CO domain name renewals. It took some time, but it appears that GoDaddy has activated a coupon code for domain owners to save 30% off the list price for .CO renewals.

I don’t know if or when this expires, nor do I know if there’s a limit on how many names can be renewed. Others have confirmed that this code works: gdz637cd

There is a lot of speculation that the .CO Registry will see a huge amount of dropped domain names when the first renewals begin sometime around July 19th. With good deals on renewals and transfers, I would imagine that there will be fewer dropping .CO domain names.

Personally, I believe there will be a very large number of dropping names, but I would bet that others will see many of these names and re-register them when they are able to do so. Mike Berkens recently discussed the .CO backorder reservation system in case you are interested in learning how these names can be re-purchased.

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