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Sedo’s .CO Auction for Startups Closing
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By ⋅ November 19, 2012

The .CO Registry is running a special auction targeting start up companies as part of  Global Entrepreneur Week. According to the auction announcement, “the domain names selected for the auction are all short, unique and memorable, with high branding potential for those seeking to launch or grow their business, brand, product or service online.”

The auctions begin closing at noon (eastern) today, and the reserve prices range from $500-999 to $10,000-$24,999. Out of the 164 domain names in the auction, 67 of them have bids, although most seem to be below reserve at the moment.

My 5 favorite domain names (based on the target startup audience):

  • Poll.CO (reserve:  1,000 – 4,999 USD)
  • Maps.CO (reserve:  1,000 – 4,999 USD)
  • Demo.CO (reserve:  500 – 999 USD)
  • Cupcake.CO  (reserve:  1,000 – 4,999 USD)
  • Lesson.CO  (reserve:  500 – 999 USD)

One piece of advice I would give is to have the auctions end later on in the afternoon. Many start up entrepreneurs are located on the west coast, and an auction ending at 9am on a Monday morning might not be the best time to get their attention. That said, I am sure Sedo has more experience running auctions than I have, so I am sure there is logic to choosing the end time.

What are your favorite names from the auction?


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Topics: .CO, Domain Auctions, Sedo
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Comments (4)

    NetOctave

    Maps.CO – Maps are in the news for every reason – think Apple, Nokia 🙂

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    November 19th, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Vegas Lover

    .co?!

    please. that’s a .com wannabe.

    don’t settle for garbage.

    .com or go home.

    Reply
    November 19th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    louie

    i have tried listing my .co which is rigs.co but i guess im pretty late.

    Reply
    November 20th, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    Puneet

    Can Assange.co get sold at this auction ??

    Reply
    November 20th, 2012 at 4:55 pm

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