By: Raymond Hackney How a Colombian internet address became the online home for startups Juan Diego Calle and the team from .CO were featured in a piece today by Leo Mirani for QZ.com. Calle shared with Mirani the two factors it took to make .co successful. He also discusses that other services and fancy packaging […]
Continue ReadingJuan Diego Calle Wants the New Gtlds to “Bring it on”
By: Raymond Hackney Juan Diego Calle CEO of .CO Registry is ready for the new gtlds and actually welcomes them according to a blog post on the .co blog today. Calle is taking the opinion that many other alt extension fans have, that the more new gtlds out there, the more the consumer will be […]
Continue ReadingName.com at Hosting Con Talking to the Woman Behind Marketing .co
By: Raymond Hackney Name.com report from Hosting Con, talking with the Crystal Petersen the marketing mind behind .co. Jared as usual makes a few interesting remarks, such as saying he wants to be her daddy. Pure Ewy magic. Crystal does go into detail of the process behind marketing .co to 1.5 million registrations.
Continue ReadingE.co whois changes and the buyer is from China
By: Raymond Hackney On June 6, 2013 Elliot Silver posted about a possible sale of E.co. The domain was purchased in 2010 in a charity auction by B52 media for $81,000. The domain had been showing a whois of Sedo Transfer when Elliot posted on the 6th. The domain now appears to be registered to […]
Continue ReadingOver 5% of all LLL.co hit Go Daddy Auctions today and they all have a bid
By: RH 924 LLL.co are expiring today on Go Daddy and each and every one has at least one bid. Most are the $10 back order bid. There are a couple with multiple bids. YGD.co is at $75 and leads the pack. Most of the 924 are the letter combinations that most domainers in English […]
Continue ReadingLori Anne Wardi from .Co featured in two articles
By: RH Lori Anne Wardi VP for .CO, responsible for matters involving brand strategy, business development and global communication, was featured in two articles over the last couple days. Lori Anne participated in our women in domaining series and Tuesday she was featured in Womenetics.com. The article talks about how Lori Anne got involved from […]
Continue ReadingDot Co puts out some trends and statistics for September
By: Ary Kenyach .Co trends for September 2012 In a new blog post at Cointernet.co Crystal Peterson went over some trends for the extension, check out the blog post for some charts and other info. Crystal writes: Interestingly enough Bermuda becomes one of the Top 10 countries for .CO registrations for the first time at […]
Continue ReadingDot Com Vs Dot Co Part 3 and there is something in it for you the viewer
By: RH The third part of the epic battle between Dot Com and Dot Co If you have not checked out the first two episodes just click videos and scroll down. This time Dot Co has something else up his sleeve. There is also something in it for you the viewer. In the video Dot […]
Continue Reading.CO turning two tomorrow
By: RH The .co turns two tomorrow and Lori Anne Wardi posted on their blog: Tomorrow we turn two years old. It was just two years ago that we launched the .CO domain to the world — and set our sights on becoming the web address of choice for the world’s next great businesses, brands […]
Continue ReadingUpdate ON.co renewed
By: RH Contest for the ON.co closing price auction cancelled as the domain was renewed and no longer on Go Daddy. We will put together a contest for the weekend for a free domain. Thank you to those who took the time to post a comment.
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