iEstates.com

According to a press release today, Sedo, entered into a a two-year exclusive partnership with .CO Internet S.A.S. to provide brokerage of a select set of previously unreleased .CO domain names, including:

clothes.co
profit.co
software.co
onlinemusic.co
hardware.co
internetmarketing.co
body.co
onlinedating.co
france.co
jobsonline.co

In all there are 726 domain names currently listed all pre-priced with prices ranging from $10K-$150K

Domain names like france.co and italy.co are priced at $150,000 and names like bodybuilding.co and Desk.Co are priced at $10K.

To see the complete portfolio of .CO domains available via Sedo, go to http://sedo.co.

Here is the other stuff in the press release:

“.CO is increasingly becoming the top level domain (TLD) of choice for start-ups and small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) searching for meaningful, memorable, and affordable domain names to brand their web presence. Since .CO was first introduced in 2010, Sedo has generated well over $1 million in .CO sales revenue, and the .CO domain extension has become one of the top selling domain extensions in Sedo’s marketplace.”

“Sedo has done a fabulous job helping to establish and develop the secondary market for premium .CO domain names,” said Lori Anne Wardi, vice president of .CO Internet S.A.S. “Given their expertise and global reach, we are confident that Sedo is the perfect partner to help us bring these valuable digital assets to end-users worldwide.”

“With more than one million .CO domain names registered by individuals and businesses in more than 200 countries around the world, CO has become a truly global TLD. The .CO domain is treated equally with legacy domain extensions like .com and .net by the search engines, making the domain particularly appealing from a search engine optimization perspective for businesses of every size.”

“Many of the world’s most recognizable brands are already using the .CO domain to build or expand their online presence, including Internet behemoths like Twitter, Google and Amazon (which have acquired the single letter .CO domains t.co, g.co and a.co, respectively); the Aspen Group insurance company (aspen.co); and the well-known Silicon Valley incubator 500 Startups (which has rebranded to 500.co).”

“.CO Internet has been very successful in setting the bar for up and coming TLDs, and we are proud to be partnering with the .CO Registry to help bring these not yet released domains to businesses worldwide,” said Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo. “As we begin seeing new gTLDs hit the market in 2012, .CO will serve as an example to those applying for their own domain extension of the solid business model and strong partners that any registry will need to succeed.”

“.CO Internet has received a number of awards for its management of the .CO domain, including a nomination from the World Trademark Review, praising its efforts to make .CO an end user, business-friendly domain extension that protects the rights of brand owners. Recently, .CO was also recognized in the World Finance 100 List of the 100 finest businesses of 2011, alongside companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and other innovative companies who have outperformed the competition, and helped to redefine the business landscape.”

According to a Press Release tonight, .CO Internet S.A.S. the company that operates the .Co Registry was “recognized in the World Finance 100 listing, alongside industry heavyweights 3M, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Google, Microsoft, and others. ”

“The World Finance 100 recognizes “the very finest businesses and business leaders over the past year,” focusing on companies and individuals who have outperformed the competition, made great strides in innovative techniques, and helped to redefine the business landscape.”

“Realizing the massive shift that is about to take place in the domain industry as ICANN begins to accept applications for new domain extensions next week, we couldn’t be more pleased to be recognized as a leader in our field,” said Juan Diego Calle, CEO of .CO Internet SAS. “Inclusion in this list of venerable industry heavyweights further validates our mission to help fellow entrepreneurs to build and grow great businesses online, and we have no doubt that the demand for short, credible .CO web addresses will continue to be in high demand, no matter where the industry heads.”

“Since its global launch in July 2010, over 1 million .CO domain names have been registered across more than 200 countries, including by fellow World Finance 100 honorees Google, Microsoft and Amazon, among others.  In addition to major brands, .CO has quickly established itself as the web address of choice for innovative businesses and individuals, including hundreds of thousands of startups and inspired entrepreneurs worldwide.”

“The World Finance 100 is selected by the editorial board at World Finance Magazine, in conjunction with reader recommendations. World Finance is a leading financial magazine, produced every two months by World News Media from its Headquarters in London. World Finance content is essential reading for anybody who wants to understand the machinations of finance in the twenty-first century, reporting on capital markets, risk management, trading, technology, corporate governance issues and regional markets worldwide.”

While many domainers have written off O.co, it appears Overstock.com has not.

According to a press release issued yesterday, Overstock has just selected the Priceline Partner Network, a unit of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), to power Overstock’s new travel website, called O.co Travel.

“”O.co Travel customers will have access to a robust collection of travel services from the Priceline Partner Network, including:

• Priceline’s Name Your Own Price® travel services that can deliver savings of up to 60% off hotel rooms, up to 40% off flights and up to 40% off rental cars;
• The ability to book published-price hotel rooms through thousands of  quality chain and independent hotels around the world. O.co Travel customers also will have access to Priceline’s extensive database of hotel freebies, including instant discounts, free breakfast, free Internet access, and more;
• The ability to book rental car reservations worldwide. O.co Travel will also support rental car company discount codes;
• Airline ticketing with almost all major airlines through priceline.com.  This service includes seat mapping, the ability to book different classes of seats, and it supports airline frequent flier numbers,
• A broad lineup of money-saving air & hotel vacation packages. When air and hotel are booked together, customers can save up to $500 compared to booking separately.”

“Our partnership with priceline.com allows us to offer customers an in-depth travel site,” said Overstock.com President Jonathan Johnson. ”We constant receive customer feedback and tailor our offerings to these customer preferences. With Priceline’s lineup of travel services, including Name Your Own Price, our customers can be sure they’re getting the best travel deals available on the Internet today.”

“Overstock.com has built a brand that’s known for saving consumers money across a broad spectrum of products,” said Randy Schartner, President of the Priceline Partner Network. ”We believe that Priceline’s broad array of travel services, which are also focused on delivering savings, will fit well with Overstock.com’s products and mission. We look forward to working with them.”

Mike Mann’s Codom Holdings, LLC , just sold News.Co for $50,000 through Sedo.com

The Domain is still in Sedo escrow.

Its certainly not Mr. Mann’s 1st .Co domain sale

Mike has sold Luxury.co for $60K, Business.Co for $80,000,  Women.co for $25,000; Finance.co $25,000.00, Automotive.co $20,000.00, Cigar.co $20,000.00 and Ski.co $20,000.00

That’s $300,000 in .Co domain names this year!

Congrats to Mike and the buyer

 

The .Co registry just posted it response/thoughts on the Announcement made by Overstock.com yesterday through Adage.com, on its pull back of its re-branding from O.Co.

The blog post entitled “A Blip On the Radar” was authored by Juan Calle the CEO of the registry, is posted on the registries blog.

Part of the post contains statements made by an unidentified representative of Overstock.com who shared some additional thoughts on the announcement and the future of O.co

Also today separately the company, issued a press release announcing the availability of the O.co App for the iPad.

“”Overstock.com President Jonathan Johnson.  “Our new O.co iPad App lets customers find great deals on lots of products from the convenience of their iPad. One great feature of the app is that it allows customers to easily share great deals they find with their friends through Facebook and Twitter.”

Here is the full post from the .Co Registry unedited:

 

Some in the domain industry (read: domainers) are up in arms about the recent announcement by Overstock.com that it would slow down its rebranding to O.co.   Given the amount of speculation and commenting going on about this within that community, I felt it was appropriate to reach out to Overstock.com and get a clear picture of what is going.  Here you go:

—————–

Why did Overstock.com first begin using O.co?
When Overstock.com started twelve years ago we only sold surplus inventory. However, as our business model has evolved, Overstock.com is no longer just an online liquidator.  Because “overstock” implies surplus or liquidation inventory, it no longer accurately reflected who we are today as a company.

Our offerings now span from cars to insurance, and include first-run brand name apparel, electronics and home décor.  We wanted an identity that more accurately reflects how the company has evolved; hence we embraced O.co to reflect the direction in which we are heading.

Why are you shifting your brand emphasis back to Overstock.com? When does this shift become effective on the website and social media channels?
We have been listening to our customers and have learned that they we’ve moved too quickly in the transition.  They are telling us that we’ve done it too fast.  So we are going to down shift one gear by re-emphasizing Overstock.com and noting that O.co continues to be a shortcut to our site.  Internationally, we will keep using O.co exclusively. O.co will still be promoted through our mobile website and our iPad application. The shift in emphasis began showing up on the website and our social media channels in early November.

What had the initial reaction been like from your customers?
Re-branding takes time and we certainly didn’t expect the new name to be adopted overnight. We were pleased with the early customer acceptance of O.co as a shortcut for Overstock.com and thus moved the rebranding efforts to the next gear.  Many customers reacted positively, and others expressed that the transition was happening too quickly.  What we learned was that we haven’t yet adequately transferred the decade of brand equity we have in Overstock.com.  So, we’re down-shifting the re-branding effort in order to leverage and transfer that brand equity.

The .CO domain is fairly new and Overstock was taking a big risk as the only company to use the domain as part of its brand. Thoughts?
It is true that Overstock.com was the first online company to use the .CO as part of its brand. This put Overstock.com at the forefront of digital marketing.  The decision to use a .CO domain in such a big way underscored our willingness to lead the market and to disrupt the status quo.

So when will you become O.co?  Is that still on the cards?
We expect that O.co will continue to emerge as our brand over time. It will be a gradual transition, and may take a few years. We didn’t want to risk throwing out the brand equity we’ve built with Overstock.com. Ideally, in time you’ll just see Overstock.com fade away and O.co take its place.

What about O.CO Coliseum, will that be re-named as well?  Wasn’t it Overstock.com Coliseum to begin with?
We won’t be changing the name. The name will remain “O.co Coliseum”.

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There you have it folks.  A blip on the radar.  As I’ve mentioned in the past, .CO is part of a marathon, not a sprint.

But if you’re a .CO fan and interested in something actually worthy of news, Om Malik, founder of GigaOm just rebranded to .CO.  In case you don’t know who Om Malik is, well, he has 1.2 million Twitter followers.  To top that off, Kloud.CO was featured on CNN, Quarterly.CO is blowing up in social media, and Founder Institute, the worlds largest pre-seed incubator is now living at FI.CO.   Not too shabby!

If you’re interested in seeing more of the latest entrepreneurs and companies building on a .CO domain, check out Opportunity.CO.

The re-auction of .CO former land rush auction domains that did not complete a over a year ago just ended with $65,000 in sales.

The auction was led by InjuryLawyers.co which sold for $18K.

 

injurylawyers.co	$18,001
omg.co	$2,500
legacy.co	$2,100
veterinarian.co	$1,950
hub.co	$1,650
assets.co	$1,606
chips.co	$1,455
seoul.co	$1,350
foro.co	$1,265
forms.co	$1,265
etc.co	$1,075
accidentlawyers.co	$1,025
dogfood.co	$975
stemcell.co	$930
babylon.co	$877
automation.co	$875
lawn.co	$875
standard.co	$875
insight.co	$871
shutters.co	$865
getaway.co	$830
hive.co	$785
comicbooks.co	$725
cdw.co	$700
fin.co	$631
seocompany.co	$605
funerals.co	$580
8888.co	$575
bib.co	$550
veterinarians.co	$510
co2.co	$509
offroad.co	$500
aroma.co	$460
gizmo.co	$460
interactive.co	$456
unique.co	$430
engage.co	$410
foodandwine.co	$410
goto.co	$410
rad.co	$410
stockpicks.co	$410
namaste.co	$410
gts.co	$390
cosmeticdentist.co	$360
nts.co	$350
buck.co	$343
kbs.co	$340
aam.co	$340
badges.co	$335
gms.co	$330
mosaic.co	$320
anthony.co	$313
texaslawyers.co	$310
gai.co	$300
glitter.co	$285
byd.co	$280
ehr.co	$280
silverjewelry.co	$261
grc.co	$260
qac.co	$260
discounttickets.co	$251
flightcenter.co	$250
charlie.co	$240
ordenador.co	$225
collins.co	$215
atc.co	$210
gbi.co	$210
weightlosssurgery.co	$210
bigideas.co	$205
wac.co	$195
ddr.co	$190
compliance.co	$185
plywood.co	$185
weddingvideo.co	$185
sws.co	$175
mymoney.co	$160
saigon.co	$160
snowball.co	$160
ytn.co	$160
hct.co	$155
businessintelligence.co	$141
killer.co	$131
treehouse.co	$130
whatson.co	$120
fastlane.co	$110
goodfood.co	$110
jonathan.co	$110
roco.co	$110
wasser.co	$105
cashusa.co	$100
chong.co	$90
wallis.co	$85
alec.co	$60
bmcc.co	$60
cbbc.co	$60
yourmoney.co	$60
laminator.co	$51
imbc.co	$10
printec.co	$10
repodepo.co	$10

Here are the current high bids on the .Co auction on Pool.com which closes in less than an hour:

 

injurylawyers.co	$10,100
omg.co	$2,500
hub.co	$1,350
seoul.co	$1,300
legacy.co	$1,050
accidentlawyers.co	$1,025
standard.co	$875
insight.co	$871
getaway.co	$830
lawn.co	$824
foro.co	$725
cdw.co	$700
assets.co	$650
dogfood.co	$625
seocompany.co	$605
babylon.co	$595
etc.co	$585
8888.co	$550
automation.co	$535
fin.co	$510
veterinarian.co	$460
aroma.co	$460
co2.co	$460
gizmo.co	$460
comicbooks.co	$450
offroad.co	$415
rad.co	$400
shutters.co	$365
chips.co	$365
namaste.co	$360
engage.co	$360
forms.co	$360
cosmeticdentist.co	$350
gms.co	$330
goto.co	$315
kbs.co	$311
mosaic.co	$310
texaslawyers.co	$310
unique.co	$310
hive.co	$310
stemcell.co	$300
gai.co	$300
interactive.co	$261
nts.co	$260
aam.co	$260
bib.co	$260
byd.co	$260
grc.co	$260
gts.co	$260
funerals.co	$255
discounttickets.co	$251
ehr.co	$250
charlie.co	$225
silverjewelry.co	$210
veterinarians.co	$210
atc.co	$210
wac.co	$195
sws.co	$175
ddr.co	$170
anthony.co	$165
plywood.co	$160
snowball.co	$160
stockpicks.co	$160
weightlosssurgery.co	$160
ytn.co	$160
buck.co	$160
foodandwine.co	$160
gbi.co	$160
hct.co	$155
saigon.co	$150
mymoney.co	$135
killer.co	$131
treehouse.co	$130
weddingvideo.co	$120
businessintelligence.co	$111
jonathan.co	$110
roco.co	$110
whatson.co	$110
bigideas.co	$110
collins.co	$110
fastlane.co	$110
flightcenter.co	$110
glitter.co	$110
goodfood.co	$110
wasser.co	$105
ordenador.co	$101
cashusa.co	$100
wallis.co	$85
badges.co	$85
chong.co	$80
compliance.co	$80
qac.co	$60
alec.co	$60
cbbc.co	$60
yourmoney.co	$40
imbc.co	$10
laminator.co	$10
printec.co	$10
repodepo.co	$10
bmcc.co	$10
	$43,111

Later today the .CO land rush re-auctions close on Pool.com.

All the auctions close around 3PM EST.

These are the domain names that were originally in a land rush auction for the launch of .Co but did not close.

As of publication there are about $25K in bids with around 9 hours to go.

OMG.co is leading the bidding at over $2K

OMG.com was sold in 2009 for $80K.

Here are the current high bids for each of the domains:

 

omg.co	$2,150
injurylawyers.co	$1,550
hub.co	$1,200
accidentlawyers.co	$1,025
lawn.co	$726
seoul.co	$725
getaway.co	$625
standard.co	$625
seocompany.co	$605
etc.co	$585
dogfood.co	$575
assets.co	$525
8888.co	$510
fin.co	$510
legacy.co	$510
aroma.co	$460
veterinarian.co	$460
comicbooks.co	$401
namaste.co	$360
rad.co	$350
foro.co	$340
babylon.co	$310
forms.co	$310
texaslawyers.co	$310
unique.co	$310
goto.co	$275
insight.co	$260
cosmeticdentist.co	$260
grc.co	$260
shutters.co	$260
co2.co	$250
ehr.co	$250
hive.co	$250
chips.co	$220
charlie.co	$210
veterinarians.co	$210
silverjewelry.co	$210
automation.co	$200
interactive.co	$190
engage.co	$190
discounttickets.co	$190
atc.co	$160
ddr.co	$160
gizmo.co	$160
nts.co	$160
foodandwine.co	$160
cdw.co	$160
weightlosssurgery.co	$160
hct.co	$155
saigon.co	$150
mymoney.co	$135
gms.co	$135
offroad.co	$135
kbs.co	$130
treehouse.co	$130
mosaic.co	$130
buck.co	$125
weddingvideo.co	$120
bib.co	$110
gts.co	$110
byd.co	$110
aam.co	$110
ytn.co	$110
sws.co	$110
roco.co	$110
snowball.co	$110
wasser.co	$105
cashusa.co	$100
gai.co	$100
killer.co	$100
stockpicks.co	$100
funerals.co	$95
stemcell.co	$95
wac.co	$95
anthony.co	$90
badges.co	$85
businessintelligence.co	$75
glitter.co	$70
cbbc.co	$60
chong.co	$60
fastlane.co	$60
qac.co	$60
plywood.co	$60
flightcenter.co	$60
jonathan.co	$60
compliance.co	$60
gbi.co	$60
goodfood.co	$60
collins.co	$55
alec.co	$50
bigideas.co	$35
wallis.co	$30
yourmoney.co	$30
repodepo.co	$10
printec.co	$10
imbc.co	$10
laminator.co	$10
bmcc.co	$10
ordenador.co	$10
whatson.co	$10

 

According to a Press release by the .Co Registry today the re-auctions of previous Land Rush auction domain names will start on October 31st on Pool.com ending on November 7th at Noon EST.

Included in the list of re-auction domains are

OMG.CO, ASSETS.CO, ENGAGE.CO, INJURYLAWYERS.CO, COSMETICDENTIST.CO, LAWN.CO, INTERACTIVE.CO, ETC.CO, ACCIDENTLAWYERS.CO, COMICBOOKS.CO, DOGFOOD.CO, ENGAGE.CO, FORMS.CO, FUNERALS.CO, HIVE.CO, HUB.CO, INTERACTIVE.CO, and OFFROAD.CO

“”While the original Landrush auctions were “closed” (meaning that you could only participate in the bidding if you had previously applied for the domain name during the Landrush phase); the re-auctions will be “open” to all (meaning that you can participate even if you didn’t apply for the particular domain name during the Landrush).”

“Interested bidders can find out more information by clicking here. “

“Today, a number of .CO domain investors will put their own domain names on the auction block during the highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Domain Name auction.  The auction will take place between 2:00PM-4:15PM EST at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will include premium domain names such as SEX.CO, SUB.CO, HER.CO”

To participate in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Auction, bidders will either have to attend in person or bid by telephone.

Click here to register to attend and/or to become pre-qualified to bid via telephone.

The Huntingmoon.com organizers just released the results of the adult domain name auction they held last week.

In all $148,274 of domain names sold, led by Matures.com for $30K and Gay.Co for $25,000

Gay.co is an interesting sale since Gay.XXX just sold last week for $500,000.

That means  the .XXX version sold for 20X as much as the .co in the same week.

Like I said interesting.

Congrats to all buyers and sellers and the full results are below:

Matures.com    $30,000

Gay.co    $25,000

BlackCock.com    $12,500

Watched.com    $10,000

HotGuys.com    $8,500

Pubes.com    $7,500

HugeCock.com    $7,500

NakedMen.com    $5,000

NakedGuys.com    $5,000

BigBush.com    $5,000

WifeVideos.com    $3,500

BBWPussy.com    $3,000

HotBooty.com    $3,000

3Dpornvideos.com    $2,500

AssBanging.com    $2,500

BlackTeenPorn.com    $2,500

GrannyMovies.com    $2,500

BigDickSex.com    $2,750

CelebrityPussy.com    $2,120

PrivateWebCams.com    $2,010

FeetMovies.com    $2,000

VideoSexChat.com    $1,260

NakedCartoon.com    $1,000

HDPornReview.com    $750

HardcoreAmateur.com    $169

FatAssTube.com    $150

MalePornTube.com    $150

BarebackFucking.com    $100

NakedCinema.com    $39

SexWorker.net    $32

FeetFucked.com    $28

BrutalCocks.com    $27

JustBush.com    $24

AssTryout.com    $22

AssTryouts.com    $22

TrueTrannys.com    $21

CuteMoms.com    $19

HookupGirls.com    $19

POVsluts.com    $15

CreamPieMilf.com    $9

FratFests.com    $9

BoobTeam.com    $7

GiantRods.com    $7

MilfExams.com    $3

BreastCrew.com    $1

CreamPieAttack.com    $1

FacialPrincess.com    $1

FratSexParty.com    $1

FriskyDate.com    $1

FriskyDates.com    $1

HotChunkers.com    $1

InterracialMeetups.com    $1

RockHardBoys.com    $1

SexyChunkers.com    $1

TrannyVote.com    $1

CrazyNakedGirls.com    $1