.CO Domains Registrar
Today the company in charge of administering the .co domain (www.cointernet.co) announced a tentative schedule for the launch of the dot co domain, so it is open for .co domain registration.
Apparently the way this is going to work is that, at the beginning .co domain registration will be open only to trademark holders and companies that have ownership over a brand name and want to reserve the corresponding version under the .co domain, later on a “Land Rush” for high value domain names where these .co domains will be sold at a premium, and finally around mid 2010 it will be open to anyone.
This is a great strategy in which the administration company maximizes its revenue potential for dot co domain registrations, while at the same time saving themselves of law suits from recognizable brands and companies with trademark ownership over certain names that could be registered under the .co domain.
