.CO Domains RegistrarThis week, with the grandfathering process Network Solutions also started selling third level domains under the dot co TLD. This is a big step in the establishment of the .co domain era, Network Solutions is one of the biggest domain registrars and therefore is one of the most renowned players in the domain registration business. Now, by allowing the registration of .co domains (now only third level domains) they are reassuring that the .co domain is here to stay and now at a global level.
Once the process is completed you will be able to register the dot co domain here too.
Stay tuned!
.CO domains are becoming the new internet trend. The month of March arrived, owners of third level .CO domains have started to benefit from the priority to register the equivalent top level .CO domains.
In addition, over the next months, a number of international domain registrars and resellers will be offering .CO domains worldwide. This is the case of OpenSRS, the wholesale reseller services group of Tucows, who from April 1st will be embracing what they have called the .CO era.
After a smooth transition period from a previous administration, in which the use of .CO domains was exclusive of Colombian-based organizations, .CO Internet is now in charge of an international operation. As a result, .CO domains will be available worldwide in June 2010.
The .CO domain era has arrived. What are you waiting for?
Today, March 1st 2010, the Grandfathering process for .CO Top Level Domains has started. If you have a second level .CO domain (yourdomain.com.co) that was registered on or before July 30th 2008, you can now register its identical equivalent in top level .CO domain (yourdomain.co).
This priority is valid throughout the month of March 2010.
If your domain is eligible, you will be sent a code before March 3rd. You will then be able use this code to register your .CO domain with authorized .CO domain registrars. Learn about .CO domain registration.
This week, the transfer of .CO domains administration has finally started, the old administrator of the .CO ccTLD (Universidad de Los Andes) ended their responsibility for what was known as the exclusive for Colombian TLDs.
Starting February 7th, transfers of old domains ending in .co is no longer done through the www.nic.co website (previously managed by UniAndes), owners of these domains now have to go through private companies to renew their domains.
The next important date in the process, is March 1st, 2010. Starting this date, the “Grandfathering” process will start, in which domain holders previous to July 30th, 2008 will be eligible to secure their domain in the new TLD.
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.
The new year usually comes with new plans, promises and resolutions… and this time 2010 also comes with many expectations for the .co domain which many see as the new .com.
Currently the .com TLD is overcrowded, even many domains are taken but unused since there are certain companies or individuals who bought and hoarded .com domain names with the hope of being the next buy.com or pets.com which were sold for huge amounts of money. But now the .co TLD comes to re-freshen the domain name scene with new opportunities for startups to register domain names that actually mean something, no more making up names by removing vowels or cryptic domain names that you have to spell out every time you mention it.
We really hope that the world will start registering .co domains en masse in 2010. And if you are one of those, we really hope you do register your .co domain with us. We will keep you posted!
It’s now official that the ICANN has approved the redelegation of the .CO Domain. Registration of .CO domains will be open to the world soon.
The ICANN board met last Wednesday December 9th, and unanimously approved the redelegation of the .CO Domain to .CO Internet S.A.S. (a joint venture company selected by the Colombian government to administer the .CO domain).
See the ICANN meeting notes here:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-09dec09-en.htm
This is just a quick note to let you know that during past week’s ICANN meeting where they discussed the redelegation of the .CO domain, they approved this change to the .CO domain.
This means that the road ahead is now clear for the use of .CO domains for commercial use worldwide!
We will keep you posted…
ICANN has now officially scheduled to look at the .co domain redelegation this wednesday december 9th.
This is a big step forward to move on the changes that the .co domain will have in the following months.
See more info here:
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/agenda-09dec09.htm
According to www.news.com.co This year the Colombian government (responsible for the .co TLD) decided to take advantage of the similarity of the .co TLD with .com and its ability to denote companies, and appointed a company to administer and promote the .co TLD in a more commercial way.
This change will bring some relief to the overcrowded .com TLD, and opportunities for companies to register their .co domains under the new .co TLD.
We will be publishing more news about this soon.
