Why are .co domains so EXPENSIVE?

by GoogleWarrior

Posted: 14 years ago 24 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

.Com domains cost 10 dollars at Godaddy and .co domains are 30+ dollars...WHY IS THIS?:confused:

#domains #expensive

awarum 14 years ago

.com used to cost tons too when they came out. .co is new, so registrars are trying to make as much as they can. If you want to pay $10, you will need to wait prob a year or longer.
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MemberWing 14 years ago

@ namecheap.com .co cost $23/yr.

Re: "why" - "it is".

Gleb
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johnlagoudakis 14 years ago

You can buy them now for $22.98 at Namecheap.com.
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GoogleWarrior 14 years ago

I will go to namecheap.com now!
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abednego 14 years ago

I thought all geographical domains were expensive ...
egh, why should .CO be any different?
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GoogleWarrior 14 years ago

Do you have any coupons for namecheap.com?
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- Chris Ng 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by GoogleWarrior
  
  Do you have any coupons for namecheap.com?
  
  just google it "namecheap coupon"
  
  you will see a lot of result
  
  Chirs
  
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GoogleWarrior 14 years ago

And can someone tell what the SEO difference is between a .com, .tv., .co, .net, etc.?
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- DubDubDubDot 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by GoogleWarrior
  
  And can someone tell what the SEO difference is between a .com, .tv., .co, .net, etc.?
  
  I read somewhere that Google announced that .co will be treated as a gTLD and not a ccTLD.
  
  No known difference between .com and .net. Unsure of .tv since I don't really use it. I would assume it is on a level playing field though.
  
  .co is actually an old extension, so I don't know how they will handle its weight. I can't imagine it would have the clout of .com/.net/.whateverElse since the development will be so new and thus the sites will tend to suck.
  
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dsprank 14 years ago

All of the domainers are rushing to get the best single word domains to resell. Godaddy and others know this, and are going to take advantage of the situation. It's no different than when a new movie is out, all of the ppv channels are going to charge more than for an older movie.
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DubDubDubDot 14 years ago

The price will come down when the keywords worth $30 speculation are gone.
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GoogleWarrior 14 years ago

Hmm....
And can someone tell what the SEO difference is between a .com, .tv., .co, .net, etc.?
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MemberWing 14 years ago

.com gets slight edge, the rest is pretty much even.
.info is at a bit of a disadvantage because spammers flock to godaddy.com to take advantage of cheap registration cost for it.

I think international, more expensive domains has a tiny bit of advantage for the same reason - spammers won't buy them.

Gleb
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MemberWing 14 years ago

PS:
i just registered .co domain for keyword that gets about 100k monthly searches - will see how it goes...

Gleb
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- abednego 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MemberWing
  
  PS:
  i just registered .co domain for keyword that gets about 100k monthly searches - will see how it goes...
  
  Gleb
  
  Good luck.
  Let us know how it goes!
  
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GoogleWarrior 14 years ago

Good idea!
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kellio48 13 years ago

It's been quite a while since the last post in this thread but I just came across it while searching for something else, so I thought I'd reinvent it.
I just noticed that .co domains have indeed decreased in price as predicted and are now going for $11.88 from namecheap.com
It's interesting to learn that, as another warrior pointed out, that .co is an old extension and until a couple of years ago was used for Columbia, or so I'm told...
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brobdingnagian 13 years ago

Don't believe the hype!
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warhammer 13 years ago

Q1 2011 Market Study Reveals Continued Strength in .com Sales while .CO Becomes the Rising Star in the Online Domain Marketplace

Source: Reuters

As per Sedo's report, .CO has reached in 10 months the sales volume of well established extensions like .ES and .NL. Honestly, I don't think it's just hype anymore.
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Great Caxh Call

13 years ago

As I have heard :
.tv is use for "TV Corporation".
.net is use for "Network".
.go is use for "Government Web sites".
.ac is use for "academy or university".
.com use for global use, I think it is same as "company"
.co is used for "Company" and can be use for regional area, like .co.us, .co.id, etc.
(.com cannot be used for regional area : .com.us, or .com.id)

I think that's why the .co is more expensive than .com

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Alex Barboza 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Great Caxh Call

(.com cannot be used for regional area : .com.us, or .com.id)

Wrong. There are .com.ar nd .com.co domains. I am sure there are more but I can't remember
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Kurt

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Great Caxh Call

As I have heard :
.tv is use for "TV Corporation".
.net is use for "Network".
.go is use for "Government Web sites".
.ac is use for "academy or university".
.com use for global use, I think it is same as "company"
.co is used for "Company" and can be use for regional area, like .co.us, .co.id, etc.
(.com cannot be used for regional area : .com.us, or .com.id)

I think that's why the .co is more expensive than .com

Actually, .tv is the TLD for the island country of Tuvalu, although it's often used as "TV".

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Brooklyn 13 years ago

I happen to own 98 .co search related domains.
The first one just came online 1 week ago and it already ranks 58 for the keyword which is the same name as the domain. People can say what they want but the end of the day, a .co domain has the same chances as a .com to rank within the top 3 spots on google.
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Why are .co domains so EXPENSIVE?

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