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.co is a huge opportunity for squatters. I can't tell you how many times I've typed "site.co" instead of "site.com" because I hit enter too quickly. For legiti
by chaosmachine 16y ago
.co is a huge opportunity for squatters. I can't tell you how many times I've typed "site.co" instead of "site.com" because I hit enter too quickly.
For legitimate uses, it's terrible. Imagine having to say "that's co NOT com... see-oh. no M!" every time you give out your domain.
- what 16y ago> .co is a huge opportunity for squatters. You can get them at under a $1 per domain too if you bulk order them. But since it's a pre-order, the people who pay $300 get priority. I don't understand why they don't auction off the obviously desirable domains, like they're doing with the 1 letter domains.
- SkyMarshal 16y agoIt sounds like any domain that has more than one pre-registrant will be auctioned. If you're the only one who request a particular domain, you get it cheap though.
- vaksel 16y agoi think that's $24.99 instead of $29.99 per domain if you register 21+, Not under $1 per domain.
- ericd 16y agoThis is ridiculous... why is this TLD being allowed? Its main use is going to be abuse, ranging from squatting to phishing (chase.co, paypal.co, anyone?).
- papachito 16y ago> why is this TLD being allowed? Colombia?
- SkyMarshal 16y agoIt looks like they're giving trademarks registered before 2008 first dibs, so as long as those big companies' IT departments are on the ball, they can pre-empt the squatters.
- ericd 16y agoYeah, but for a tax of $300. The big companies will doubtless all register theirs, but there are countless other sites that won't have the time/resources to do this.
- papachito 16y agoI just type Ctrl+Enter to append the .com, works in chrome, ff and IE at least.
- eli 16y agoDoesn't seem like it'd be any better or worse than .cm