After a long time of wait now a new top domain .co is available for public registration. Most of the popular brands and organization has already secured their domains with .co registration. The present .com domain registration are crowed and it very difficult for us to get our favorite domain names.

To kick off the .co domain launch registry put single better domain name www.e.co for auction. The domain www.e.co was auctioned with a high price of $81,000 by B52 Media.

The new .co domain will be released by the following time line

April 1, 2010 – April 20, 2010: Sunrise A will allow registered Colombian trademarks to apply for exact match domains.

April 26, 2010 – June 10, 2010: Sunrise B will allow trademarks of national effect to apply for exact match domains.

June 21, 2010 – July 13, 2010: Landrush will allow anyone to apply for domain names of high commercial value.

July 20, 2010: .co domains will become generally available.

.CO Internet S.A.S. implemented a domain policy for .co domains.

  • Any person or entity in the world can register .co domain names
  • There are no domicile or burdensome documentation requirements
  • Registration period is between 1 and 5 years, subject to renewal
  • Registrants can easily transfer domain names to others

The new .co domain is right now available from top domain sellers and heavy auctions are going the favorite domains.

Cheers!

Melbin Mathew