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Carrillo's
value proposition for Flipping.co includes free
listings for anywhere from 15 days to 6
months and a sales commission of just 7%
(escrow fee included). With other busy sites
like Domaining.com in his network Carillo has
the advantage of being able to drive traffic
to .CO listings on his site. Just
how much of an aftermarket there is for .CO
domains at this very early stage remains to be
seen. The registry itself has said this is an
extension for developers rather than
those hoping for a quick profit by selling newly
acquired domains. .CO has a higher registration
cost (typically $25-$30) than .com so
that puts added pressure on sellers to
turn domains over quickly before they start
getting eaten up by renewal fees that are almost
four times higher than .com. That being the
case, Flipping.co appears to be well positioned
because quick flips are going to be more
important for .CO domain owners than most
others.
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In related
news, the .CO registry reports that
total registration passed the 300,000
mark today. That's an impressive number
for just 72 hours on the market,
especially given .CO's premium pricing.
.CO
developers also got some good news when Google
confirmed they would treat the extension
as an international TLD rather
than look at .CO as purely a country
code extension. ccTLDs are usually
favored in search results within
their respective countries but
usually do not have such high visibility
in other markets. .CO is officially the
cTLD for Colombia, but the nation
decided to re-launch the domain this
year and open it up for use around the
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One
other note today, Great Britain's Jilo Media,
headed by James Iles, has launched a new
website at DomainersWorld.org,
a resource that Iles describes as "a guide
to the best registrars, blogs, development
services and drop catchers, as voted for by site
users."
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The voting
process is the site's hallmark.
DomainersWorld.org profiles the major
domain service providers and blogs and
then gives visitors the opportunity to
vote for a particular service or site if
they have found it useful. Visitors can
also leave comments about the service or
blog. Iles said, "It gives new and
experienced domain investors the chance
to find out what services other
domainers like, what blogs they read
and which forums they visit. |
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