In Juan’s blog post earlier this year, The State of the .CO Domain: From Transition to Traction & Beyond…, he stated one of the metrics of success that he has tasked his team with is the number of domain registrations. Not only are new registrations a key factor in that number, but also the number of domains that are renewed on a monthly and yearly basis. This helps to define the long term health and stability of our domain namespace.
In this month’s .CO Newsletter, I am proud to announce that one year after our global launch, with over 1 Million Domain names registered - as of July 31, 2011, .CO is seeing a first time renewal rate of 66%; with late renewals still being counted. We fully expect to see somewhere in the nature of 68-69% renewal rates for July once all late renewals are totaled. This is for a month that was one of our highest months for new registrations.
Not only are people excited to register their ideal .CO web address, but people are deriving great value out of it and need to keep their domains. Typically, first year domains (domains that have been in use for a year only) have a renewal rate in the low to mid 60%, then as a domain is in use a few years that renewal goes up to around 70-80%. .CO is seeing above average first year results compared not only to other new TLD launches, but also compared to more mature domains like .com, .net and .org.
From Google (G.CO), to Amazon (A.CO, K.CO, Z.CO and Cloud.CO), to Twitter (T.CO), to Joan Rivers (Joan.CO), to Overstock (O.CO), to everyday people and businesses like you and me – people from around the world in over 200 countries are getting excited about the possibilities and dreams they can realize with their .CO and are building great websites to prove it. We’re eager for everyone that not only wants a .CO, but needs a .CO, get their own opportunity and we plan to keep offering new and improved tools and resources to our partners to help make that a reality.
Click here to see the August 2011 Registrar Newsletter.
Click here to search and get your ideal .CO now.
Learn about our .COmmunity and how others are using .CO to build a next-level Internet.go.co
View our local website that features news, blog posts, events and information about .COM.CO cointernet.com.co
Find your ideal .COM.CO domain and serve the people of Colombia with a reliable and secure web address. dominios.com.co
Comments
add a comment