Landrush

Apply for a domain name of high commercial value

During Landrush, anyone interested in securing a short and memorable domain name of high commercial value had the opportunity to submit an application before General Availability began. Matching applications are resolved at auction. 

Landrush Update

The Landrush phase closed on Friday, July 16, 2010 at 12pm EDT (UTC-4) and all applications that received have been processed. 

Processing lasted through Wednesday, July 21, 2010, by the end of the day (Eastern Daylight Time).  At that point, each application followed one of two paths:

• Single Applicant:  If an application was a single application for the .CO domain applied, then the domain was awarded to the registrant that requested it under the registrar account that submitted the application.  Please check with your registrar regarding registration status.
• Multiple Applicants:  If there were several applications for a .CO domain name, all of applicants for the particular domain had the chance to participate in an auction for that domain.  Only applicants for the particular domain were eligible to participate in the auction for the requested domain.

Auctions Notices & Scheduling:  Notices for auction scheduling were sent on July 30, 2010 requesting applicants to sign up for the auction site.  Notices for auctions were sent from service(at)COAuctions(dot)co.  Auctions were scheduled during the first 3 weeks of August and lasted 7 days.  Once an auction ended and payment completed by the winning bidder, the domains were awarded within 10 days.

For more information on .CO domain name auctions, please visit the .CO Auction Portal or our Frequently Asked Questions.