
Geographic .CO Domain Awarded via Founders Program
I received some good news a couple of days ago. My Founders Program application for a geographic .CO domain name was approved, and I can take possession of the domain name very soon. I will need to build it out and launch it in the next few weeks, and I will share the development process as I go.
I am very excited about this domain name because it wouldn’t be possible for me to own the .com, and the .CO will be used as part of the branding strategy behind the website. I am still working out the development details, but it’s going to be an exciting project.
Before I announce the domain name I was awarded, I want to see if anyone can guess which name I applied for and was awarded, and the first person to post the correct domain name will win a $50 credit from me at Name.com. I won’t reveal the answer until Monday. One guess per person, and the few people I told aren’t eligible ![]()
You can also have a look to see who is currently using .CO domain names via the same program.
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Comments (77)
Ms Domainer
July 17th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
denver.co
Mark Fulton
July 17th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
NewYork.co
Mark Fulton
July 17th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Wow, I really should of typed that in before guessing. Can I try that again?
morgan
July 17th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
nyc.co
Troy
July 17th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
“I am very excited about this domain name because it wouldn’t be possible for me to own the .com, and the .CO will be used as part of the branding strategy behind the website.”
Easy, it must be
SanFrancis.co
Elliot
July 17th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
@ Mark
I haven’t developed my .CO yet
Kevin M.
July 17th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Burbank.
Kevin M.
July 17th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
epp!! I misread your post, thought you ‘had’ the .com!
so…., LosAngeles??
Andre
July 17th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
jerusalem.co?
Nadia
July 17th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I don’t know why everyone’s guessing California names.
Aspen.co
That would have been my choice, anyway.
Louise
July 17th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
HongKong.co
The reason is this: the founder’s program application specified your plan. From domains you posted at your in the past, it seems you have been there and have knowledge of it. Further, those Hong Kong names you didn’t sell, you could use to point to the BIG ONE. That’s a big name! Congrats, if you got it.
- L
Arun Basil Lal
July 17th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I have to assume it has something to do with NYC. But those two are already taken.
NewYor.co . is that it?
Priv
July 17th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Denver.co is the most logical one. Think about it, *everyone* in US recognizes it when they see it.
Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 17th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
google.co lol thats one you cundt get in .com lol i dont it would be something like e.co or geo.co
Ace
July 17th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
USA.CO
NetJohn
July 17th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Elliot.CO
Elliot
July 17th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
google.co and elliot.co would not be considered geographic domain names
high
July 17th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Map.co ?
Bob Fitz
July 17th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Manhattan.co since it is current HQ
TV Parts
July 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
You have a thing for MA city names, so I’ll guess …
Boston.co
Gordon
July 17th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Denver.co would be my guess
Nadia
July 17th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I have to stick by my original submission, since it’s only one entry per person, but I just thought of a great way to tie in the .CO in the branding by using the word “online.” However, I think you would go for the word itself without a suffix. That would be a heck of an acquisition, if it’s what I’m thinking of. Now I’m going to be thinking about this until Monday.
Pat
July 17th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Manhattan.co
Steve M
July 17th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
America.co
Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 17th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
i am thinking of G.co lol
zamaan
July 18th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Good news!
btw, the domain you were awarded is SanFrancis.Co i guess
Kevin
July 18th, 2010 at 2:39 am
Vegas.co?
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Senator
July 18th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Earth.co ?
Attila
July 18th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Well if I’d have to guess, I’d say:
Slums.co
or
UpperEastSide.co
Depends where you live :-p
Afif
July 18th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Hi Elliot,
I went for a Google search to know you better, read some articles and I narrowed it down to a few possibilities (NY,danvers,Massachusetts,New England etc) but your statement had me thinking
——I am very excited about this domain name because it wouldn’t be possible for me to own the .com———
so you are excited about this domain which must be pretty valuable for its .com version.
I would take a wild guess and choose
NewYork.co
Elliot
July 18th, 2010 at 10:13 am
I wasn’t going to give an update…. but you’re all wrong so far
One “clue” I will say is stick to geo locations – cities, states, countries, regions…etc.
Attila
July 18th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Elliots probably pulling our leg and put the domain in the title: Geographic.CO
Elliot
July 18th, 2010 at 10:32 am
@ Attila
Nope
Nadia
July 18th, 2010 at 10:34 am
The suspense is killing me! Geo.co. Either that or a state name. Agghh!!!
Arun Basil Lal
July 18th, 2010 at 10:56 am
In that case, I think its fair to try again.
With reference to your top 10 favourite domains, my guess is Paris.co
Mike
July 18th, 2010 at 11:39 am
I have a few good ideas Elliot but I can’t narrow them down in my head.
Elliot
July 18th, 2010 at 11:41 am
@Arun
Without rules there would be chaos
NetJohn
July 18th, 2010 at 11:49 am
@Elliot
Well, actually it can be ‘tranformed into a GEO” …..for example, there is a town in Ontario, Canada named “Elliot Lake” …and a town in the State of Maine named “Eliot” ….furthermore, there was a ghost town in Louisiana names “Elliot City” that was wiped out by floods.
Some towns & cities are renamed (ie: Bombay, India and Primm, Nevada)….you could also consider “Elliotville” –
It’s like that !
Andrew Rosener
July 18th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Soho.co
Are we allowed to guess more than once?
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Ryan
July 18th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Elliot,
Well you do like the New England area… did the Boston globe get rights to Boston.co or is that your geo? If Boston is already taken, use my guess as Colorado.CO…
Thanks
Bob Fitz
July 18th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Elliot,
Can you please clarify the process for some of us. Last week I paid Godaddy $300 a pop for a “first shot” at a number of geo.CO’s Now, I see them still available for registry at NetworkSolutions.com, 300.com.co, etc.
Was the $300 worth it or is godaddy just going to take a run at my .CO’s and pocket the spread if I get it, putting me at the top of their request list for the domain? Did it actually increase my chances over a $30 fee?
Thanks for your time and help.
Oh, second guess at your .CO – America.CO
Logan
July 18th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
I’ve always suspected you to be a Branch Davidian so I’m going to guess:
Wa.co
ron
July 18th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
i think its whak.co
Attila
July 18th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
And all these years I thought it was spelled ‘whacko’ …
Chris Campbell
July 18th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Lo.co
Domain Report
July 18th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
My guess is
Israel.co
Elliot
July 18th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Nobody has it yet…
Elliot
July 18th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Think cities, states, countries, regions….etc. No hacks either. Straight up geo .CO
Mike
July 19th, 2010 at 12:32 am
does that rule out state abbreviations?
George Pickering
July 19th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Mexi.co
LexisDomains
July 19th, 2010 at 12:52 am
I pretty sure it’s Massachusetts as he has several variations of this state, (Lowell.com, Newburyport.com) but not specifically Massachusetts!
I am I right?
borat
July 19th, 2010 at 2:56 am
borat.co or mysexy.co
Afif
July 19th, 2010 at 4:09 am
I wasn’t going to give an update…. but you’re all wrong so far
One “clue” I will say is stick to geo locations – cities, states, countries, regions…etc.
——–
Darn, there goes my chance… Can I change my choice :p
AB
July 19th, 2010 at 8:34 am
telaviv.co?
Attila
July 19th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Come on Elliot, its Monday, 10am (10pm for me, me in China)….the suspense is killing all of us.
Elliot
July 19th, 2010 at 9:56 am
@ Attila
Nobody got it surprisingly. I am waiting to actually have the domain name secured before announcing it.
Attila
July 19th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Hrmm… This name better be worth the suspense you’re putting us through. I am about to have an peptic (yeah, I own that dot com) ulcer at age 26…
Mike
July 19th, 2010 at 10:05 am
US.co
Alex
July 19th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Bogata.co
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Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 19th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
im thinking of others like: map.co or place.co
RICHARD St Cyr
July 19th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Hi Elliot,
Is it rio.co
David Taylor
July 19th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Keep your fingers crossed Elliot as I just received notice that I lost all of my .CO applications.
Steve
July 20th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Given that you said:
“…and the .CO will be used as part of the branding strategy behind the website.”,
AND,
“… stick to geo locations – cities, states, countries, regions…etc.”
I would guess ColoradoRiver.co as it represents a ‘region’ (the Colorado River region) and the .CO lends itself to branding/conceptual considerations, such as:
ColoradoRiver.COlorado
ColoradoRiver.COmpany
ColoradoRiver.COmpanies
ColoradoRiver.COmmission
ColoradoRiver.COnservation
ColoradoRiver.COmmunity
ColoradoRiver.COmmunities
Attila
July 20th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Is it me or does anyone else feel this has to be the most widely discussed article on Elliots blog? Besides the one where the goof tricked us about starting to charge for posting comments, lol
Oh the suspense. DoT CO, just transfer the domain over to Elliot so we can know what we’ve been BS’ing about in the comments area for the past 3-4 days!!
joseph slabaugh
July 20th, 2010 at 7:11 am
OK I figure why not, there are so many to guess, and since it appears noone guessed it right, I might as well try…
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
NewHampshire
NewJersey
NewMexico
NewYork
NorthCarolina
NorthDakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
RhodeIsland
SouthCarolina
SouthDakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
WestVirginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
AmericanSamoa
DistrictofColumbia
FederatedStatesofMicronesia
Guam
NorthMarianas
PuertoRico
VirginIslands
Montgomery
Juneau
Phoenix
LittleRock
Sacramento
Denver
Hartford
Dover
Tallahassee
Atlanta
Honolulu
Boise
Springfield
Indianapolis
DesMoines
Topeka
Frankfort
BatonRouge
Augusta
Annapolis
Boston
Lansing
SaintPaul
Jackson
JeffersonCity
Helena
Lincoln
CarsonCity
Concord
Trenton
SantaFe
Albany
Raleigh
Bismarck
Columbus
OklahomaCity
Salem
Harrisburg
Providence
Columbia
Pierre
Nashville
Austin
SaltLakeCity
Montpelier
Richmond
Olympia
Charleston
Madison
Cheyenne
I know that is throwing a wide net, but hope I got one right! I don’t care if I don’t get the credit, but I would like to thank 50states .com for the list of geographic names in America.
Joseph Slabaugh
July 20th, 2010 at 7:18 am
(Marchex owns that site BTW.)
don
July 20th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
guessing your plan only makes sense for a smaller niche market in order to have gained approval…my initial guess would be someplace animal friendly to cross promote your dog, cat and bird sites….but more locally to you would probably be
cambridge.co
david
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:39 am
tobac.co?
Attila
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
Drum roll please….the domain is…
Ok, jk…
Any news on the domain acquisition Elliot?
Afif
July 22nd, 2010 at 1:32 pm
@joseph – lol even with that depth choices presented non were correct. Its bahamas.
http://www.elliotsblog.com/announcing-co-acquisition-7772
Nice one there Elliot.
Congratz, if you need some seo work for it I opened a thread on dnf related to it.
Cheerio
Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:30 pm
bahamas.co
Elliot
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm
@ Daniel
Nice try but a few days late.
Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
then whats the domain name?
Daniel Felipe Torres Ramirez
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
OMG i hadnt read u had announced it well it will be in other opportunity, lol it was just a post before mine, well at least i know i said the proper one although u had already revealed it,
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