Landrush Auctions to be ReRun — 156 .Co

Some domain names applied for under landrush will be auctioned next year in open auction.

The .co registry ran approximately 2,500 landrush auctions for .co domain names during its relaunch this year. But 156 of the auctions didn’t close for one reason or another, and these domain names will be auctioned again in the first quarter of 2011 at Pool.com.

The 156 domains will be auctioned in an open format, meaning that even if you didn’t submit a landrush application for the domain name you’ll still be able to participate.

The registry stated it took a number of steps to ensure the integrity of the landrush auction process:

We worked hard to ensure that legitimate buyers had every opportunity to participate in the auctions. In cases where no bidders signed up in time to participate, we gave them all another chance to sign up and bid in a second auction round. We also took care to protect legitimate bidders from those who may have sought to “game” the system in some way. For example, once an account was suspended for lack of payment, we canceled all the auctions associated with the non-paying bidder’s account (even those auctions they may have by now paid for).

Some of the top landrush auctions were: ban.co $24,500, mesothelioma.co $76,000, denver.co $50,001, and duiattorney.co $44,500.