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.Co and Other Commercialized ccTLDs Hit Fresh York Times

Article highlights commercialization of two letter country code domains.

The Fresh York Times published an article today regarding the commercialization of country code top level domain names.

Colombia’s .co will get major attention following a Go Daddy commercial plugs it today, and .co was front and center in the article.

.Co Internet CEO Juan Calle noted that Colombia gets 25% of revenue from sales of .co. This is the first time I’ve seen this number published.

.Co grossed $20 million last year thanks to higher prices for sunrise and premium domain names. Calle thinks the number will be $30 million this year. He hope to hit five million .co domain names within five years, as stated by the article.

Last month I somewhat humorously suggested that the fresh “south Sudan” could name itself for domain name profits. I was a bit surprised to get a note from someone working on the renaming the next week asking for my opinion.

Other popular commercialized ccTLDs include .tv (Tuvalu) and .me (Montenegro).

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