Hits 500,000 Registrations Today — .Co Officially

.Co hits another big milestone.

Just a couple months following general release, the .co namespace has now registered over half a million domain names effective today.

37% of registrations are from within the United States, followed by 17% in the United Kingdom. 12% of domain names are registered in Colombia. .Co is the country code domain name for Colombia, but has been commercialized and liberalized.

Consumers and businesses have spent over $20 million registering .co domain names since the launch, counting sunrise and landrush applications. Regarding 2,500 domain names went to landrush auctions. Top sales include: Mesothelioma.co for $76,000; Insure.co for $60,000; DuiAttorney.co for $44,500; Slots.co for $41,000; Aspen.co for $22,500; Vehicles.co for $18,500, Sites.co for $15,500 and UsedCars.co for $14,000.

The launch period for .co has been an unequivocal success. It will be interesting to see how it fairs over the coming years.