News from 2014

CO (.com) Gears Up For A Prosperous Future

Source: Frager Factor. http://fragerfactor.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/co-com-gears-up-for-prosperous-future.html

[January 10, 2014] There are thousands of new domains coming on the market but only THIS ONE is the only one built on genuine, trusted, top-of-mindshare dot COM!.

co.com LLC and CentralNic plc announced an agreement today, under which CentralNic will provide the technical registry services to make co.com domain names available through registrars worldwide.

With the introduction of co.com, companies who missed out will have a second opportunity to get a generic and global domain name ending in .com at an affordable price.

The co.com registry will have an open registration policy, meaning that any company, organization or individual will be eligible to register domain names like companyname.co.com, organisation.co.com, or anything.co.com.

co.com policies and services will enhance trademark protection, and enable monitoring for malicious behavior.

CentralNic has built a very successful global business offering domain names using country-specific .com domain extensions like .UK.com and .US.com. “co.com provides CentralNic with the opportunity to enable a global extension ending in .com,” said Ken Hansen, CEO, co.com. “We look forward to benefiting from CentralNic’s experience, and tapping into their global registrar distribution network”.

“The co.com team includes an impressive line-up of domain industry experts”, said Ben Crawford, CEO CentralNic. “Any registry service provider would be excited to support this new domain extension, and we at CentralNic are delighted to have been awarded this contract.”

co.com will capitalize on its ability to get to market quickly, while many of the new gTLDs must wait to complete the ICANN approval process. Plans call for a “Sunrise Period” for trademark holders in late February, followed by first-come-first-serve “Landrush Period”. Premium domain names like travel.co.com, tickets.co.com, wine.co.com, insurance.co.com and spa.co.com, are available now.

Those who wish to inquire about premium domain names, receive launch updates and additional details, as they become available, can subscribe to the email list and find contact information at www.registry.co.com.

Centralnic Group PLC : CentralNic signs Registry Agreement

Source: 4-Traders. http://www.4-traders.com/CENTRALNIC-GROUP-PLC-14130862/news/Centralnic-Group-PLC–CentralNic-signs-Registry-Agreement-17779219/

[January 10, 2014] CentralNic signs Registry Agreement with co.com

CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the worldwide distribution of internet domain names,today announces that it has signed a registry agreement with co.com LLC, under which CentralNic will provide the technical registry services to make domain names ending .co.com available for worldwide purchase through registrars.

CentralNic has already built a very successful global business, offering domain names using country-specific .com domain extensions like .UK.com and .US.com.

It was recently announced that co.com LLC has appointed as its CEO Ken Hansen, formerly Senior Director of Business Development, and GM of the .NYC Top-Level Domain at Neustar (NYSE:NSR).Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, commented: “The co.com LLC team includes an impressive line-up of domain industry experts. Any registry service provider would be excited to support this new domain extension. We are delighted to have been awarded this contract.”

Commenting on the agreement with CentralNic, Ken Hansen, CEO of co.com LLC, said: “co.com provides CentralNic with the opportunity to enable a global extension ending in .com. We look forward to benefiting from CentralNic’s experience, and tapping into their global registrar distribution network.”

co.com LLC will capitalise on its ability to get to market quickly, while many of the new generic top level domains (“gTLDs”) must wait to complete the ICANN approval process. Premium domain names such as travel.co.com, tickets.co.com, wine.co.com, insurance.co.com and spa.co.com, are available now.

For those who wish to enquire about premium domain names, receive launch updates and any additional information as it becomes available can subscribe to the email list and find contact information at www.registry.co.com.