New domain extension: .CO.TV

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by gingerbreadweb, Mar 16, 2009.

  1. #1
    Just received this e-mail:

    Interesting how they say "Millions of domain names will be provided for FREE" - really?!
     
    gingerbreadweb, Mar 16, 2009 IP
  2. Tropica

    Tropica Notable Member

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    #2
    lol cant go wrong with free ones ;)
     
    Tropica, Mar 16, 2009 IP
  3. gingerbreadweb

    gingerbreadweb Active Member

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    Yeah, trouble is A) I doubt they are actually giving domains away for free and B) it looks like a pretty crap extension to me! Haven't they heard of .TV? :rolleyes:
     
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    #4
    looks just like a sub of .tv to me looking at the whois, rather than a top level domain.
    hosted on on of those amazon cloud servers
     
    vagrant, Mar 16, 2009 IP
  5. VipStar2009

    VipStar2009 Banned

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    #5
    Its a subdomain, but I've already enter a domain name... I will see what they say in the next contac...
     
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    tobycoke Well-Known Member

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    #6
    I asked for some obvious ones. Lets see if I get any of them. Details are still sketchy. It says free but doesn't say if they will runs ads on your pages. Still, it is a nice extension for free subdomains.
     
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    Pixelrage Peon

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    #7
    It's probably going to be like co.cc, where nothing is "free" if it's a premium word, but everything else is.
     
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    #8
    why the ccTLD .co is used so much? co.cc, co.nr co.uk co.tv lol etc etc :p
     
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  9. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    #9
    .co is supposed to stand for "commercial", there are lots of ccTLDs using it (the country is profiting off of them of course :) )
     
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  10. gingerbreadweb

    gingerbreadweb Active Member

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    Sub-domains on ON.TV would have been better!
     
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  11. ЄxDeus™

    ЄxDeus™ Well-Known Member

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    even if its free its so damm ugly :( premium words will ofc be taken but i do agree on.tv would have been better.
     
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    #12
    Guys, its not a domain registry. Its just a domain like co.cc and they are spamming like anything. I received emails at all my gmail accounts.

    Just do a whois search on their domain and you will find that its all non-sense information.
     
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    #13
    This domain extension sound good, but just like other say it a sub domain, will not register first, may wait few month, hope it will not like me.pn extension where it gone now after exits few month(if not mistake it only available for only 3 month) and why it only load google ads, maybe it want us click it?
     
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    #14
    Good if you're planning to open a TV channel or rich media site.
     
    bobchrist, Mar 17, 2009 IP
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    #15
    nice, but very unnessecary..
    .TV is much better anyways
     
    bobymela, Mar 17, 2009 IP
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    #16
    The owner of the domain Co.tv is selling subdomains. You don't actually get a domain name but a subdomain on their domain name.
     
    htmlindex, Mar 18, 2009 IP
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    #17
    Did any1 got a .co.tv domain till now? :)

    For me .co.tv sounds good :p
     
    dlatua, Mar 18, 2009 IP
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    #18
    sounds crappy..but its good if you consider that its free!!
     
    jiggymehta, Mar 19, 2009 IP
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    #19
    It'll be like co.cc and provider is well known IT company from Turkey.
     
    mirturk, Mar 26, 2009 IP
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    #20
    I wouldn't put dozens of hours of development and promotion efforts into a web site on a domain that I didn't even own. These subdomains are only good for spam sites unfortunately.
     
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