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.co Domains

Get a .co Name. Skip the Setup.

Short, global and easier to find free than .com. Buy it here and we point it at your website for you.

See if your .co is free
Type a word to see it across the popular endings, or the whole name, like mystartup.co, to ask about just that one. A standard .co here is $20.25 for the first year, then $40.50 a year.
Tell us what the site is, in a word or a sentence, and we suggest names, then check which ones are still available.

What to Know Before Buying a .co

  • Short names are still around

    Many names long gone on .com are still free on .co, and it reads naturally as company, which is why startups use it.

  • People may type .com by habit

    It is one letter away from the most typed ending there is. Visitors and email can go to the .com by mistake, so check who owns it before you decide.

  • Open to anyone, not just Colombia

    It is the country code of Colombia, but it is sold worldwide on ordinary contact details, and Google lists it among the country codes it treats as generic.

.co Domains at a Glance

Registry
MinTIC, the Colombian ministry
Type
Country code (Colombia)
Who can register
Anyone, anywhere
Shortest term
1 year
HTTPS
Not forced by the ending
How Google treats it
Generic, not tied to a country

Who Uses It

t.co

The short link service behind every link posted on X

The Real Trade-Off With .co

.co opened to the world in 2010, and it has been a popular second choice ever since: two letters, reads as company, and a much better chance of finding a short name. Colombia's ministry of information technology manages it, and you do not need any connection with Colombia.

Its problem is also its strength. It is one letter away from .com, so some visitors and some email will land on the .com by accident. If the matching .com belongs to a competitor, or to nobody you would want your customers to meet, that risk is real and permanent.

Before buying, type name.com into a browser. If it is parked or unused, the leak is mostly harmless. If it is an active business in your field, pick another name, because no ending will fix that.

A Good Fit For

  • Startups and companies with a short brand name. Names long gone on .com are often still free here, and most people read the ending as company, so it suits a business name well.
  • Links and email addresses that people click or paste instead of saying aloud. When nobody has to type it from memory, the closeness to .com matters far less.

Not the Best Fit For

  • A name whose .com belongs to someone active in your field. Some of your visitors and email will land with them by accident, and no setting on your side can stop that.
  • Audiences who rarely see endings other than .com. They may correct it to .com without thinking, so you would need to repeat the full address often, and spell it out on anything printed.

What the Price Pays For

A registrar that only sells names will usually charge less for the name. What you get here is everything after it, in the same place as your website.

  • The connecting is done for you

    We write the DNS records and join the name to your website ourselves. Nothing to look up and nothing to copy between accounts.

  • The padlock comes with it

    The SSL certificate is issued when you pick the website, then renewed for as long as you use the name. It is not an extra.

  • Email on your name

    Add hello@ or info@ on the name, and mail sent there lands in the inbox you already read. The forwarding and MX records are set up here.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does .co stand for?

It is the country code of Colombia. Outside Colombia most people read it as company or corporation, and that is how it is usually used.

Is .co bad for SEO?

No. Google lists .co among the country codes it treats as generic, so it does not tie your website to Colombia.

Is .co the same as .com?

No, they are separate endings with separate owners. Owning name.co gives you no rights over name.com, which is worth checking before you put the name on anything printed.

Do I need to be in Colombia to buy one?

No. Anyone can register one, wherever they live.

Who uses .co?

Mostly startups and companies with a short brand name. The best-known example is t.co, the short link service behind links posted on X.

Do I need a paid plan?

The name is its own yearly purchase, and you can use it with a website kept anywhere. Connecting it to a website here needs a paid plan, from Starter. Free websites stay on a free subdomain.

Is the name mine, and can I move it later?

Yes. It is registered in your name, and the code you need to take it elsewhere is a click away in its menu. A name you already own elsewhere can move here the same way.

Other endings: .com domains, .store domains, .shop domains, .xyz domains, .app domains, .studio domains, .design domains, .io domains, .dev domains, .ai domains, .tech domains, all domain names

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