About .co domains
The .co country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) is an extension that represents Colombia. The information below also applies to the following country-code second-level domain names (ccSLDs):
- .com.co — Intended for commercial entities
- .net.co — Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- .nom.co — Intended for private individuals
| Features | Availability |
|---|---|
| Who can register .co domains? | Anyone |
| Domain name restrictions |
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| Registration length | 1-5 years |
| Renewal length | 1-5 years |
| Renewal restrictions | Details below1 |
| Nameserver requirements | Details below2 |
| DNSSEC | Supported |
| Transfers to HostingDude.com | Supported (Details below)3 |
| Transfers away | Supported |
| Private registration | Supported |
| Protected Registration | Supported |
| Backorders | Supported |
| Bulk Registration | Supported |
| Account change | Supported |
| Contact updates | Supported |
| IDNs | Spanish |
| Expiration/redemption | Please contact customer support |
| Refund policy | Details below4 |
| Registry | .CO Internet SAS |
Details
1 Renewal Restrictions
You must renew your .co domain name by its expiration date.
If you set your domain name to auto-renew, we make the first renewal attempt on the morning of the day your .co domain name expires. If the renewal attempt fails, we re-attempt renewal five days after the expiration date. If the second renewal attempt fails, we make a final auto-renewal attempt 12 days after the expiration date.
For example: Your .co domain name expires on July 19. If you did not set the domain name to auto-renew, you can renew it manually by July 19. For automatic renewals, we attempt to renew the domain name on July 19, July 24, and July 31.
If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you did not manually renew it by its expiration date, you can attempt to recover it, and there might be a fee to do so. see Recovering expired domain names for more information.
.CO Internet SAS parks your domain name five days after expiration if you do not renew or recover it.
If you are unable to recover the domain name, we can attempt to redeem it for you, but there is a fee for the redemption. Contact our technical support team for assistance.
For information about updating your payment information, see Designating an Alternate Payment Method.
For information about manually renewing your domain name or setting it to auto-renew, see Renew my domain.
2 Nameserver Requirements
Foreign nameservers must be registered with .CO Internet SAS. If you register at HostingDude.com, we will register the foreign nameservers for you when you change your domain name's nameservers.
3 Transfers-In Requirements
At the time of a domain transfer to HostingDude.com, only a 1-year renewal can be added, but additional years can be added once the domain is in a HostingDude.com account.
4 Refund Requirements
For details on refunds, please visit HostingDude.com's Refund Policy page. Most domains will follow the Standard Terms, but certain domains will have exceptions or may not be refundable at all. Look under BOTH of the following categories: