Colombia's .co has positioned itself as the closest alternative to .com. Its two-letter simplicity, association with 'company' and 'commerce', and adoption by major brands make it a respected, premium-feeling extension.
Why .co Is Popular
.co reads as an abbreviation of 'company' or 'commerce', giving it immediate business credibility. Twitter's use of t.co for link shortening introduced billions of users to the extension. Today, .co is widely recognized as a legitimate business domain.
Examples
- t.co (Twitter/X) — Twitter's URL shortener — gave .co massive global visibility.
- angel.co (AngelList) — Startup investment platform — .co signals modern business.
- huggingface.co (Hugging Face) — AI platform choosing .co over .com for a modern feel.
- behance.co (Behance) — Adobe's design portfolio platform using .co.
- slides.co (Slides) — Presentation tool with a clean, descriptive .co domain.
- crew.co (Crew) — Freelancer marketplace with a short, punchy .co domain.