.co vs .net: Price, Renewal and Availability
Pick .net for the cheaper, older extension that renews flat at $12.52 ($62.60 over five years). Pick .co if the brand reads as "company" and you accept a $31.20 renewal ($140.30 over five years). Both are common .com fallbacks; .co looks closer to .com, which cuts both ways, because it gets mistyped as .com. 54% of .co names checked on domhaul were already registered, against 46% of .net.
Standard (non-premium) names, USD per year, quoted October 24, 2026.
| Measure | .co | .net |
|---|---|---|
| First year (lowest) | $15.50 | $12.52 |
| Renewal (lowest) | $31.20 | $12.52 |
| Renewal vs first year | 2.0x | same |
| 5 years, cheapest registrar | $140.30 (Dynadot) | $62.60 (Dynadot) |
| Minimum term | 1 year | 1 year |
| Porkbun first year | $15.76 | $12.52 |
| Porkbun renewal | $31.20 | $12.52 |
| Porkbun transfer | $31.20 | $12.52 |
| Dynadot first year | $15.50 | $12.52 |
| Dynadot renewal | $31.20 | $12.52 |
| Taken when checked on domhaul | 54% of 202 | 46% of 72 |
| Type | Country code (Colombia) | Generic |
| Registry | Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MinTIC) | VeriSign Global Registry Services |
| Rules | Open to anyone | Open to anyone |
| DNSSEC | Signed | Signed |
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Pick .co if
- The name reads as a company, and short matters more than price.
- Your audience is in Colombia.
- You can also secure the .com.
Pick .net if
- You want the lower renewal and no first-year promo.
- You sell network, hosting or technical services.
- You want an extension nobody confuses with .com by one letter.
.co vs .net questions
Is .net cheaper than .co?
.co costs $15.50 for the first year and $31.20 to renew; .net costs $12.52 and $12.52. Over five years (first year plus four renewals at the cheaper registrar) that is $140.30 for .co and $62.60 for .net, so .net is the cheaper one to keep by 2.2x. Standard names at Dynadot and Porkbun, quoted October 24, 2026.
Is .co a country domain?
Yes, Colombia's, but open to anyone anywhere since 2010, and Google treats it like a generic extension in search. .net is a generic extension run by Verisign.
Does .co get confused with .com?
Yes: people add the m by habit, so some visitors and email go to the .com owner. .net has the opposite problem: people may guess .com instead, but they will not mistype it.
Which looks more professional, .co or .net?
Both are familiar to most people. .co reads as a modern company, .net as a long-standing service or network. Google ranks pages, not extensions: neither one gives a ranking boost or penalty, and links, content and how people respond to the result decide where a site ranks.
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