ccTLD Any Value in .IO

[Nappy Bunch]

Is there any value in .IO domains?

If all other domains are taken for a word is their value in the .IO of the same?

Just curios as have seen one of interest.

Thanks

 

[ioana_bv]

.io market is very limited. If the keyword you are looking for is taken in all the other TLDs, it might be a strong generic one, so it might have value.

 

[donnied79]

Eventually just for some hack. Nothing more

 

[Jason.tv]

Eventually just for some hack. Nothing more

Don't kid yourself; I have been acquiring the best .io domains for quite some time. I won't go into all the details of what I learned with .io, I will just follow my gut :D

also planning on doing my biggest development project yet on "Locations.io"

Thanks,

Jason

 

[B&J]

There are some good services in .IO. E.g. http://start.io or http://zimb.io - have a look.

 

[baldonius]

There are some good services in .IO. E.g. http://start.io or http://zimb.io - have a look.

http://discover.io is also great alternative to LinkedIn.

 

[Optimal Names]

Don't kid yourself; I have been acquiring the best .io domains for quite some time. I won't go into all the details of what I learned with .io, I will just follow my gut :D

also planning on doing my biggest development project yet on "Locations.io"

Thanks,

Jason

I think you're right......... good luck!

 

[Ms Domainer]

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IMO, it's a start up fad.

Once these start ups discover .com bleed, they will be scrambling to acquire the .com versions of their .io domains. It's happening with .co, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen with .me.

Having said this, I think it's a cool-looking ccTLD, and great if the start up has the .com counterpart--that way, bleed to .com won't matter.



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[baigreen]

I have only one io domain...
insurance.io

 

[Ms Domainer]

I have only one io domain...
insurance.io

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You can't get a much better keyword. Definitely worth the steep registration/renewal fee.

Congrats!



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[baldonius]

Don't kid yourself; I have been acquiring the best .io domains for quite some time. I won't go into all the details of what I learned with .io, I will just follow my gut :D

also planning on doing my biggest development project yet on "Locations.io"

Thanks,

Jason

I was going to say this. You can develop virtually any generic descriptive domain with a lot of success, even if it's a ccTLD.

 

[Nappy Bunch]

So do they only really tend to have value once developed?

 

[Nappy Bunch]

I have found a keyword available in .io
Its a strong keyword and taken in nearly all domains.
it has high competition.
Is it worth getting?
Where could I sell a io domain.. Im asduming sedo great domain auction wouldnt touch them no matter hie strong a keyword?

 

[baigreen]

Thx.
I registered the second .io domains:
register.io

:wave:

 

[Nappy Bunch]

Ive just seen another example developed BeachFront.io

 

[JudgeMind]

I have only one io domain...
insurance.io

Good name to hold onto, good end user possibilities. Will be very valuable if extension takes off...imo

 

[Jason.tv]

insurance.io was avail to register for quite some time, I hovered over it a few times

 

[Ms Domainer]

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IMO, it's a start up fad.

Once these start ups discover .com bleed, they will be scrambling to acquire the .com versions of their .io domains. It's happening with .co, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen with .me.

Having said this, I think it's a cool-looking ccTLD, and great if the start up has the .com counterpart--that way, bleed to .com won't matter.



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I rest my case (Versus.io now Versus.com):

http://www.thedomains.com/2013/07/0...sus-com-for-six-figures-to-startup-versus-io/


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[Kate]

^ That often happens. There is a long list of end users who had to upgrade their domain hacks at some point.

Domain hacks are not great for ambitious projects.

 

[the_poet]

^ That often happens. There is a long list of end users who had to upgrade their domain hacks at some point.

Domain hacks are not great for ambitious projects.

Domain hacks are nice, but the only use they are great for is as branded url-shorteners. The trend, for big projects, is to have the main website on .com/national TLD and the corresponding shortener as a hack.