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Trends. Domain name investing is very often about profiting from trends. Many investors have made significant money from selling names in trending niches such as cryptocurrency, and CBD while some have even carved out a profitable corner by becoming experts in a specific domain extension.
One of the primary buyers of domains in alternative extensions, such as .CO or .IO is a startup. Alternative extensions to .COM prove to be popular because there’s more choice, and there’s a higher chance of getting a premium .whatever brand name to promote their business.
Companies such as Swipe (swipe.io), Feed (feed.co), and Generate (generate.co) have all adopted alternative extensions to get a more memorable left-of-the-dot experience. Are companies still opting for .CO and .IO over all others?
I’m going to take a look at some data on startups that have been founded in 2020 so far to see what extensions startups are using, to see whether there are any pieces of information that we can glean from it to help form decisions about our own investments.
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One of the primary buyers of domains in alternative extensions, such as .CO or .IO is a startup. Alternative extensions to .COM prove to be popular because there’s more choice, and there’s a higher chance of getting a premium .whatever brand name to promote their business.
Companies such as Swipe (swipe.io), Feed (feed.co), and Generate (generate.co) have all adopted alternative extensions to get a more memorable left-of-the-dot experience. Are companies still opting for .CO and .IO over all others?
I’m going to take a look at some data on startups that have been founded in 2020 so far to see what extensions startups are using, to see whether there are any pieces of information that we can glean from it to help form decisions about our own investments.
Read more