.io .io Thread and Showcase

[mrcurly]

Bought a new .io domain through sedo last week a NN.io , bit of an investment and gamble but worth a shot in my opinion.

Anyone investing in .io domains? please feel free to share your investments.

Cheers

 

[DU]

Im looking forward to making so many more mistakes lol So should I grace delete the name?
or do I roll the dice lol

If you can. Yes.

Earrings has way too much going against it. Double "r". Two words (essentially) Ear Rings. Non technical. Not at all brandable and competing directly with Rings, Accessories, Jewels, etc. (much better names). It's not the category killer. At least Hologram is THE word for that if you ignore Holo and any fancy sounding name that implies that.

 

[imadoer]

Roses.io was available definitely more brandable, but it's not the category killer like flowers . I get it thanks for the help

 

[DU]

Roses.io was available definitely more brandable, but it's not the category killer like flowers . I get it thanks for the help

Rose would be better than both because it's a total brand play. Roses implies flowers so is < flowers

 

[Keith]

I guess the cat is out of the bag only when the "Domain Name Authority" edumucates us all.

People are taking notice. But let's go with whatever you think...

 

[DU]

People are taking notice. But let's go with whatever you think...

Just saying that people have been talking about .io for a lot longer. Brandbucket over 2 years ago via @equity78's blog commented on io.com's as brands and how they were falling off in part to the .io tld and god knows how long Jason's been talking about it

Next we'll find out how .TV is the next big thing that just popped up.

Going with what I think is an option....but I should point out that it's lazy and not always recommended.

 

[Keith]

Just saying that people have been talking about .io for a lot longer. Brandbucket over 2 years ago via @equity78's blog commented on io.com's as brands and how they were falling off in part to the .io tld and god knows how long Jason's been talking about it

Next we'll find out how .TV is the next big thing that just popped up.

Going with what I think is an option....but I should point out that it's lazy and not always recommended.

It's not a case of it just popping up. We're not talking boners, lol.

Jason has sold a serious amount of these in terms of dollars. Most people here haven't done it with .com or .whatever. And the buyers are huge corps that we all know.

Point being is that there is opportunity here if you do it right. Just like anything I suppose, except .mobi!

 

[DU]

It's not a case of it just popping up. We're not talking boners, lol.

Fair enough - you said "the cat is out of the bag".... like this is some new thing that was previously hidden (that's what that phrase means).
I have no idea why you're talking about penises.

 

[disaac81]

Ooo, not too sure on that - at first look it looks bad.... but I have zero experience in the .io tld so could be wrong but I am almost 9/10 thinking I am right unfortunately

 

[Kate]

.io, the TLD of Diego Garcia, is not new.
It's been around for a long time.

Since somebody started that fad, domainers are following blindly.
Sadly, this is not the first fad on NP, nor the last.

Sales happen in almost any TLD. Just because somebody made a sale, doesn't mean you're the next.
Did you really think all those new registrations would sell ? It's already hard enough to sell good .com.

 

[mitok]

.io frenzy reminds me on .mx frenzy on Bido few years ago. I made mid $xxxx of pure profit by registering almost any one word .mx and selling them in the next few days on Bido. Few minutes of work for high $xx to mid $xxx profit per domain. Before .mx some will remember it was very similar with .ws on Bido.

I don't see real value in .io, but I do see reselling opportunity at the moment, mostly to other domainers. I have 4 or 5 .ios, and will probably grab some more, but don't believe they will be so hot after a year or two. They are here around 17 years already! Yesterday I took one word category killer in .mobi. Should I wait for 5 minutes of glory for .mobi too? I guess not, but do know who will buy it and will sell it for sure to them after few months.

"Input/output" thing is BS like "website thing" for .ws. Domainers are very often best buyers for bad domains. We can see value in almost any extension. Our mind is set to present the value to potential end users so it is probably hard to switch and be reasonable when it comes to buying.

Anyway, domaining is business where we aim to make money from domains. If there is demand for .io, even from other domainers, we should provide supply and make money while we can

 

[JayJay]

Alot of discussion going on in the other .io thread today:

Heating.io

 

[biggie]

.If there is demand for .io, even from other domainers, we should provide supply and make money while we can

the registrar and drop catchers, are the suppliers, they make they money first.

flipya is the middleman, they get paid next.

then comes you....the hopeful.

 

[Kate]

Domainers are very often best buyers for bad domains.

So true...

 

[mitok]

the registrar and drop catchers, are the suppliers, they make they money first.

flipya is the middleman, they get paid next.

then comes you....the hopeful.

I know. We cant be a registrar (most of us), but we can be drop catchers And it is also possible to sell a hand reg on Flippa.

I see this ".io thing" as fun with possibility to make some money, at least while you reg .ios. I would not be buying them for $xxxx as that would be gambling.

I don't know why startups started to use .io in the first place? Input/Output is just imagination of domainers and I dont take that as serious explanation. Who is the CEO of .io registry? McClure? :D If so, that would be good explanation why so many startups use .io.

 

[Keith]

This .io is hopeless. I advise all board members to stay away. Don't search for regs, drops, and please don't buy aftermarket. This extension is very bad!

Look into the light. I will now erase this .io nonsense from your mind

 

[imadoer]

I just want to thank everyone for the feedback I canceled my ,io name I will do more home work and lookup the name on adwords differently. I don't know if I will buy another io but if I decide to buy a io. i think it would have be tech related

 

[ErwanKina]

Hi, I think you should invest on .io DN if you find a tech-related available domain. And for now, Flippa seems to be great to sell .io if you invest on premium auctions. I'm about to start my 30 days premium auction for PowerPoint.io (with ITmagazine.io as a bonus) and I'm thinking about doing the same for uploading.io.

 

[Wisename]

please look at flippa featured listing now! listing for
** Angles.io **
muahahaha..

 

[imadoer]

Please go away muahahaha

 

[Wisename]

no. it sounds like some strategy over there ..