Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#1

Post by Gertig » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:01 PM UTC

Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains
three.io

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#2

Post by uahal » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

Cool utility. Surprised at how many three letter domains are still left.

Guess they'll be going away more quickly now...

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#3

Post by klochner » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:38 PM UTC

uahal wrote: post #2

Cool utility. Surprised at how many three letter domains are still left. Guess they'll be going away more quickly now...

and those are just the ones that correspond to english words.

If every 2/3 letter combination were available as a tld, you would have 320,797,152 3-letter domains . . .

I'd like to see some kind of analysis of how many WORD.xx domains are actually in use, just to get an idea of whether the cyber-squatting market is due for a correction.

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#4

Post by Gertig » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:42 PM UTC

klochner wrote: post #3

uahal wrote: post #2

Cool utility. Surprised at how many three letter domains are still left. Guess they'll be going away more quickly now...

and those are just the ones that correspond to english words. If every 2/3 letter combination were available as a tld, you would have 320,797,152 3-letter domains . . . I'd like to see some kind of analysis of how many WORD.xx domains are actually in use, just to get an idea of whether the cyber-squatting market is due for a correction.

I agree it would be very interesting to see that analysis. What do you mean by a correction?

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#5

Post by icey » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:43 PM UTC

The last I looked (a couple of months ago) there were still a lot of 2 letter domains available on .io. Has that changed?

[Edit: Nevermind, I see that this is using 3 letter words, not just any 3 letter combination]

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#6

Post by bobf » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:45 PM UTC

This would be awesome if you could combine the list with availability of io.com -- to know when you could get both the shorter .io and the traditional .com

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#7

Post by fourhourstartup » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Excellent!

Could you add a check for the name as a .com? For example, next to ace.io display "+.com" for available or "x .com" for unavailable.

[Edit: I noticed these are checked just once per day. Perhaps add a link to check the .com? As in, ace.io 2011-02-15 (aceio.com?) with aceio.com linked to http://iwantmyname.com/search?domain=aceio.com ]

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#8

Post by klochner » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Gertig wrote: post #4

klochner wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and those are just the ones that correspond to english words. If every 2/3 letter combination were available as a tld, you would have 320,797,152 3-letter domains . . . I'd like to see some kind of analysis of how many WORD.xx domains are actually in use, just to get an idea of whether the cyber-squatting market is due for a correction.

I agree it would be very interesting to see that analysis. What do you mean by a correction?

I mean the cost of buying a domain from a squatter could presumably go down.

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

#9

Post by ck2 » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:50 PM UTC

Isn't the .io TLD too technical of a term for a non-tech site ?

Re: Show HN: three.io = available 3 letter .io domains

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

fourhourstartup wrote: post #7

Excellent! Could you add a check for the name as a .com? For example, next to ace.io display "+.com" for available or "x .com" for unavailable. [Edit: I noticed these are checked just once per day. Perhaps add a link to check the .com? As in, ace.io 2011-02-15 ( aceio.com?) with aceio.com linked to http://iwantmyname.com/search?domain=aceio.com ]

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