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Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by that_guy_iain »

throwvirtever wrote: post #24
mrv_dev wrote: post #22

Build an amazing app/platform/service. Host it on whatever tld is cheaper/convenient/some_other_criteria. No one will care what the extension is - especially with current and upcoming consumption models (mobile apps, vr/ar, and so on).

Is there any objective reason (performance, reliability, etc) to avoid certain TLDs?

I remember reading a blog post that I can't find that one company saw a massive uptick on email deliverability when they stop using .xyz and moved to a more standard one.

It makes some sense, .xyz are so cheap that I've bought mines for $1 so just buying a domain every day isn't outside the realms of possbility for spammers. Personally, I just use my .xyz domains for internal stuff where I still want things connected to the internet and available.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by jeffwass »

echelon wrote: post #19
TonyBagODonuts wrote: post #3

My .com renewal was $14, namecheap.

The problem with .com is that it is both popular and heavily squatted. You'll potentially need to use a non-English word or two or more words to describe your business or website. .io is still squatted, but much easier game. And it makes sense in our field. As an example, I wanted a common English word name for my startup. The .com is owned by a squatting firm that balked at a $1M dollar offer. They want eight figure…

What’s the incentive to pay the hit bucks for the .com these days?

Most people finding your site will do so through google or other links right?

As for myself I hardly consider the real URL these days (except in some cases to check it’s right before entering credentials).

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by jeffwass »

echelon wrote: post #19
TonyBagODonuts wrote: post #3

My .com renewal was $14, namecheap.

The problem with .com is that it is both popular and heavily squatted. You'll potentially need to use a non-English word or two or more words to describe your business or website. .io is still squatted, but much easier game. And it makes sense in our field. As an example, I wanted a common English word name for my startup. The .com is owned by a squatting firm that balked at a $1M dollar offer. They want eight figure…

Is there really much incentive to pay big bucks for the .com these days?

Most people finding your site will do so through google or other links right?

As for myself I hardly consider the real URL these days (except in some cases to check it’s right before entering credentials).

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by koolba »

bluk wrote: post #29
TonyBagODonuts wrote: post #3

My .com renewal was $14, namecheap.

Cloudflare renews ".com" for $8.57 USD/year (if anyone is looking for cheaper; not sure if they are the cheapest). Namecheap seemed to have the lowest price for ".io" for a while.

With the proviso that you must use their DNS service.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by Macha »

throwvirtever wrote: post #24
mrv_dev wrote: post #22

Build an amazing app/platform/service. Host it on whatever tld is cheaper/convenient/some_other_criteria. No one will care what the extension is - especially with current and upcoming consumption models (mobile apps, vr/ar, and so on).

Is there any objective reason (performance, reliability, etc) to avoid certain TLDs?

.com/.net/.org - your name is probably gone

New gTLDs - The registry can pretty much arbitrarily set prices in the future

ccTLDs - Politics might make you have to change domain (e.g. UK owners of .eu)

Pick your poison, I tend to stick with the original TLDs and my own country's ccTLD

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by r1ch »

throwvirtever wrote: post #24
mrv_dev wrote: post #22

Build an amazing app/platform/service. Host it on whatever tld is cheaper/convenient/some_other_criteria. No one will care what the extension is - especially with current and upcoming consumption models (mobile apps, vr/ar, and so on).

Is there any objective reason (performance, reliability, etc) to avoid certain TLDs?

The $1 TLDs like .top .xyz .fun etc will be blocked in a lot of places due to heavy spam and malware distribution.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by Kinrany »

cj wrote: post #15

How do we create an incentive model that kills the “parked domain” industry without out pricing people who want to host a legitimate non-commercial personal site? At first glance I was happy to see the headline because it means it’ll be more expensive for squatters to profit, but then I do sympathize with people using these domains for legitimate non-commercial purposes.

This is the same problem as land value tax that was never solved.
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