Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not for a startup, but .codes is pretty nice for personal or portfolio websites.
I used that TLD for word play on vocoder with https://vo.codes
Ha, this is great. I cracked up at the SpongeBob ones.
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)
#152More reasons to move to a decentralised p2p web.
55 usd is a ridiculous amount for renewal.
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#153The .io TLD is owned by Ethos Capital. The same private equity company that tried to buy the .org TLD a while ago. Go figure...
It’s possibly worth noting that this is through Afilias, who seem to operate at least eleven other countries’ registries, including Australia’s (.au), and such of the older-but-not-original gTLDs as .info and .aero.
https://afilias.info/ has a list.
This seems to be to be a fairly rotten space, with power tending to consolidate around parties that have acted in fairly demonstrable bad faith.
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#154Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#155Build 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).
StartCom refused to issue free certificates for free .tk domains, "back in the day", for spam-related concerns. Emails from these domains may be blocked, too, I guess.
So the tld matters a bit still.
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#156Any perspective on the best TLDs for startups? .com is obviously the preferred choice, but from my perspective these are the next best picks: - .io for B2B, SAAS, etc. startups. Occasionally makes sense for B2C (itch.io, etc.) Seems to be falling out of fashion, though. - .ai is the top choice for ML-based startups. These are really hot now. - .dev for the occasional SAAS or library. Doesn't make sense B2C. - .app if…
The stupidity of thinking what "the best TLD for your startup" is. In the meantime all respectable startups and big companies use .com like normal people.
yeah, and that's the reason why most of them have stupid names
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#157My .com renewal was $14, namecheap.
I missed moving my personal portfolio .co from GoDaddy to Namecheap when it renewed last week and got hit with a $55 bill. EDIT: I'd really like to know why I got down voted on this. My renewal this year was twice the price. Everything at GoDaddy seems to be double what every body else charges and it's fair to be unimpressed with still having legacy products stuck at their company even if I didn't notice/it's my faul…
GoDaddy will also be able charge your old expired credit card.
A few years ago my dad had mistakenly signed up for some dark pattern "premium" SEO/marketing service on GoDaddy for one of his domains. It was over $600 a year and was near useless.
Cancelling this "service" was behind multiple clicks. He gave up on cancelling mistakenly thinking that since his old card had expired he would have a chance to cancel at at a renewal.
Of course GoDaddy was able to charge another $629 on an expired credit card...
Moved all the domains in my family from GoDaddy to Namecheap with no regrets.
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
What’s the next step? Communism for the Internet?
Communism is embedded in the core Internet protocols. And "we've" been doing our best to build a capitalist system on top of it ever since. :)
How is state ownership of the means of production embedded in the core Internet protocols?
Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#159Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
Who exactly are you quoting? Or did you pull a completely random quote from somewhere off the internet solely in order to grind your axe in a vaguely related discussion thread?
> Who exactly are you quoting? They are quoting the page they linked, which is the Ethos Capital "About Us" page, where they have written the above quote under the heading "Our Ethos".
At the time of my comment, their post did not include that link, only a random quotation and "that's bullshit, here's my take".