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Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by dubfan »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #76
peckrob wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.io is the CCTLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io

Abusing foreign domains for vanity purposes is still the ugly greed I'm complaining about. Especially the geniuses who would buy domains attached to anti-enlightenment, anti-liberal cultures that can pull your product/site for any caveman reason.

While I agree there are some bad examples of TLD abuse, the British Indian Ocean Territory is not so much a country as a military outpost. The native inhabitants were forcibly removed decades ago, and in the very unlikely event they were ever repatriated I think it's unlikely they would stick with the name "British Indian Ocean Territory". The TLD .io would essentially go unused if foreign registration weren't allowed.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by bladedtoys »

jjblue wrote: post #62
dangrossman wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Domain registration is a commodity service, where all but one company selling this commodity does so without any strange contract terms. Even if the chance that Gandi acts on their contractual rights is slim, there's no reason to give them that right in the first place. A company's brand, good will and years of backlinks are tied to their domain -- it's not something to put at risk lightly. I deleted the copy of my c…

So no examples, then? Sounds like FUD to me.

Surely it would be unwise to agree to an outlandish contractual item purely on the grounds that one hasn't seen it invoked yet.

And surely it is a good thing to bring it to the attention of people who aren't likely to read every word of a 20 page contract just to buy a domain name.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by crisnoble »

larrys wrote: post #33

Competitor to namecheap here. [1] [2] We don't offer .io domains. Nor do we offer any of the TLD's that seem to be popular with some startups. Even though we could make money selling them. Like our competitors do. Although popular (with startups) they aren't mainstream with the public. If you become successful you will just end up buying (at a much higher price) the .com equivalent. Or end up having misdirected mail…

>My strong advice is to stay away from anything but .com for your startup.

If you make it big enough to have to buy the .com from the current owner, then you are probably going to be able to buy it. When I discovered that new domains cost about 2 packs of cigarettes, I became a compulsive domain buyer. If the .com for my crazy idea isn't available, then I try .co, then basically whatever I can find. I use a combination of http://domai.nr and https://iwantmyname.com/ to see weird combinations. I think you would be hard pressed to find a startup can attribute its failure to the fact that it had a fancy TLD.

Odd tlds that hit it big: del.­icio.­us, bit.ly

Odd tlds that I visit often: github.io, any.do, 500.co, domai.nr

I think in a world where non-technical people use google as their address bar, we should fee free to use exotic TLDs. Not to mention with the upcoming release of new TLDs .com is about to be as important / common as www.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by pbreit »

dlss wrote: post #9

I've never heard of namecheap, but given their name I'm surprised they charge so much more than gandi.net ($39). Is it normal for a company branded as the low cost provider to charge above market for rare goods?

Kind of a dumb comment considering that Namecheap is appreciably less expensive than Gandi for nearly every other TLD.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by pbreit »

FireBringer wrote: post #15
arkitaip wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Gandi isn't that cheap to begin with...

Really? Where is it cheaper to buy an IO domain? Really curious not trying to be snarky, I have some projects I'd like to put on that domain for fun but $40 or more dollars isn't worth it.

Namecheap is appreciably less expensive than Gandi for nearly all other TLDs.

For example, .COM: $10.69 vs $15.50.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by mumbi »

joeblau wrote: post #39

I'm using http://iwantmyname.com for http://gitignore.io and they have been great. They update their DNS records very quickly and I haven't had any problems with their service and right now they are $49.

Also using iwantmyname. Happiest I've ever been with a registrar.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by zokier »

Bleh. My personal domain renewal is coming up and Namecheap has gotten lots of recommendations here at HN. But on the other hand I'm bit reluctant to move domains from (my current) Swiss registar to US one, even if they all ultimately are based on ICANN.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by Kerrick »

null_ptr wrote: post #79
swalsh wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the more expensive price tag means a less flikr's and alot more flickers than its worth the money to me.

I think this is an understated problem. Vowel-stripping from names has become a part of today's bleeding edge tech culture, but it's really just a work around the crowded domains market. Vowel-stripped names sound and look OK to me today, but I wonder how well they'll stand the test of time 10 years down the road, whether they'll feel reputable or whether we'll see a lot of successful businesses add back a few of the…

I think it's a mixed bag. flickr never re-voweled, but twttr did.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by cmalpeli »

larrys wrote: post #33

Competitor to namecheap here. [1] [2] We don't offer .io domains. Nor do we offer any of the TLD's that seem to be popular with some startups. Even though we could make money selling them. Like our competitors do. Although popular (with startups) they aren't mainstream with the public. If you become successful you will just end up buying (at a much higher price) the .com equivalent. Or end up having misdirected mail…

I launched JobBoard.io any so far haven't encountered too many issues with "normals" being confused. Some ask what it stands for, but that's about the extent of it.

I felt it was a better option than buying super-awesome-hyphenated-job-board-software.com

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