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Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by username223 »

tlrobinson wrote: post #96
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…

Challenge accepted. domainregistry.com - not cheap ($30/year), no .io (.com .net .org and .info only), run by a guy name Larry.

Is your startup really so pathetic that $30/yr is relevant?

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by username223 »

smtddr wrote: post #100
crisnoble wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that squatters can be unreasonable or downright insane. I think that my main argument is that owning a ".com" neither helps nor hinders a startup and its quest for eyes. I could never remember how to spell del.icio.us, but it didn't matter, I bookmarked it. If I was on another computer, I googled it.

>I agree that squatters can be unreasonable or downright insane. There use to be a company called songbirdnest.com that made something that could be described as an open-source version of iTunes(but they preferred it wasn't thought of that way). The person who owns songbird.com refused to sell. Apparently a very hansom offer was made too... http://songbird.com/ site looks the same as it did back in 2008. Considering…

> Considering that the site doesn't look like anything that's generating revenue, I don't understand why that person refused to sell...

Maybe because unlike you, he's not an unquestioning whore to the almighty dollar. (I expected a small bird-feeder business before I clicked, but the point remains.)

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by vdaniuk »

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…

Vowel stripping is a feature that highly correlates with a tech target audience of a domain. So I'd prefer to see more vowel-stripped domains intended for tech crowd and regular word .com domains for general public.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by zokier »

sigkill wrote: post #95
zokier wrote: post #88

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.

- Out of curiosity, who's your current registrar? - I don't know if you're talking about a ccTLD or a com/net/org but if it's the latter I don't think a non-US registrar can help you since those TLDs are directly under US control.

Currently at joker.com, and .net domain. Yes, I know escaping US control is ultimately futile, but that doesn't mean that I'd be wanting to give in any more than necessary. Even in the worst-case scenario a Swiss company should be able to communicate about the circumstances, while US based registar might be gagged with NSL or equivalent and I'd be left in the dark.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by ElongatedTowel »

zokier wrote: post #88

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.

Facing the same problem. The whole US government fear, uncertainty and doubt mess makes me question decisions which probably don't even concern me in the long run.

I guess namecheap is about as popular as it gets and most European sellers like gandi aren't as cheap, but there is no way for me to know whether choosing a US based domain seller could ever have any adverse effects on me as an European, whether it's censorship, laws, transfer problems, ownership problems or anything I can't even think of.

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