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Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by omni_ »

tpaul wrote: post #59
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…

One of my old school friends is a domain broker, and he gets annoyed by .io domains as well. He said he would have a second car if it wasn't for alternative TLDs. For his birthday, I bought him a few programming books. To his credit, he read them, and now enjoys programming as a hobby. Given some time, he'll probably end up half decent.

That makes me really happy. I hope the new wave of gTLDs further devastates domain squatters/brokers.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by tlrobinson »

username223 wrote: post #101
tlrobinson wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I probably shouldn't feed the trolls, but I never said anything to that effect. $30/year is not "cheap" compared to budget registrars which usually charge $10/year.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by smtddr »

username223 wrote: post #102
smtddr wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.)

>username223 33 minutes ago | link

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.)

Ouch. You've hurt my feelings. Just like to add that if he said something about sentimental value or some such, I'd understand. Otherwise, why refuse just for the sake of refusing? But, seeing as you're already on insult-mode, probably nothing good will come of this discussion.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by easy_rider »

Purchased a domain, went through all the steps, account acc. card info, process transaction. Well funded card etc.

Register .io 11 Year $58.88 Charged: $0.00 $0.00 There was an error connecting to the registry. Free WhoisGuard 1 Year $0.00 Charged: $0.00 Related item failed.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by joeblau »

bnycum wrote: post #94
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.

I was actually looking at building a site like that a few weeks back. Discovered the .io was taken and was what I wanted to build. Thanks.

Hehe sorry :) and You're welcome. The code is all on GitHub and I actually want to re-architect the site.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by truthlaidbear »

larrys wrote: post #71
alphakappa wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> [2] We aren't cheap. Could you explain why you aren't cheap? (as in, what would justify a higher cost compared to someone like Namecheap?)

Not the market we choose to be in. Selling cheaply requires more customer service as you generate volume. Just because you can sell something cheaply doesn't mean you want to sell it cheaply. It's just a different business model. Nothing wrong with the other business model but not what we do. (Same as Rackspace doesn't compete really with Digital Ocean).

So you're also not really a competitor to Namecheap, despite your declaration to the contrary.

You're actually in the business of selling <$10 parcels of cyberland to whatever sucker will pay $30 for them.

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by radiusq »

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…

So you're saying you don't offer .io's because you're looking out for people who might want to buy the .com equivalent (even though you "could make money selling them")?

You sound like a hellava businessman...

Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by [deleted] »

truthlaidbear wrote: post #116
larrys wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the market we choose to be in. Selling cheaply requires more customer service as you generate volume. Just because you can sell something cheaply doesn't mean you want to sell it cheaply. It's just a different business model. Nothing wrong with the other business model but not what we do. (Same as Rackspace doesn't compete really with Digital Ocean).

So you're also not really a competitor to Namecheap, despite your declaration to the contrary. You're actually in the business of selling <$10 parcels of cyberland to whatever sucker will pay $30 for them.

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Re: Namecheap now offer .io domains

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Post by arkitaip »

acron0 wrote: post #36
arkitaip wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

moniker.com has a $13 offer for .io right now https://www.moniker.com/co-domain/

That link is for .co, not .io domains...

Apologies, my mistake. Also, when talking about Gandi's pricing I was speaking generally, i.e. they are more expensive than average domain registrars. I've, however, bought domains from them myself and their support and admin are great, so I would totally recommend them.
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