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Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by purephase »

jevinskie wrote: post #36
purephase wrote: post #11

nic.io must be tickled pink. Queue the land grab! In other words, I'm not sure this is a good thing or sets a good precedent. I understand the rationale as they're just reacting to what the industry is doing (I'm looking at you GH) but I imagine we'll see more of this in the future. I say all this as a (legitimate) .io domain holder. Somewhere there is a bailiwick just waiting for the crafting community to jump all o…

I'm interested in your relation to the territories, if you don't mind me asking?

I meant that I have a domain name that I'm using for a legitimate service that I purchased knowing that it wasn't a gccTLD. My "legitimate" comment was specifically related to the influx of squatters we're about to see in this space.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by chrisballinger »

evan_ wrote: post #54
vizzah wrote: post #49

Google, .im is missing from the list. Should have been treated almost equally to '.me'.. and .me got it's gTLD status right from the start.

I can't think of anything that uses .im, what am I forgetting?

http://www.pidgin.im and http://www.adium.im

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by Gertig »

nanijoe wrote: post #50
Gertig wrote: post #14

This is pretty cool, I have been a huge fan of .io domain names for a long time. I even tried (unsuccessfully) to sell a, checked daily, list of the available three letter domain names for $19. There are currently 40 three letter word domain names left, there are a couple common acronyms like CST.io that are available too. If interested http://andio.herokuapp.com EDIT: was.io and mph.io have been purchased since post…

If you are no longer selling the list, can you show it on your site? When you say 3 letter domains, are you referring to dictionary words or any random 3 letter?

Still selling the list. I meant it was unsuccessful because only 6 people bought it :)

I mean english dictionary words and common acronyms, not random 3 letter combinations.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by Gertig »

kilian wrote: post #43
Gertig wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are less than 40 three letter word domains names available now. http://andio.herokuapp.com

Selling the remaining list is quite a smart idea. it obviously has value even though it would be relatively simple to figure out the remaining free domains on your own.

True, the task is not very difficult if you have a list of words to check against. If you're time to create your own list takes more than $19 of your time then its probably of some value to just buy mine :)

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by vizzah »

evan_ wrote: post #54
vizzah wrote: post #49

Google, .im is missing from the list. Should have been treated almost equally to '.me'.. and .me got it's gTLD status right from the start.

I can't think of anything that uses .im, what am I forgetting?

well, if it doesn't seem to be adopted by a prominent start-up (yet), doesn't mean that the extension is not popular for it's obvious non-geo "I am" meaning. It is one of those novelty extensions and Google should also allow webmasters to choose whether to treat it as gTLD or as a micro state of 'Isle of Man'.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by Gertig »

You can buy the list of 30 remaining three letter words/common acronyms for $19: http://andio.herokuapp.com

I'm sure you could do this yourself but why waste $19 of your time :)

There were 40 left about 2 hours ago, so far these domains have been purchased in the last 2 hours: was.io, mph.io, lie.io, avg.io, cum.io, ear.io, era.io, hwy.io, shy.io, sox.io

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by jurassic »

StavrosK wrote: post #46
kijin wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.io prices are coming down rather quickly. Gandi.net sells them for $40 apiece, and I wouldn't be surprised if it became available for half of that with some sort of promotion. I'm waiting to grab one when that happens.

Damnit, I just paid $72 three seconds ago, before reading the comments.

Well I bought three today @55/each. So don't kick yourself too hard.
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