From Slither.io to Clothes.io to CodePen.io to a growing list of personal and company brands, .io domains have become the darling domain of tech startups and domain investors.
The Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for .io was originally assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory before tech world dubbed it “input/output” domain for the next great tech idea.
There have been and are many tech startups using a .io domain to brand their digital presence.
I recently interviewed one such startup’s co-founder, Ryan Evans — a long-time serial entrepreneur and co-founder of a web analytics startup named Tend.io.
In my latest podcast episode, Ryan and I discuss the the following aspects and impact of building a .io digital presence:
- His early dabbling with investing in keyword and exact match domains
- The various ventures that lead to starting Tend
- Why Tend choose to use .io versus .com
- How Tend.io was a “steal-of-a-deal” purchase
So, press play and listen to Ryan share his journey about how Tend.io helps companies find more qualified customers. Thanks and that’s all for now!
“.io” seems to be a temporary replacement for “.com” with certain tech startups, with limited budgets, that want an immediate presence in the world-wide-web.
If said startups eventually gain funding or are acquired, they need to re-brand with a “.com” in order to effectively scale and reach their full potential internationally.
That being said, ElectronicSports.io is currently available for sale.
ElectronicSports.io ? Not even worth the $30 .io reg fee !
.io is garbage and only used when .com not available.