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You can check in here about price https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/cctld/io/.IO price is $28.88/year and .COM price is just $8.88/year
Topic: Why .IO is popular in crypto websites than .COM ? - page 2. (Read 340 times)
.IO price is $28.88/year and .COM price is just $8.88/year
All answers above are wrong.
Cryptocurrency projects uses .io or .info or .tech or .shit or whatever simple because .com is not available or it is more expensive.
Take for example.blockchain.info. they bought .com finally after 10 years, for millions
About that price, .IO is more expensive than .COM.
This information is wrong and makes absolutely no sense.
Cryptocurrency projects uses .io or .info or .tech or .shit or whatever simple because .com is not available or it is more expensive.
Take for example.blockchain.info. they bought .com finally after 10 years, for millions
About that price, .IO is more expensive than .COM.
This information is wrong and makes absolutely no sense.
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Simple, .io is more popular because most project that uses it are either IT related or start up and since the cryptocurrency industry is made of mostly startup in the form of altcoins and service providers it's understandable why the domain host is popular although I doubt most exchanges make use if it just as you highlighted in OP.
Quick search and you'll discovered that, most reputable exchange make use of .com although there are few which make use of .io domain host but .com is more popular among the exchanges guess this has to do with the prevention against phishing hacks.
Quick search and you'll discovered that, most reputable exchange make use of .com although there are few which make use of .io domain host but .com is more popular among the exchanges guess this has to do with the prevention against phishing hacks.
it's the new trend XD
I found this, maybe it's the real reason why .io is more famous these days and used by many startups.
I found this, maybe it's the real reason why .io is more famous these days and used by many startups.
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IO in computer science language is taken as I/O (Input/Output) which caught the attention of many computer geeks. Hence, it was used by a lot of tech companies later on. Funny enough, the first company to register the .IO domain was not a tech company but a fashion and apparel brand by the name LEVI’S. They had registered http://levi.io .
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I think that for technology the .tech is much more suitable.
And for the crypto free projects .org is more suitable.
Unfortunately as Bitcoin history has shown, .com domain is very important too, since unknowing people will most probably (also) go for the .com website and may find there something completely different (in this case bcash).
Back to .io, I think that .io is more suitable for sites that expose an (i/o) API. At least until somebody will figure out that and ask IANA allow them start selling .api domains
So the bunch of websites using .io can do that because: other similar domains were taken, seen .io at others and found it cool.
And for the crypto free projects .org is more suitable.
Unfortunately as Bitcoin history has shown, .com domain is very important too, since unknowing people will most probably (also) go for the .com website and may find there something completely different (in this case bcash).
Back to .io, I think that .io is more suitable for sites that expose an (i/o) API. At least until somebody will figure out that and ask IANA allow them start selling .api domains
So the bunch of websites using .io can do that because: other similar domains were taken, seen .io at others and found it cool.
In every crypto websites like a gambling, ico, hyip, exchange, trading websites. Most of them is using .IO
About that price, .IO is more expensive than .COM.
Why not use .com and other domain ?
After i read article about domain, i can several reason why .IO is popular in crypto websites.
- .IO is more simple and easy to remember
- Most of websites using .COM. I think this is difficult to create domain name because most of them already created.
- Difference security in every domain.
- .IO look like a binary number ( 1 and 0). This is reason why websites related to technology are very suitable to use .IO .
About that price, .IO is more expensive than .COM.
Why not use .com and other domain ?
After i read article about domain, i can several reason why .IO is popular in crypto websites.
- .IO is more simple and easy to remember
- Most of websites using .COM. I think this is difficult to create domain name because most of them already created.
- Difference security in every domain.
- .IO look like a binary number ( 1 and 0). This is reason why websites related to technology are very suitable to use .IO .
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