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Ask HN: Better startup tld, .co or .io?
I have both the .co and the .io of a domain -- which is better to launch a new b2b data tech start-up under? And don't just say .com instead; I don't own it and someone has just been squatting on it since the mid 90's (not for sale, just a dead link & not responsive to emails to their whois email).
- eberkund 8y agoYou named your company before you acquired an appropriate domain name?
- plessthanpt05 8y agoI haven't launched yet. And no, I have the .co and .io for a specific domain name, I'm just wondering what folks think seems better nowadays?
- ams6110 8y agoDomain names don't really matter. You just need to be easy to find on Google search.
- plessthanpt05 8y agoYou don't really believe this -- .com's obviously matter the most, but many good .coms are being squatted. If domain names (and extensions) didn't matter, then there wouldn't be such demand for some extensions and not others.
- abelini 8y agoI would suggest going with .io as I've seen it used used online more often
- mindcrime 8y agoFor anything techie, given that choice, I'd go with the .io version. It resonates with techies because of the overlap with the acronym for Input/Output. And it seems to be somewhat trendy to use .io for tech oriented sites. FWIW, my newest SaaS offering is using a .io domain as well, so I am "putting my money where my mouth is" on this topic.