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Tell HN: I'm Selling Programming.io
Long story short, I had big plans for developing Programming.io into a cruft-free social bookmarking service for developers, but other projects are making that impossible.
It could obviously be made into anything related to programming (tutorials, mentoring or freelance marketplace, Q&A format forum, etc.)
If you're interested, you can check out the auction here (ends in 2 days): https://flippa.com/10635953-programming-io
- spking 6y agoLink: https://flippa.com/10635953-programming-io https://flippa.com/10635953-programming-io
- replies-to-fool 6y agoRegarding domains such as these, e.g programming.io or insurance.com, why would one want these? Aren't they too generic? Shouldn't domain names correspond more to the brand itself? I don't know anyone who looks for things related to programming by going directly on programming.com. If i was looking for insurance, I wouldn't just go on insurance.com either. What's the benefit of owning this type of domain?
- lovelearning 6y agoI think they're useful for targeting search intentions and monetizing through SEO, ads, affiliate links. People are unlikely to visit "programming.io" and then search something specific, but if it becomes popular for a particular type of content or tone or niche purely through organic search, people will include an easy-to-remember domain in the search query. Remembering "programming.io <query>" is easier than "johndoereactjsdev.blogger.com <query>". It's not uncommon either. Just run a random tech search and notice how many hits are under generic "tec*" domains that publish how-to articles on multiple topics.