Why are .IO domains expensive?

Question

Domain name market

Hey! Tell me why .io domains are so expensive? Should I go and sell kidneys right now? Painfully smari, as much as 5 oblique demands!
Or tell me brother, what is so special about these domains, except for input-output?

Answer 1

Trend.

Answer 2

Domains in the .io zone are considered "technical" and many startups, frameworks and developers buy them, because many .com domains are taken. At the very order of 10 domains in this zone, I took it for resale, I have already sold 5.
Do not listen to such "smart" people who write that domains are popular because of some kind of agar.io "how could anyone think of such a thing.

Answer 3

It is believed that the popularity of the site agar.io contributed to this, but without authorization on it, you will understand what is so special about it.

Answer 4

The price of domains in less popular areas is in many ways set especially high, and this is really wonderful. Some dictionary words are still free there, which is unrealistic in ru/com for a long time.

Answer 5

Received in the mail last week:
Today marks Day 1 of the EAP, where you can priority register your desired .Cars / .Car / .Auto domains before registration broadens on January 20. Please note that domains are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and that one time premium fees apply for domains registered before General Availability. Pricing will vary at each retailer.
EAP Day 1-3 : Starting at $55,000
EAP Day 4: Starting at $30,000
EAP Day 5-7: Starting at $13,000
EAP Day 8: Starting at $7,000 General Availability: Starting at $
2,799.99
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New times - old methods of changing the rules of the game. Your activity is related to the automotive theme and you want to be considered? Buy the appropriate domain.
It's like in the song In Flames - ...As The Future Repeats Today

Answer 6

You can find it cheaper too.
www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/io
https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/cct...
And so, beauty, the quality of those register support (they usually answer within an hour, they are ready to make an exception if there is a conflict with the requirements), and domain service conditions (instant registration, developed anti-abuse policy, after expiration, the domain can be restored at the regular price within 90 days)
.pw, as it were, should also be popular, but Centralnik pays more attention to its other TLDs . For weeks it may not respond to letters, up to a day a domain is registered.
But in general, as mentioned above, the price is determined by the seller. nic.io wants to sell them for a couple of tens of pounds, so he sells them.

Answer 7

The price is initially high, this is the policy of the registry owners of this zone. Such organizations do not justify the price. A more pressing question is which of the registrars has set the lowest margin for this zone and sells it cheaper than the others.