Pickleball player Ammar Kubba – founder of and investor in numerous domain industry companies – recently announced two .io domain name sales. The first sale was closed while he was playing pickleball. The second was closed while he was thinking about playing pickleball.
Notably, after sharing his second .io domain name sale, Ammar shared some background about other domain names with the same keyword. I found this noteworthy because the attributes of the other extensions were not what I would normally guess for a ~$10k .io domain name sale.
Sold another .io for US$9,900… this time while out to dinner. Would rather have been playing pickleball, but that’s not what’s interesting. pic.twitter.com/Do9yvPmOEN
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
In this case, the SLD was registered in at least 74 other extensions. The .com doesn’t resolve and isn’t listed for sale.
The .net is listed for $1,900.
The .org is listed for $5,999.
The .app is listed for $3,950.
The .xyz is listed for $1,450.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
And for my friend that likes to make assumptions about my assumptions, the .co is available to register.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
The point is – with the very notable exception of .com (THE BEST IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES) – different extensions will be preferred for different use cases.
That being said, some (or most) extensions suck for most (or all) use cases.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
Stick with what works.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
You’re welcome.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
You’re welcome.
— Ammar Kubba (@AmmarKubba) February 10, 2024
In short, while one might expect a substantial alternative domain extension sale to be closed because other extensions were unavailable or expensive, that is not always the case.
.io is the third best extension after .com (IMO) then .ai (if the company is AI-centric)
It seems .CO has not performed as well on the aftermarket, if the .CO is still avail to register
I’m a bit surprised, but then I rarely get offers on any of the .co domains I own — prob less than 10 – these days.