Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup?

Posted by genevpd on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:26PM
from the ask-hn dept.

.com is taken, both .io and .ai are available.

Would you pick .io or .ai for a business app where ML/AI is major value proposition?

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by segmondy on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:57PM (#16300832)

None, leave it and find an available .com

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by eb0la on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:55AM (#16310054)

Today .com is a serious asset. It it's taken, buy it as soon as you raise money.

Investors won't protest if you buy a $XXX asset that might not loose value if everything goes bad.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by deurzen on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:29PM (#16300313)

.io is becoming increasingly popular amongst startups.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christophersteiner/2017/05/03/m...

I would go for the .io TLD myself.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by rcfox on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:40PM (#16300566)

It sounds like the .io TLD is very poorly managed, what with people being able to take over the nameservers. https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc...

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by LiamPa on Sunday February 04, 2018 @03:18AM (#16301895)

Agreed good advice that came from this was to host anything important (API) on www.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by innoprenuer on Sunday February 04, 2018 @10:30PM (#16306406)

I would go for .ai because thats the core feature. domain with .ai gives away your core offering (i.e. ML/Al) and you would have customer attention from the very beginning. According to me, it also adds credibility and legitimacy in a subtle way which goes a long way in lead conversion.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by tedyoung on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:36PM (#16300752)

I would personally get both: you want the .ai, because that's your niche, and add on the .io given that it isn't very expensive at $32.88/year.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by edward8628 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:17PM (#16300488)

I would go with .io and .ai is not bad neither

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by nik736 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @09:10AM (#16302771)

I would only get .io or .ai if the .com is taken but can be bought. Otherwise add a word to take the .com.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by rajacombinator on Sunday February 04, 2018 @11:19PM (#16306569)

Doesn’t matter at all but “AI” is still in the buzz cycle might as well hop on board.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by sgillen on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:34PM (#16300543)

Either is going to be fine honestly.

I agree with the others in that I would choose .io

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by throwaway180118 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @07:39PM (#16300564)

Which domain registrar would you recommend?

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by tedyoung on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:34PM (#16300747)

I like HexoNet (https://www.hexonet.net/) and NameCheap (https://www.namecheap.com/) and pick the one that has the lower price for the TLD that I'm interested in.

In this case, HexoNet has .ai for $80/year, and NameCheap has the .io TLD for $32.88/year.

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by throwaway413 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @07:16AM (#16302447)

.ai is the new .io

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by nightfly on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:57PM (#16300421)

buy both

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by genevpd on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:38PM (#16300761)

Several people suggested to buy both, in that case, which one you will make primary and other for redirect?

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Re:Ask HN: .io vs .ai for a startup? by eb0la on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:57AM (#16310074)

Don't redirect. Just setup the same site with the same content and see what happens / converts better / etc.

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