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The high price is a result of the fact that the base cost of the domain is much higher than it is for .com/.net/.org/.info.
Here is the wholesale .io pricing which is based on volume (doesn't work that way for .com/.net/.org/.info)
http://www.nic.io/join.html
So for example nic.io regular price is $60 US.
Even at the top bracket the best a registrar could do is $30 per domain.
This is compared to around $8.xx for .com that a registrar pays (we are a registrar).
The high price is a result of the fact that the base cost of the domain is much higher than it is for .com/.net/.org/.info.
Here is the wholesale .io pricing which is based on volume (doesn't work that way for .com/.net/.org/.info)
http://www.nic.io/join.html
So for example nic.io regular price is $60 US.
Even at the top bracket the best a registrar could do is $30 per domain.
This is compared to around $8.xx for .com that a registrar pays (we are a registrar).