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

6 pointsby genevpd8 yıl önce17 comments

.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?

19 comments

segmondy8 yıl önce

None, leave it and find an available .com

eb0la8 yıl önce

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.

innoprenuer8 yıl önce

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.

nik7368 yıl önce

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

rajacombinator8 yıl önce

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

throwaway4138 yıl önce

.ai is the new .io

deurzen8 yıl önce

.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.

nightfly8 yıl önce

buy both

genevpd8 yıl önce

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

eb0la8 yıl önce

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

edward86288 yıl önce

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

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sgillen8 yıl önce

Either is going to be fine honestly.

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

throwaway1801188 yıl önce

Which domain registrar would you recommend?

tedyoung8 yıl önce

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.

rcfox8 yıl önce

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...

LiamPa8 yıl önce

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

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tedyoung8 yıl önce

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.