Threads we're reading: .io as a flip vehicle

Threads we're reading: .io as a flip vehicle
From dev-tool-adjacent sale recaps.

— A clean one-word [word].io hand-reg'd for ~$32 sold to a developer-tools startup for $2,800.
— Across the set: .io buyers are technical, pay for short and literal, and rarely haggle when the name fits their CLI/product naming.

📌 Pick of the day: .io has a higher reg cost and a narrower buyer pool than .com — but that buyer pool has budget and decides fast. Inventory for the audience, not for resale-to-domainers. Source: Dan.com / NamePros ".io exits" threads.