.io
Quality band: StrongInternet Computer Bureau Limited, British Indian Ocean Territory · in the root zone since 16 Sep 1997 · counted on 12 Nov 2026
39,572 one-word .io names are free to register today. Cheapest first year $28.12 at Porkbun, renewal $51.80 there. 1,052 .io sales in the last 12 months, median $400.
- Available to register
- 68,787
- Names tracked
- 87,010
- Renewal at that registrar
- $51.80
- Cheapest registrar
- Porkbun$28.12
- Median sale
- $400
- Year on year
- Up ↑
What it sells for
- Nov 2025: 47 sales
- Dec 2025: 70 sales
- Jan 2026: 135 sales
- Feb 2026: 116 sales
- Mar 2026: 150 sales
- Apr 2026: 151 sales
- May 2026: 163 sales
- Jun 2026: 42 sales
- Jul 2026: 47 sales
- Aug 2026: 42 sales
- Sep 2026: 58 sales
- Oct 2026: 41 sales
- Sales, 12 months
- 1,052
- Median sale
- $400
- Trend, year on year
- Up ↑ (Up 10% or more)
Market size
- 68,787available to register
- 12,816listed for resale
- 2,750expiring in 90 days
- other registered names
- Names tracked
- 87,010
- Available to register
- 68,787
- One-word available
- 39,572
- Listed for resale
- 12,816
- Expiring in 90 days
- 2,750
- New registrations, 90 days
- 11,692
10 one-word names
| Name | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|
| wwisdom.io | For sale | No price |
| wweekday.io | For sale | No price |
| aaromatherapy.io | For sale | No price |
| mmolt.io | For sale | No price |
| vvac.io | For sale | No price |
| ooverdub.io | Available | $31.98 |
| eentertainment.io | For sale | No price |
| ssharecrop.io | Available | $38 |
| ssmoochie.io | Available | $28.12 |
| hhaywire.io | For sale | No price |
Investor shows every name with its price, history and risk.
See all 39,572 namesDownload the .io dataset
A 1,000-row public extract of one-word .io names with their status and price, updated every day. The full list, 39,572 open names with their history, is in Unique Domains.
- Updated
- Every day, after the nightly count
- Rows
- 1,000 names with status, price and renewal; the field dictionary is in the repository
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0: free to use and share, crediting Unique Domains
- Cite as
- Unique Domains, One-word .io domains, https://unique.domains/tld/io, CC BY 4.0
Questions about .io
What is .io?
.io is the country-code top-level domain of the British Indian Ocean Territory, managed by Internet Computer Bureau Limited. .io has been in the root zone since 16 Sep 1997.
How much does a .io domain cost?
Porkbun is the cheapest first year today at $28.12, and renews at $51.80. Across the registrars we price, the median first year is $31.98 and the median renewal $61.75. 9 registrars are priced on this page, and the prices are read daily.
What do .io domains sell for?
1,052 .io sales in the last 12 months, median $400, up on the year before. The busiest month was May 2026 with 163 sales. The page states monthly counts and the median, never a single sale.
How many one-word .io names are still free?
39,572 of the 87,010 .io names tracked here are one-word names free to register today. This page shows 10 one-word .io names with their status. The free dataset holds 1,000 with their status and price. Investor lists every one with its price, history and risk.
Who uses this ending
- Ending type
- country-code TLD
- Serves
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Why it is chosen
- Tech users associate .io with input/output, developer tools, startups, and infrastructure products.
- Who reads these sites
- Developers, founders, IT teams, SaaS buyers, crypto communities, investors, technical evaluators, and startup customers.
- Sites built on it
- Developer tools, SaaS products, infrastructure startups, APIs, crypto/web3 projects, technical documentation, open-source projects, and British Indian Ocean Territory local references.
- Before you register
- Country-code TLD for British Indian Ocean Territory; good tech fit but evaluate policy/geopolitical continuity and renewal cost.
What it costs
- NamecheapSiteYear 1: $29.98Renewal: $75.98 (Renewal well above the first year)
- PorkbunCheapestSiteYear 1: $28.12Renewal: $51.80
- Name.comSiteYear 1: $55.61Renewal: $82.39
- DynadotSiteYear 1: $28.89Renewal: $53.50
- SpaceshipSiteYear 1: $31.98Renewal: $51.75
- NameSiloSiteYear 1: $38.99Renewal: $69.99
- GoDaddySiteYear 1: $29.99Renewal: $69.99 (Renewal well above the first year)
- Unstoppable DomainsSiteYear 1: $38Renewal: Not listed
- CloudflareSiteYear 1: $32Renewal: $50
Launch timeline
No launch phase on record for .io.
Registry status
- Root zone status
- Delegated
- Kind
- Top-level domain
- Type
- Country code (ccTLD)
- Registry operator
- Internet Computer Bureau Limited
- Operator country
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Delegated
- 16 Sep 1997
- Brand TLD
- No
- IDN
- No
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