NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 2,927 “reported” .IO domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $993,953.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “Tank.io” for $60,000.00 with the second as “Cloud.io” for $45,000.00 (Neither of which are developed). .io is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory. The .io domain is administered by the Internet Computer Bureau, a domain name registry company based in the United Kingdom.
The domain was first introduced over 20 years ago in 1997 and has become very popular for startup companies and app developers and is a high volume seller on sites such as Flippa (as of today there are well over 4,000 for sale there). All of the highest value domain sales for this extension have happened over the very recent years which can be seen from the dates below which illustrates the domains recent growing popularity. The domain is also very short with only two characters in the extension and there are no restrictions on .io domain names and anyone, anywhere can register them.
Below are the top 100 .io domain sales which are listed at NameBio:
| Domain | Price | Date | Venue |
| tank.io | $60,000.00 | 11/20/2016 | Park.io |
| cloud.io | $45,000.00 | 5/29/2015 | Flippa |
| gate.io | $20,000.00 | 9/11/2017 | Park.io |
| fn.io | $20,000.00 | 7/31/2017 | Park.io |
| fb.io | $20,000.00 | 10/30/2016 | Park.io |
| fd.io | $19,999.00 | 1/3/2016 | Park.io |
| nebula.io | $19,000.00 | 9/19/2017 | Sedo |
| tech.io | $18,000.00 | 9/6/2016 | Flippa |
| db.io | $18,000.00 | 8/9/2015 | Park.io |
| give.io | $15,800.00 | 7/16/2017 | UltraDomains |
| tech.io | $15,105.00 | 2/18/2016 | Flippa |
| mining.io | $15,000.00 | 11/3/2017 | Park.io |
| security.io | $15,000.00 | 2/27/2017 | Flippa |
| mine.io | $15,000.00 | 10/2/2016 | Park.io |
| tile.io | $15,000.00 | 7/3/2016 | Park.io |
| music.io | $15,000.00 | 1/9/2016 | Flippa |
| fast.io | $15,000.00 | 10/25/2015 | Park.io |
| traffic.io | $14,000.00 | 1/20/2016 | Flippa |
| me.io | $13,304.00 | 10/13/2017 | Sedo |
| robo.io | $12,500.00 | 2/2/2017 | Sedo |
| ico.io | $12,000.00 | 5/23/2017 | Sedo |
| concert.io | $12,000.00 | 4/23/2017 | Private |
| pegasus.io | $12,000.00 | 1/10/2017 | Flippa |
| crawl.io | $12,000.00 | 6/26/2016 | Park.io |
| seo.io | $11,000.00 | 1/25/2015 | Flippa |
| sports.io | $11,000.00 | 7/16/2014 | Sedo |
| profit.io | $10,999.00 | 11/15/2015 | Park.io |
| food.io | $10,000.00 | 11/9/2017 | Park.io |
| pass.io | $10,000.00 | 10/4/2017 | Park.io |
| terminal.io | $10,000.00 | 9/1/2017 | Park.io |
| gamble.io | $10,000.00 | 7/20/2017 | Park.io |
| leaf.io | $10,000.00 | 8/14/2016 | Park.io |
| predict.io | $10,000.00 | 1/31/2016 | Park.io |
| crave.io | $10,000.00 | 11/8/2015 | Park.io |
| analytics.io | $10,000.00 | 4/6/2015 | Flippa |
| groups.io | $10,000.00 | 5/21/2014 | Sedo |
| mega.io | $10,000.00 | 4/9/2014 | Sedo |
| robo.io | $9,999.00 | 1/5/2017 | Flippa |
| payment.io | $8,888.00 | 11/4/2016 | Flippa |
| idea.io | $8,888.00 | 3/18/2016 | Flippa |
| rss.io | $8,823.00 | 11/2/2015 | Sedo |
| transit.io | $8,500.00 | 4/15/2017 | Park.io |
| prox.io | $8,499.00 | 7/24/2017 | Park.io |
| mortgage.io | $8,100.00 | 10/16/2017 | Park.io |
| wwe.io | $8,000.00 | 7/9/2017 | Flippa |
| spine.io | $8,000.00 | 5/25/2017 | Park.io |
| tanks.io | $8,000.00 | 6/12/2016 | Park.io |
| just.io | $7,999.00 | 10/20/2016 | Sedo |
| finder.io | $7,500.00 | 11/2/2017 | Park.io |
| calculator.io | $7,500.00 | 3/25/2017 | Park.io |
| dns.io | $7,500.00 | 1/23/2016 | Flippa |
| sms.io | $7,500.00 | 3/12/2015 | Flippa |
| way.io | $7,490.00 | 7/28/2017 | Sedo |
| money.io | $7,300.00 | 4/29/2016 | Flippa |
| vin.io | $7,200.00 | 8/3/2017 | Sedo |
| bundle.io | $7,200.00 | 5/9/2017 | Park.io |
| fly.io | $7,009.00 | 10/5/2016 | Flippa |
| mod.io | $7,000.00 | 10/2/2017 | Flippa |
| taxi.io | $7,000.00 | 9/5/2017 | Park.io |
| tread.io | $7,000.00 | 4/8/2017 | TLDPros.com |
| rapid.io | $7,000.00 | 3/4/2017 | Park.io |
| bucket.io | $7,000.00 | 10/2/2016 | Park.io |
| bid.io | $7,000.00 | 12/16/2015 | Flippa |
| tickets.io | $6,662.00 | 2/5/2016 | Sedo |
| ticket.io | $6,635.00 | 5/19/2015 | Sedo |
| left.io | $6,600.00 | 11/21/2015 | Flippa |
| dock.io | $6,500.00 | 11/17/2017 | Park.io |
| wireless.io | $6,500.00 | 9/18/2016 | Park.io |
| movie.io | $6,500.00 | 4/4/2015 | Flippa |
| smtp.io | $6,385.00 | 5/10/2015 | Park.io |
| smtp.io | $6,385.00 | 10/24/2014 | Park.io |
| pepper.io | $6,250.00 | 4/2/2017 | Park.io |
| art.io | $6,050.00 | 4/27/2015 | Flippa |
| neuron.io | $6,000.00 | 9/25/2017 | Park.io |
| crave.io | $6,000.00 | 11/4/2015 | Uniregistry |
| smooch.io | $6,000.00 | 8/28/2015 | names.plus |
| broker.io | $6,000.00 | 5/28/2015 | Flippa |
| paid.io | $6,000.00 | 2/11/2015 | Flippa |
| php.io | $6,000.00 | 1/26/2015 | Flippa |
| cryptomarket.io | $5,525.00 | 9/4/2017 | Park.io |
| search.io | $5,500.00 | 12/28/2016 | Flippa |
| backpack.io | $5,500.00 | 10/30/2016 | Park.io |
| sell.io | $5,500.00 | 9/6/2016 | Flippa |
| par.io | $5,500.00 | 7/3/2016 | Park.io |
| systems.io | $5,500.00 | 5/13/2016 | Flippa |
| task.io | $5,500.00 | 8/13/2014 | Flippa |
| top.io | $5,499.00 | 11/10/2017 | Sedo |
| fulcrum.io | $5,460.00 | 7/29/2017 | HeroNames.com |
| expand.io | $5,250.00 | 3/15/2017 | Park.io |
| swap.io | $5,100.00 | 2/21/2016 | Flippa |
| technology.io | $5,050.00 | 8/31/2016 | Flippa |
| pie.io | $5,000.00 | 7/31/2017 | Park.io |
| employ.io | $5,000.00 | 6/23/2017 | Sedo |
| cookie.io | $5,000.00 | 6/14/2017 | Park.io |
| ob.io | $5,000.00 | 6/6/2017 | Park.io |
| spice.io | $5,000.00 | 6/1/2017 | Park.io |
| carrot.io | $5,000.00 | 5/23/2017 | Park.io |
| over.io | $5,000.00 | 3/13/2017 | Flippa |
| bike.io | $5,000.00 | 1/28/2017 | Flippa |
| best.io | $5,000.00 | 11/3/2016 | Sedo |
About The Author: John Colascione is Chief Executive Officer of Internet Advertising Inc. He specializes in Website Monetization, authored a ‘how to’ book called ‘‘Mastering Your Website’, and is a key player in several Internet related businesses through his search engine strategy company Searchen Networks®
Great post.
Thanks John.
Am making a considerable investment in this area.