Russell Beattie

The other day I was reading something on Twitter and I saw someone use a two-letter .io domain as a url shortener and was pretty surprised. I can't remember what domain it was, but I immediately thought "Wow, they're letting people register two letter domains. Interesting..."

I finally just remembered about it now, and after throwing a quick script to check two letter combos, I found hundreds that were available. Being the domain junkie I am, I just picked up rb.io, which is a nice little domain with my initials, and 33% shorter than my previous "tiny" domain rab.cc (the 'a' for my middle name).

IO is such a nice TLD! It's so techy, yet is also pretty commonly understood. Obviously, all the really good ones are taken - like on.io or in.io, but there are still some neat ones left: "ay.io would be great for domain hacking, like "saturd.ay.io" etc. They're not cheap, which is why I assume there's still so many out there, but even so, I can't imagine they'll last for long.

[Update: Please note, you need to go directly to Nic.io to register .io domains...]

Here's the list I made of free domains as of this instant, in case you're in the market:

AH.io, AY.io, BQ.io, CB.io, CJ.io, CQ.io, DF.io, DH.io, DI.io, DP.io, DQ.io, DT.io, DU.io, DV.io, DW.io, DX.io, DY.io, EA.io, EB.io, EF.io, EI.io, EJ.io, EM.io, EO.io, EW.io, EY.io, FA.io, FC.io, FD.io, FE.io, FG.io, FH.io, FN.io, FP.io, FQ.io, FS.io, FT.io, FV.io, FW.io, FZ.io, GJ.io, GK.io, GV.io, GX.io, GZ.io, HA.io, HB.io, HC.io, HD.io, HE.io, HF.io, HH.io, HJ.io, HL.io, HP.io, HQ.io, HS.io, HV.io, HW.io, HX.io, HY.io, HZ.io, IB.io, IF.io, IG.io, IH.io, IJ.io, IK.io, IU.io, IV.io, IY.io, JA.io, JC.io, JD.io, JF.io, JG.io, JH.io, JI.io, JK.io, JQ.io, JU.io, JV.io, JW.io, JX.io, JY.io, JZ.io, KA.io, KC.io, KF.io, KJ.io, KL.io, KQ.io, KS.io, KU.io, KV.io, KX.io, LD.io, LE.io, LF.io, LG.io, LH.io, LJ.io, LM.io, LP.io, LQ.io, LW.io, LX.io, LZ.io, MB.io, MJ.io, NJ.io, NK.io, NM.io, NQ.io, NT.io, NV.io, NX.io, OA.io, OB.io, OE.io, OG.io, OJ.io, OQ.io, OT.io, OV.io, OW.io, OY.io, PD.io, PJ.io, PQ.io, PU.io, PV.io, PZ.io, QB.io, QC.io, QD.io, QE.io, QF.io, QG.io, QH.io, QJ.io, QK.io, QL.io, QM.io, QN.io, QO.io, QP.io, QT.io, QW.io, QX.io, QY.io, QZ.io, RA.io, RF.io, RG.io, RH.io, RJ.io, RK.io, RL.io, RN.io, RP.io, RQ.io, RS.io, RV.io, RY.io, SF.io, SQ.io, SW.io, SX.io, TE.io, TI.io, TL.io, TQ.io, TS.io, TU.io, TX.io, TY.io, UB.io, UC.io, UE.io, UF.io, UH.io, UJ.io, UO.io, UQ.io, UT.io, UV.io, UW.io, VF.io, VH.io, VJ.io, VK.io, VL.io, VP.io, VQ.io, VT.io, VV.io, VX.io, VY.io, VZ.io, WA.io, WB.io, WC.io, WD.io, WG.io, WH.io, WI.io, WJ.io, WL.io, WN.io, WP.io, WQ.io, WR.io, WT.io, WU.io, WV.io, WX.io, WY.io, WZ.io, XA.io, XB.io, XC.io, XD.io, XE.io, XF.io, XG.io, XH.io, XJ.io, XK.io, XM.io, XP.io, XQ.io, XR.io, XS.io, XT.io, XU.io, XV.io, XW.io, XZ.io, YA.io, YB.io, YC.io, YD.io, YF.io, YG.io, YH.io, YI.io, YJ.io, YK.io, YL.io, YM.io, YN.io, YP.io, YQ.io, YR.io, YS.io, YV.io, YW.io, YX.io, YZ.io, ZB.io, ZC.io, ZD.io, ZE.io, ZF.io, ZG.io, ZH.io, ZI.io, ZJ.io, ZK.io, ZL.io, ZN.io, ZO.io, ZP.io, ZQ.io, ZR.io, ZS.io, ZT.io, ZU.io, ZV.io, ZX.io, ZY.io

-Russ