.io
.io remains one of the most recognised extensions for software products, developer tools, and SaaS brands. It is open worldwide — no local presence required — and Webiost shows both the registration and renewal prices before you pay, with DNS and USD billing in the same account as your hosting.
Search .com, .io, .ai, .net, and hundreds more — availability synced with our registration system.
One search checks .com, .co.uk, .ai, .io, .net, and .org together — same results you will see at checkout.
One search checks .com, .co.uk, .ai, .io, .net, and .org together — same results you will see at checkout.
.io started as the country-code extension for the British Indian Ocean Territory and is now used globally as a short, technical-sounding brand TLD. Product teams choose it when .com is taken, when they want a name that reads as software-first, or when they are launching an API, dashboard, or developer tool. There is no residency or local-presence requirement — individuals and companies in any country can register one.
Webiost shows the .io registration and renewal prices on this page and again in the cart before payment. One-year terms are the catalogue default; longer terms may be available at checkout depending on the live feed.
Live .io pricing is temporarily unavailable. Use the search above — current rates appear in the cart before payment.
Every .io domain at Webiost includes full DNS management, free WHOIS privacy where the registry permits it, registrar lock against unauthorised transfers, optional auto-renewal you can switch off at any time, and email forwarding — in the same account as your hosting, so pointing a .io at a Webiost plan takes one step rather than a cross-provider DNS exercise.
There is no local presence requirement and no industry restriction on .io. Any individual or organisation, in any country, can register one. Standard ICANN-style transfer lock periods can apply after registration or certain contact changes — a newly registered .io typically cannot be moved to another registrar during that window.
Unlock the domain at your current registrar, request the EPP authorisation code, and start the transfer from your Webiost account. As with most gTLD-style transfers, a successful inbound transfer usually adds a further year to the registration term. Transfers are not possible within sixty days of initial registration or of a recent transfer, and the domain must not be in redemption.
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