reliable place to buy .io domains

Question

I'm looking around trying to find a good place to buy an .io domain.

Suddenly I think I'm surrounded by scammers because the websites which "provide" the service, are very bad no feeling of security is passed to the user.

Well, I'm trying to deal with nic.io guys.

If somebody could me help me on that maybe saying if they are good or not, or even recommed someone, it would be great and appreciated, specially because the domain costs 60£ so it's not that cheap to spend on someone that could just leave you waiting for some answer after the payment.

Answer 1

Nic.io seems to be the official registry and primary registrar for registering .io domains, so if you don't want to register through them, you're SOL. There are other registrars that also sell .io domains, but they're still just going through nic.io.

I'm sorry if you have bad feelings about nic.io, but that's just the nature of the domain name industry. When you have a regulatory agency like ICANN/Network Solutions, the industry naturally becomes dominated by sleazy companies. You can thank cronyism for that.

Answer 2

eNom used to support both purchase of .IO and ability to transfer .IO into eNom.

Then eNom stopped services for both, but existing registrations were kept.

Now they support registering .IO but you cannot transfer .IO into eNom at this time.

Multiple conversations with different levels of "support" at eNom indicate they will not likely support transfer ever.

I would consider eNom not reliable for .IO domains,

Answer 3

You might also try one of their reseller registrars. In some cases resellers sell domains cheaper than the root authority, so it is worth checking out.