{"id":18598,"date":"2026-10-21T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/?post_type=announcement&#038;p=18598"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:09:50","slug":"free-io-domain-2026","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/news.dream.press\/news\/announcements\/free-io-domain-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude80 Your Launch Checklist Is Missing a .IO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pitch Deck: Done.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Domain: Still procrastinating?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s fix that. For a limited time, active DreamHost customers can register a .IO domain free for the first year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why founders keep picking .IO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tech people see .IO and know what they\u2019re looking at: an app, a tool, a product someone is actually building. It\u2019s become shorthand for \u201cwe ship things,\u201d and it fits anywhere you\u2019d drop a link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where your .IO will show up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In your pitch deck, right under the logo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the top of your launch page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In every Slack message that starts with \u201ccheck this out\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the business cards you\u2019ll get around to ordering eventually<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The deal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One .IO domain, free for the first year, for active DreamHost customers. 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