Show HN: There are only 70 three letter word .io domains left
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The time it would take to write a script in Python to go through each domain and check the availability would cost less than $20.
Edit: Here - this Python script generates a list of available .io domains of any length (user specified) in 9 lines. https://gist.github.com/4111298
.io domain names cost around $80 (cheaper in some places) so the assumption is that $19 isn't really out of whack with what you might be willing to pay.
Also, as a developer you probably charge somewhere from $60-$120 per hour for your time. If it takes you longer than 15 mins to do this then you have just wasted money.
p.s. Thanks for being a little kinder with your edit :)
One issue is that many people aren't looking for just any word, they want a specific thing. I wonder if the list should actually cost more and be targeted at domainers?
If you want to raise the price and sell it to domainers, write an admin interface. Multiple TLD's and stuff. Have a feature which allows you to send them a notification when an unavailable TLD is expiring. Also, write a spider to check different registrars to find the lowest price for each TLD. Essentially, a SaS.