Re:Mutable Suggestions For Naming A Startup
by staunch on Friday October 15, 2010 @03:44PM
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The general (US) population does not understand anything other than .com.
I feel that unless you snag a .com that's your exact name, you're screwed either way.
I ended up with [word].io, but I was deciding between that and [word][obscure animal].com . I think I made the right choice.
Fortunately, most of the traffic to my site will be from links and not casual mentions/word of mouth, so the tld shouldn't be a big problem.
Re:Mutable Suggestions For Naming A Startup
by auxbuss on Friday October 15, 2010 @05:36PM
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Took me two weeks to find a .com that I could use recently. I always sleep on my choice before purchase too, so no quick grabs. It was hard work, and I went down some weird alleys looking.
Ultimately, I think the system is very flawed and domain squatting needs to be tackled as a priority. But where's the motivation for the registrars when they collect the same cash regardless of the use of the domain?
Finally I said screw it and registered a one word .io domain that describes my product perfectly, as well as the [word]io.com domain. I hate to be too trendy, do you think users could learn to use a .io domain?