Ask HN: would you consider domain names that aren't .com?

Posted by panabee on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:36PM
from the ask-hn dept.

since most good .coms are taken, and new TLDs are coming, we built something to help people more easily find "other" domain names: TLDs like .in, .co.uk, .de, and vertical-specific TLDs like .bike.

more: http://www.panabee.com/domain-name-search/free

we're curious if people are still set on .coms or would consider other types of domains.

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Re:Ask HN: would you consider domain names that aren't .com? by byoung2 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:10PM (#7186818)

Realistically, most people aren't typing in domains most of the time, with search and social media being so common, but for that 1% of the time that someone types in somecoolapp.com when you only have somecoolapp.me, you could be losing out potential customers to a competitor, or have someone damaging your brand, or just inconveniencing and confusing customers (see http://nissan.com/).

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Re:Ask HN: would you consider domain names that aren't .com? by Myce on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:47PM (#7186683)

Currently .io seems to be pretty popular ;)

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