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This is what Product Hunt did. Originally it was producthunt.co, and once there was sufficient traction, producthunt.com was acquired for a few thousand dollar
by rl3 11y ago
This is what Product Hunt did.
Originally it was producthunt.co, and once there was sufficient traction, producthunt.com was acquired for a few thousand dollars (if memory serves).
I don't think anyone would argue that Product Hunt should have chosen a different name because the corresponding .com was taken.
- stephengoodwin 11y agoFacebook originally operated under "thefacebook.com" and bought "facebook.com" for $200,000 in August 2005.[1] Looking at Crunchbase, they had raised around $13M at that point, so I'm sure spending $200,000 seemed like a lot at the time.[2] [1] http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/ http://mashable.com/2006/08/25/facebook-profile/ [2] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/facebook/funding-rounds https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/facebook/funding-rou...
- CmonDev 11y agoWell, that's 13M that you don't need to give back personally (unlike some bank loan). And .com is pretty important for a site like that. Fb.com is even better though.
- jscheel 11y ago.co is pushed hard in the startup world. I can't stand it though. It's way too close to .com, and results in a lot of messed up traffic.