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I don't care at all about whether or not a business as a .com domain name. I care about usefulness and utility. As long as the business shows up when I google

I don't care at all about whether or not a business as a .com domain name. I care about usefulness and utility. As long as the business shows up when I google them, I'm good.

jfoster 11y ago
You may not care about the name, but the business may cease to exist if, when you tell someone about it, they are not able to find it. If I tell my friend "Uber is awesome", their first step in using it will likely be heading to "uber.com". If it's not there, they might just end up forgetting about the recommendation. Existing customers would still be happy, but the business itself will have unnecessary trouble in being discovered.
- nasalgoat 11y ago
  Most people would type "uber" into the search bar or the URL bar and get Uber back, even if it was at uber.co.
  - jfoster 11y ago
    A lot of people would do that. A lot of people would go to uber.com. Even if it's only 10% of people (it's probably a lot higher) who go to uber.com, that is a big problem for a business that's trying to grow as fast as possible.
npt4279 11y ago
That's fair. But the question here is: "Do even 10% feel a different way? Followed by: "Is the tradeoff worth it?" For instance, the author's own web site is standupti.me. It's actually something I might consider trying out. But it comes across as someone's side project by a solo developer, not a company. As a potential customer, I might still get around to trying it out at some point in time, but I do have a slight negative connotation in that it might just disappear tomorrow. It would be 1000x worse for a larger enterprise customer.
- c22 11y ago
  Until I clicked the link and saw "StandupTime Blog" I thought the domain was trying to say "standup to me" in a colloquial manner.
cbsmith 11y ago
So, the counter is: sounds like you don't care what the name of the business is either way. However, from a usefulness & utility standpoint, do you care that when customers type the company's name in to their browser, they end up on their site? Do you care if first contact e-mails, etc. don't get delivered to the business? Even if you don't care about those things, don't you think other people might?

I don't care at all about whether or not a business as a .com domain name. I care about usefulness and utility. As long as the business shows up when I google them, I'm good.

jfoster 11y ago

You may not care about the name, but the business may cease to exist if, when you tell someone about it, they are not able to find it. If I tell my friend "Uber is awesome", their first step in using it will likely be heading to "uber.com". If it's not there, they might just end up forgetting about the recommendation. Existing customers would still be happy, but the business itself will have unnecessary trouble in being discovered.

nasalgoat 11y ago
Most people would type "uber" into the search bar or the URL bar and get Uber back, even if it was at uber.co.
- jfoster 11y ago
  A lot of people would do that. A lot of people would go to uber.com. Even if it's only 10% of people (it's probably a lot higher) who go to uber.com, that is a big problem for a business that's trying to grow as fast as possible.

npt4279 11y ago

That's fair. But the question here is: "Do even 10% feel a different way? Followed by: "Is the tradeoff worth it?" For instance, the author's own web site is standupti.me. It's actually something I might consider trying out. But it comes across as someone's side project by a solo developer, not a company. As a potential customer, I might still get around to trying it out at some point in time, but I do have a slight negative connotation in that it might just disappear tomorrow. It would be 1000x worse for a larger enterprise customer.

c22 11y ago
Until I clicked the link and saw "StandupTime Blog" I thought the domain was trying to say "standup to me" in a colloquial manner.

cbsmith 11y ago

So, the counter is: sounds like you don't care what the name of the business is either way. However, from a usefulness & utility standpoint, do you care that when customers type the company's name in to their browser, they end up on their site? Do you care if first contact e-mails, etc. don't get delivered to the business? Even if you don't care about those things, don't you think other people might?