Definitely go for .com. If slightly-worse-name.com is hard to remember and/or pronounce, then you're options are: - try to get slightly-better-name.com on the

Definitely go for .com. If slightly-worse-name.com is hard to remember and/or pronounce, then you're options are: - try to get slightly-better-name.com on the cheap - find another .com... If you choose to negotiate, here are some tips: 1. Don't tell the squatter you have the .net & .org. If you do, this will give him even more reason to keep the price high - he knows you want it! 2. Offer low, and make it sound like you don't really need the domain 3. Try to convince him that you've gotten an offer from someone else, selling a better domain, in your price range. This works best if you know someone with a good domain name. For example, I own odio.com. I could send you an offer (from sam@odio.com) to sell odio.com for $500.