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I recently did this, with Fastmail as the email provider, and picked a domain name that is short and has no ambiguous characters when read aloud over the phone.
by TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
I recently did this, with Fastmail as the email provider, and picked a domain name that is short and has no ambiguous characters when read aloud over the phone.
- jmiserez 9y ago> short and has no ambiguous characters Damn, I totally did not think of that. I used my last name which is neither short nor easily pronouncable over the phone (even for French/German native speakers). Also I used a .org (.com was taken), which regular people do not “get” when telling them in person. This happened a few times now, e.g. in a store and at the doctors office, I had to type it in myself in the end. So I’d recommend choosing a .com domain over anything else. But for me it’s too late to change it now, as I’ve been using my domain and the associated email address for >5 years. One small negative aspect about your domain though: It might look like a spammers/spam email domain name to some, because of the impersonal nature of it. At least that was my impression when I first saw it in your profile.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoThe spammy appearance didn't occur to me until months later when an old friend pointed out that it suits my personality. I had a good laugh.