However, the prevailing wisdom has always been that anything other than .com is pretty risky I will take a stab and guess you are from the USA, given that you

However, the prevailing wisdom has always been that anything other than .com is pretty risky I will take a stab and guess you are from the USA, given that you consider .com as safe. You could also consider .org and maybe .net. Unless you know what you are doing then you are generally better off with your home nation's standard list. That said, if the last two chars of your family name or a nickname is a country code, you might consider that.