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We have a dash in the company name, which was perfect at the time we started if (1997). But then came the mandatory domain name (expensive back then) and email
by JeanMarcS 7y ago
We have a dash in the company name, which was perfect at the time we started if (1997).
But then came the mandatory domain name (expensive back then) and email adresses.
So we when we had to spell it on the phone, it was a nightmare, even mor in french because we had to explain it was the dash on the 6 and not the dash on the 8 (underscore on French keyboards).
So it was something like "g, dash, yes the one on the 6 not on the 8, etc.."
No need to say that there were a lot of lost emails back then.
And that we bought the domain name without the dash when it became affordable !
- zepearl 7y agoI agree. I used to have a dash ("-") in my domain name and all my friends and colleagues (italians, french, germans) hated it (I ended up hating it as well when having to type it on the phone) => don't ever use these kind of chars in the domain name. Additionally try not to use long top-level domains - I'm using now ".digital" but every time I have to type it it feels too long to me => I'm regretting having moved my (outdated) webpage there.
- wdfx 7y agoAlso agree. The domain I bought for my family (my wife and myself) is hyphenated after our surnames and it time and again has been a pain to dictate to 3rd party.
- lonelappde 7y agoWhy not register the unhyphenated name also, and redirect? NB: domain names are not for sale. You cannot buy them. You can only register control of them for a time period.
- rolltiide 7y agoUse initials for the last names and thats the default, firstnameln.com redirects to firstnamelastname.com And neither of those have hyphens
- taejo 7y agoMy impression is that "minus" is pretty acceptable in German domain names -- more so than in the English-speaking world.
- fragmede 7y agoTo maybe counterpoint: http://expertsexchange.com http://expertsexchange.com could have used a hyphen, or other delimiter.
- slig 7y agoThey do use a hyphen, the domain you linked is for rent.
- leereeves 7y agoOriginally they didn't. They added the hyphen because critics were having fun with the obvious misreading.
- lonelappde 7y agoThey changed it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange Another classic is the (intentional) "http colon slash slash slash dot dot org"