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I hosted a little file sharing utility at fy.lc that recently vanished from the internet. I guess I always suspected this was a possibility given the general ja
by gfody 7y ago
I hosted a little file sharing utility at fy.lc that recently vanished from the internet. I guess I always suspected this was a possibility given the general jankiness of nic.lc but it's still pretty disappointing. Nobody should run anything serious on a ccTLD.
- josteink 7y ago> Nobody should run anything serious on a ccTLD. Except of course if they’re from the country in question, in which case it carries extra end-user trust.
- gfody 7y agoI'd trust a .com over a .lc even in Saint Lucia, ymmv
- josteink 7y agoTo the contrary, in lots of European countries even international brands buys ccTLDs for their regional sites, because that’s what the local population expects. .com is often considered the “American” TLD, and you want to go to your local store, with local offers, prices and which speaks your language. .com often effectively means you need to import and pay customs, and nobody wants that. Not having an appropriate ccTLD will be major drawback in lots of markets. Nobody serious about their business is going to risk that.
- DeathArrow 7y agoWe prefer ccTLD for local audience and .com for global audience. We even use .eu if audience is just EU. Having a .com seems strange in my country. But I think that more and more websites desire to target an international audience so battle over .com domains gets tougher and tougher. I won't be surprised when I'll see the first .com domain being sold for $1 million.