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I think 3-letter pronouncable domain name trumps German market secondary meanings.
by petervandijck 16y ago
I think 3-letter pronouncable domain name trumps German market secondary meanings.
- aristidb 16y agoIs that necessarily true? Germany is not exactly a small country (and Kik has a _really_ bad reputation), and few people type in domains directly anymore. What matters more than a good domain name is a name that is easy to remember and google. So I don't know. It might be either way.
- petervandijck 16y agoI don't think it'd be much of a problem, kik the shop may have a bad reputation but I don't think people will easily confuse the two companies. 3-letter pronouncable dot com. That's worth a lot.
- aristidb 16y agoWhen I read "Kik (avc.com)", I did briefly think of the retailer, and the associated negative emotions. Maybe that's just me, of course.
- jackvalentine 16y agoIt's better than one of the competitors called "whatsapp". I tried Kik out last week after hearing about it on HN and really liked it over the alternatives. Sadly the court of popular opinion in my country seems to side with Whatsapp messenger.