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> There's a big downside to using .kz in that the registry has a policy (as per https://nic.kz/rules/ https://nic.kz/rules/) that .kz hostnames must relate to "

> There's a big downside to using .kz in that the registry has a policy (as per https://nic.kz/rules/ https://nic.kz/rules/) that .kz hostnames must relate to "Internet resources" located on hardware and software located within the territory of Kazakhstan. Any country TLD is a potential risk that most western "entrepreneurs" blissfully ignore. Just a month ago notion.so had troubles with it's domain because .so belongs to Somalia, and Somalia changed some rules around registration and ownership [1] The same, really, goes for Tonga's http://dev.to http://dev.to, Libya's http://bit.ly http://bit.ly or Greenland's http://goo.gl http://goo.gl... [1] https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1360239738020634629 https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1360239738020634629

worldofmatthew 6y ago
Aka why I mainly stick with .com
- belval 6y ago
  The issue it that a lot of .com are taken so for the sake of a personal email address it is not ideal. The person that owns "belval.com" literally registered it before I was born so I settled for "belval.org", "belval.me", "belv.al" but only the first one is accepted by most company.
  - davchana 6y ago
    Exactly, I too had to use .net & .us, because.com was registered in 1995.
  - SavantIdiot 6y ago
    All 4-letter .com's were taken as of 2013. https://whoapi.com/blog/we-are-out-of-4-letter-com-domains/ https://whoapi.com/blog/we-are-out-of-4-letter-com-domains/ I wonder how long until all 5- and 6- letter are gone.
  - vxNsr 6y ago
    My last name ends in al but the domain is taken. The .com one is taken by a guy who’s using it to showcase his Holocaust family tree (oddly enough his son had a run in with my sis a while back). I tried reaching out to him to see if he was interested in taking like .org but he’s not :( so I got .me
    - belval 6y ago
      I offered $1k (there's nothing on belval.com) and belval.org to the owner of belval.com, he just replied to say "never contact me again" as if I was with the mob or something. It was a weird experience.
      - vxNsr 6y ago
        So weird. Why would you hold something without any plan to sell it, nor a thought towards using it?
kuschku 6y ago
Although .gl isn't much of a risk, as Google has some presence in Denmark and relations to the country. But you shouldn't use TLDs of countries with which you have no affiliation.
smartbit 6y ago
Some extensions require presence in the EU, eg .eu & .it [0] IOW not available to citizens or companies in Europe, but not member of the EU eg. Bosnia and Herzegovina [0] Who can register a .it domain? https://www.nic.it/en/find-your-it/faq https://www.nic.it/en/find-your-it/faq The registration of a domain name in the ccTLD .it is permitted only to persons who have citizenship, residence or a registered office in the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), the Vatican, the Republic of San Marino, and Switzerland.

worldofmatthew 6y ago

Aka why I mainly stick with .com

belval 6y ago
The issue it that a lot of .com are taken so for the sake of a personal email address it is not ideal. The person that owns "belval.com" literally registered it before I was born so I settled for "belval.org", "belval.me", "belv.al" but only the first one is accepted by most company.
- davchana 6y ago
  Exactly, I too had to use .net & .us, because.com was registered in 1995.
- SavantIdiot 6y ago
  All 4-letter .com's were taken as of 2013. https://whoapi.com/blog/we-are-out-of-4-letter-com-domains/ https://whoapi.com/blog/we-are-out-of-4-letter-com-domains/ I wonder how long until all 5- and 6- letter are gone.
- vxNsr 6y ago
  My last name ends in al but the domain is taken. The .com one is taken by a guy who’s using it to showcase his Holocaust family tree (oddly enough his son had a run in with my sis a while back). I tried reaching out to him to see if he was interested in taking like .org but he’s not :( so I got .me
  - belval 6y ago
    I offered $1k (there's nothing on belval.com) and belval.org to the owner of belval.com, he just replied to say "never contact me again" as if I was with the mob or something. It was a weird experience.
    - vxNsr 6y ago
      So weird. Why would you hold something without any plan to sell it, nor a thought towards using it?

kuschku 6y ago

Although .gl isn't much of a risk, as Google has some presence in Denmark and relations to the country. But you shouldn't use TLDs of countries with which you have no affiliation.

smartbit 6y ago

Some extensions require presence in the EU, eg .eu & .it [0] IOW not available to citizens or companies in Europe, but not member of the EU eg. Bosnia and Herzegovina [0] Who can register a .it domain? https://www.nic.it/en/find-your-it/faq https://www.nic.it/en/find-your-it/faq The registration of a domain name in the ccTLD .it is permitted only to persons who have citizenship, residence or a registered office in the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), the Vatican, the Republic of San Marino, and Switzerland.