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Well .COM has had its day. There (was?) even a semi-parody site called Domains For the Rest of Us[0] that generates .COM domains that you can use for side proj
by legrande 5y ago
Well .COM has had its day.
There (was?) even a semi-parody site called Domains For the Rest of Us[0] that generates .COM domains that you can use for side projects (or startups?).
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24538758 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24538758
The new gTLDs are a godsend since all the domain hacks have been largely exhausted. E.G: `del.icio.us`.
I like the new avalanche of gTLDs since it reduces domain squatting, domain hacks, and stops people snapping up short .COMs as if they were some digital gold to be mined.
Not to mention the hassle of having a really obscure ccTLD like .SO and having to battle to get that domain back if it was seized by pirates, yarr
- reidjs 5y agoI read a series of blog posts about a guy who would essentially work backwards from a domain name to start a business. E.g. he would buy things like 'weehawkenjobboard.com' then SEO a job listing service for people/businesses in Weehawken NJ. I thought it was a pretty clever strategy.
- fotta 5y agoWas it this[0] guy? Previously discussed on HN[1][2]. [0] https://www.deepsouthventures.com https://www.deepsouthventures.com [1] https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-internet/ https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-inter... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132
- reidjs 5y agoThat’s the one
- egfx 5y agoThat’s what I do too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26380124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26380124 building one product at a time.
- egfx 5y agoIt’s also how I code apps btw. I use this same approach for libraries I find on HN.
- jonny_eh 5y ago> E.G: `del.icio.us`. Oh, you mean delicious.com?
- toyg 5y ago> there (was?) even a semi-parody site called Domains For the Rest of Us It's dead, Jim.