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The stupidity of thinking what "the best TLD for your startup" is. In the meantime all respectable startups and big companies use .com like normal people.

by vadfa 5y ago

Yeri 5y ago
Likely because 'respectable startups' (with money) can afford to buy the .com. https://www.arbo.works/ https://www.arbo.works/ is a new, and very respected startup. They don't have a .com (yet).
- vadfa 5y ago
  Discord couldn't afford to buy discord.com, so they bought discordapp.com. They didn't think of buying discord.io or discord.app or some crap like that.
tyingq 5y ago
That's an odd comment to me. Different TLDs have different pricing, different restrictions, and so on. Giving the topic some thought isn't stupid. And .com is a pretty crowded namespace.
- vadfa 5y ago
  >different pricing .com is the cheapest >different restrictions .com has the fewest Anything else?
  - tyingq 5y ago
    >.com is the cheapest It isn't, either for initial purchase or renewal, and that's pretty easy to verify. >>different restrictions - .com has the fewest How so?
    - echelon 5y ago
      Country code TLDs (ccTLDs) [1] often have rules set by the country of origin. These rules vary widely, but some of them include country of residency requirements (you can't buy as a foreigner), ban on pornography, or strict adherence to religious requirements. Popular domain hack ccTLD .ly is required to adhere to Libyan and Islamic/Sharia Law [2] (edit because my posting is rate limited: ) There are plenty of non-ccTLDs, though, including thousands of gTLDs. You can register a .horse domain if you want, and as far as I know, there are no restrictions on use. You just need to research what you're buying. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ly
      - tyingq 5y ago
        Yes, but singling out .com as if it were the only non ccTLD doesn't make sense.
junon 5y ago
Ah yes, branding is "stupid" now. Gotcha.
- efdee 5y ago
  I think the GPs point is that anything other than .com is stupid branding. Not that branding is stupid.
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throwaway2077 5y ago
yeah, and that's the reason why most of them have stupid names

The stupidity of thinking what "the best TLD for your startup" is. In the meantime all respectable startups and big companies use .com like normal people.

by vadfa 5y ago

The stupidity of thinking what "the best TLD for your startup" is. In the meantime all respectable startups and big companies use .com like normal people.

Yeri 5y ago

Likely because 'respectable startups' (with money) can afford to buy the .com. https://www.arbo.works/ https://www.arbo.works/ is a new, and very respected startup. They don't have a .com (yet).

vadfa 5y ago
Discord couldn't afford to buy discord.com, so they bought discordapp.com. They didn't think of buying discord.io or discord.app or some crap like that.

tyingq 5y ago

That's an odd comment to me. Different TLDs have different pricing, different restrictions, and so on. Giving the topic some thought isn't stupid. And .com is a pretty crowded namespace.

vadfa 5y ago
>different pricing .com is the cheapest >different restrictions .com has the fewest Anything else?
- tyingq 5y ago
  >.com is the cheapest It isn't, either for initial purchase or renewal, and that's pretty easy to verify. >>different restrictions - .com has the fewest How so?
  - echelon 5y ago
    Country code TLDs (ccTLDs) [1] often have rules set by the country of origin. These rules vary widely, but some of them include country of residency requirements (you can't buy as a foreigner), ban on pornography, or strict adherence to religious requirements. Popular domain hack ccTLD .ly is required to adhere to Libyan and Islamic/Sharia Law [2] (edit because my posting is rate limited: ) There are plenty of non-ccTLDs, though, including thousands of gTLDs. You can register a .horse domain if you want, and as far as I know, there are no restrictions on use. You just need to research what you're buying. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ly
    - tyingq 5y ago
      Yes, but singling out .com as if it were the only non ccTLD doesn't make sense.

junon 5y ago

Ah yes, branding is "stupid" now. Gotcha.

efdee 5y ago
I think the GPs point is that anything other than .com is stupid branding. Not that branding is stupid.

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throwaway2077 5y ago

yeah, and that's the reason why most of them have stupid names