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dropbox started with getdropbox.com and it didn't seem to do them any harm. Their customers were techies though so I take your point about lay people not being
by user24 15y ago
dropbox started with getdropbox.com and it didn't seem to do them any harm.
Their customers were techies though so I take your point about lay people not being 'used' to them. It's really a pretty arbitrary decision though, 'google' means nothing to their customers intrinsically. Build a brand and the name is unimportant.
- metachris 15y agoExcept that Dropbox needed to spend _a lot_ of money to get the .com domain.
- user24 15y agoand they acquired that money while they had getdropbox.com. If get was a bad thing, it certainly didn't seem to hurt dropbox is what I'm saying.
- abbasmehdi 15y agoSo the point is, get it before getting famous, otherwise your fame will drive the price northward.