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yieldcrv 4y ago
> The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. That was wrong in 2015 and it is wrong now. What is seen as validation to users in Europe is different to North America is different to Asia. You can run a whole business in a group chat back then, and North America is just catching on to that, barely moving off of the concept of a .com presence and being okay that other TLD's are good enough too. When you don't even need a website. Do the thing that makes revenue. At this point its simple to me: if you are relying on an audience that instinctively types .com or if you think you need a .com for a search result or ad campaign, that's what you're doing wrong. Like, are you intentionally selling to pensioners? Is that the audience you want? People that had the same 30 years as you did to figure out to use a computer but made 30 years of excuses instead?
- 867-5309 4y ago
  it doesn't change the fact that .com is and will forever be the de facto TLD even if you succeed with appthatslaps.millennial, you're still going to redirect appthatslaps.com to it
  - yieldcrv 4y ago
    its more like an optional tld that wont do anything for your engagement, actual revenue, or air of legitimacy
    - 867-5309 4y ago
      it will help all of those, by the people who couldn't remember your novelty tld autonomically trying .com
      - picture 4y ago
        The default for people who couldn't remember seems to have become typing it into google. It helps that most browsers support omnibox type search
      - yieldcrv 4y ago
        people reach your site by clicking through on social media and chatting apps - and referencing those places again if they cant remember unless you specifically have targeted and proven that an audience is going to bring value to you, and they use .com and search engines to find you, then there is no reason to cater to these luddite and elderly people. Its a deprecated assumption only relevant to deprecated people.
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    Maybe, but I'm already seen enough 15-25-35 y.o. people who doesn't understand the concept of a domain name nor of a website. There is a significant overlap between them and people who primarily or only uses mobile devices to access Internet or to use any applications.
tmp_anon_22 4y ago
> The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. Spending money on trivialities is not how you project strength. If your business is so fragile it rests on the reputation of its TLD, you are already weak.

> The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. That was wrong in 2015 and it is wrong now. What is seen as validation to users in Europe is different to North America is different to Asia. You can run a whole business in a group chat back then, and North America is just catching on to that, barely moving off of the concept of a .com presence and being okay that other TLD's are good enough too. When you don't even need a website. Do the thing that makes revenue. At this point its simple to me: if you are relying on an audience that instinctively types .com or if you think you need a .com for a search result or ad campaign, that's what you're doing wrong. Like, are you intentionally selling to pensioners? Is that the audience you want? People that had the same 30 years as you did to figure out to use a computer but made 30 years of excuses instead?

867-5309 4y ago
it doesn't change the fact that .com is and will forever be the de facto TLD even if you succeed with appthatslaps.millennial, you're still going to redirect appthatslaps.com to it
- yieldcrv 4y ago
  its more like an optional tld that wont do anything for your engagement, actual revenue, or air of legitimacy
  - 867-5309 4y ago
    it will help all of those, by the people who couldn't remember your novelty tld autonomically trying .com
    - picture 4y ago
      The default for people who couldn't remember seems to have become typing it into google. It helps that most browsers support omnibox type search
    - yieldcrv 4y ago
      people reach your site by clicking through on social media and chatting apps - and referencing those places again if they cant remember unless you specifically have targeted and proven that an audience is going to bring value to you, and they use .com and search engines to find you, then there is no reason to cater to these luddite and elderly people. Its a deprecated assumption only relevant to deprecated people.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  Maybe, but I'm already seen enough 15-25-35 y.o. people who doesn't understand the concept of a domain name nor of a website. There is a significant overlap between them and people who primarily or only uses mobile devices to access Internet or to use any applications.

tmp_anon_22 4y ago

> The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. Spending money on trivialities is not how you project strength. If your business is so fragile it rests on the reputation of its TLD, you are already weak.