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One appeal I've seen is if a ccTLD matches the last 2 letters of your last name. You can then set up a mail adres first@lastna.me. Or a personal website at http

by Beldin 3y ago

One appeal I've seen is if a ccTLD matches the last 2 letters of your last name. You can then set up a mail adres first@lastna.me. Or a personal website at http://first.lastna.me/ http://first.lastna.me/ Not for everyone probably, but if it'd be easy for me, I'd go for it.

rd 3y ago
My last name is Daga and I hated that 2 letter .ga weren’t allowed. Would’ve snapped up da.ga
- lgvld 3y ago
  Actually 2/3 letters domains were accepted -- maybe not on Freenom though; you had to register on the official registry -- but were also prohibitively expensive.
CydeWeys 3y ago
I can see the appeal of that, as my last name ends in *in, but .in is a registry notoriously unfriendly to foreigners (as are many ccTLDs), and it just doesn't make sense to build any kind of online presence around a domain name that could be taken away from me at any time for any reason, simply because I don't actually live in India.
- bjord 3y ago
  just anecdotal, but I've had a .in domain (as a foreigner) for years, and I've never had any problems—how do they normally arise? and it's at namecheap, too, with whom I haven't historically had the greatest experiences
  - Arnt 3y ago
    The two-letter TLDs are basically property of that country. India makes the rules for .in, for example, and noone else gets much of a say. There's a registry, NIXI, and there are contracts between the registrars and NIXI, and between the registrars and registrants. I would expect the contracts involving NIXI to be under Indian law, and most registrars choose their home country for their customer contracts. So if you use Gandi to register a .in domain, you have a French contract with Gandi and Gandi an Indian contract with NIXI. Gandi also has a contract with ICANN (all ICANN-accredited registrars do) but that may or may not matter for India; the Indians decide that. The same applies for other countries. Gandi offers .ga domains, for example. Your domain is as safe as the contract law of the two countries involved. Some countries allow almost anyone to register domains, others make different rules. Some/many allow people in the country to register domains, but disallow foreigners in order to simplify name choice for their own residents, for example. I know someone who registered a .no domain by lying about something, and lost the domain unceremoniously when the registry found out. And of course a few hundred thousand brits lost their .eu domains when they left the EU.
- Beldin 3y ago
  I'd like an .er address. That's Eritrean. Last time I looked it up, that country was a mess. No telling who'd profit from domain registration, and not worth figuring that out for what amounts to vanity plates. Not gonna risk sponsoring bad guys for a funny domain name.

by Beldin 3y ago

rd 3y ago

My last name is Daga and I hated that 2 letter .ga weren’t allowed. Would’ve snapped up da.ga

lgvld 3y ago
Actually 2/3 letters domains were accepted -- maybe not on Freenom though; you had to register on the official registry -- but were also prohibitively expensive.

CydeWeys 3y ago

I can see the appeal of that, as my last name ends in *in, but .in is a registry notoriously unfriendly to foreigners (as are many ccTLDs), and it just doesn't make sense to build any kind of online presence around a domain name that could be taken away from me at any time for any reason, simply because I don't actually live in India.

bjord 3y ago
just anecdotal, but I've had a .in domain (as a foreigner) for years, and I've never had any problems—how do they normally arise? and it's at namecheap, too, with whom I haven't historically had the greatest experiences
- Arnt 3y ago
  The two-letter TLDs are basically property of that country. India makes the rules for .in, for example, and noone else gets much of a say. There's a registry, NIXI, and there are contracts between the registrars and NIXI, and between the registrars and registrants. I would expect the contracts involving NIXI to be under Indian law, and most registrars choose their home country for their customer contracts. So if you use Gandi to register a .in domain, you have a French contract with Gandi and Gandi an Indian contract with NIXI. Gandi also has a contract with ICANN (all ICANN-accredited registrars do) but that may or may not matter for India; the Indians decide that. The same applies for other countries. Gandi offers .ga domains, for example. Your domain is as safe as the contract law of the two countries involved. Some countries allow almost anyone to register domains, others make different rules. Some/many allow people in the country to register domains, but disallow foreigners in order to simplify name choice for their own residents, for example. I know someone who registered a .no domain by lying about something, and lost the domain unceremoniously when the registry found out. And of course a few hundred thousand brits lost their .eu domains when they left the EU.
Beldin 3y ago
I'd like an .er address. That's Eritrean. Last time I looked it up, that country was a mess. No telling who'd profit from domain registration, and not worth figuring that out for what amounts to vanity plates. Not gonna risk sponsoring bad guys for a funny domain name.