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But making websites harder to find also costs money. "Was it 'draw.ing', 'drawi.ng', or just 'draw.com'? Screw it I'm using Powerpoint." Although I suppose mak

• layer8 3y ago
  It doesn’t cost money to registries and registrars, who are making the money.
• al_borland 3y ago
  I think most people already bank on people searching for sites vs remembering domain names. Though now, even with a search, which “draw” result is the right one. The TLD can’t be used as much of a filter anymore.
  • Wowfunhappy 3y ago
    > I think most people already bank on people searching for sites vs remembering domain names. But that can't be entirely true, or else Canva wouldn't have purchased draw.ing in the first place, they'd just stick with Canva.com. The whole reason these TLDs are desirable is because they create easy-to-remember addresses.
    • al_borland 3y ago
      I wonder if they will use these almost like we use file extensions on a desktop OS. Something like draw.ing/1234 would be a link to share are Canva drawing, kind of like 1234.psd tells you a file is a Photoshop document. Though using canva.com/1234 still makes more sense, from a branding point of view. Draw.ing vs draw.io will being confusing, especially if company names aren’t changing. Go.ing I get. That one just makes sense, but is ultimately pointless when they already have going.com.
• Izkata 3y ago
  There was a period where non-technical people would reflexively add ".com" to the end, getting "draw.ing.com"