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The rise of domain hacks is due to the biggest scourge on the internet: domain sitters. That's usually the main reason why people use these hacks, because there
by kaolinite 15y ago
The rise of domain hacks is due to the biggest scourge on the internet: domain sitters. That's usually the main reason why people use these hacks, because there are no .coms related to what they want to do.
I'm about to register a domain hack for my startup. The .com is being sold for 1800USD which I currently cannot afford. Hopefully it will still be available in a few months time and I will be able to obtain some funding (once investors see my prototype on the domain hack address) and then I'll be able to buy that domain from the sitters. Until then, I'll have to use a hack. You can spend hours searching for the right .com, time that would be better spent developing :-)
- keiferski 15y agoI'd actually recommend using a variation of the .com instead of the naming hack. I.E. use GoKaolinite.com instead of Kaolini.te. Unless you're targeting tech-savvy people, domain hacks can be confusing. Then, once you've gotten traction/investors, buy the .com.
- kaolinite 15y agoNice point. My service will mainly be targeted at technical people currently so it should be ok but I might buy both :-) With some industries though, e.g. shopping, insurance, etc - I bet you'll find it hard to find domains with "Go" and similar in front of them.
- keiferski 15y agoSafest thing is to buy both. But you don't necessarily need to use Go - try NameHQ, NameNow, or GetName. You're right in that many sites don't have a prefix or suffix in their domain - but that's because they have the name itself (not a naming hack). My ranking is Name.com > NameHQ.com > Na.me (the HQ can be any suffix.) The .com is critical. I've also written an article about this which you may find useful: http://nomvilla.com/blog/exact-matching-domain-names/ http://nomvilla.com/blog/exact-matching-domain-names/