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> I certainly don’t think it’s a good idea to register a domain under a ccTLD for “vanity” purposes: because it makes a word, is the same as a file extension yo
by RHSeeger 3y ago
> I certainly don’t think it’s a good idea to register a domain under a ccTLD for “vanity” purposes: because it makes a word, is the same as a file extension you like, or because it looks cool.
Well, they're NOT vanity domains. They were created specifically for countries, to be owned by countries and controlled by countries. The fact that it happens to look neat to use that domain doesn't change that fact. When you start using such a domain, you should know full well that you are tying yourself to a resource that you could lose at any time, for any reason. Tying the health of your business to such a condition seems crazy to me.
- dundarious 3y agoThey said domain under a ccTLD, so they're clearly not talking about ccTLDs themselves as vanity domains.
- RHSeeger 3y agoI was talking about the domains under ccTLDs. The domains <something>.<country code> aren't "vanity domains", they're for a country to control. The country may rent them out to be used as a vanity domain, but the country has absolute and total control over them. So using them as a vanity domain that your business relies on is a gamble.