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It depends a lot on how you expect people to come to your site and the cost of losing them versus the cost of the better domain. If you run a TV ad for example.
by CyrusL 13y ago
It depends a lot on how you expect people to come to your site and the cost of losing them versus the cost of the better domain. If you run a TV ad for example.co , you can expect an order of magnitude more people to visit example.com instead.
- axaxs 13y agoThis is overwhelmingly true, and even documented for .co unfortunately. I'm hoping over the next year as new tlds come on board, tld awareness/education goes up. Don't get me wrong, I don't think any will make a dent in .com in any reasonable timeframe as far as value and familiarity go, but at least help erode the 'all websites end in .com' mantra that so many hold. Secondarily, it'd be nice to watch domain squatters 'fortunes' dwindle to nothing. I wish icann did more to enforce rules against it, yet i'm not sure what such a solution could be.
- adventured 13y agoI agree with that in general. I'd say that if you've got TV money (or similar) to spend, your domain buying options are a lot wider than most startups. And if your service gets to that level of success, you can at least attempt to buy your .com. We're also probably at the point now, where even if your alt domain service becomes highly successful, there's a good chance the .com won't be available no matter what (short of a million dollar purchase, either due to a serious business owning it, or ransom).