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It was because they forgot to put an "e" between the "l" and the "r". For some strange reason, a lot of companies like spellr.com make that exact same mistake,
by SimHacker 13y ago
It was because they forgot to put an "e" between the "l" and the "r". For some strange reason, a lot of companies like spellr.com make that exact same mistake, and it always leads to failure.
- ancarda 13y agoMight have had more success if they used .io
- theandrewbailey 13y agoAdding an "e" was the best thing Twitter ever did.
- jboynyc 13y agoAnd an 'i': http://web.archive.org/web/20060802094251/http://www.twttr.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20060802094251/http://www.twttr.c...
- crystaln 13y agoflickr did OK Unwillingness to shell out for the correct spelling does seem to be a negative indicator, though many companies did that once success looked likely.
- Reedx 13y agoYeah, if you're a startup and doing something unproven, you're not going to throw money at domain squatters on day 1.
- loceng 13y agoYeah, I hear tumblr is never going to sell.