[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Do you still "need" the .com in 2023?
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Ask HN: Do you still "need" the .com in 2023?
The canonical advice from PG was to always have the .com (or be
able to get it) for your business. There just aren't that many
.coms available at this point. My personal use case is just a basic
portfolio site. However curious about the broader community
thoughts on this. Also, notable concerns for me are: - SEO -
Email/Email Validation - Price: Hip .io & .ai domains are 10x the
cost if .com ($5-$10 vs. $50-$100 a year) - General frustration
with squatters (not solution oriented on this one, just venting)
Author : wand3r
Score : 8 points
Date : 2023-07-02 21:22 UTC (1 hours ago)
| aaron695 wrote:
| [dead]
| lagniappe wrote:
| as long as it isn't .to
| donatj wrote:
| I think it depends on the audience you're selling to.
|
| There's still a portion of the non-tech savy (my parents for
| insurance) who when given say foo.io will go to either foo.io.com
| or fooio.com or shorten it to foo.com inexplicably.
|
| If you're selling to tech companies b2b on the other hand, no
| need worry.
| Dudester230602 wrote:
| For portfolio it's fine. The .ai gives "crypto-bro of GPT" vibe -
| unless you are doing Adobe Illustrator.
|
| For a business - I assume it's a start-up that will either "it
| has been a wild ride but all journeys come to an end" or buy a
| proper .com one day.
| version_five wrote:
| I have a non .com domain name and that full name .com. As in if
| my side was cloudly.cc I also have cloudlycc.com. Works best if
| the (e.g.) cc is part of how you refer to your company, but it
| gives you a semi corner on the brand.
| wand3r wrote:
| Thanks, makes sense. Ideally like:
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| somecompany.co
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| somecompanyco.com
|
| This might be acheiveable and is only going to add roughly 2
| char to the length
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