[balladeer]

Not really but if I can avoid it I would like to settle for just one primary domain that I would share everyone and ask them that my gmail addresses should be removed from their contacts for good. I would like to use it everywhere and get done with it for once and all. Otherwise I'll just keep waiting for that perfect domain (or first-name.com that a lawyer is squatting on since last 7-8 years).

One problem I see with .im is it's from a different country than mine and they can change the rules to allow only residents or so, or they can hike the renewal cost to something really high. Also, I am from India where .in is common so some people might confuse .im for .in. I am inching towards <9 char>.in or <9 char>.net (my first name), but then I am not sure whether I should give up my <4 char>.im (my nick name).

Also, mailbox.org supports up to just two domains in the plan I am paying for.

[lzy]

I think you will want to go with the most common tld. In this case, .in for your home country and I believe .in adoption is strong enough in India?

The last thing you want is your emails going to a wrong tld:

[e-mail]

going to

[e-mail]

is very likely in your scenario for less tech-savvy contacts IMO.

[balladeer]

Thanks. I had similar thoughts. 9 character is not too big for a personal domain and .net is common enough, or most common after .com imho.

I think I will keep first-name .in and .net and let the nick-name.im expire after a year or two and share .net email to my contacts.