[legrande]

Well .COM has had its day.

There (was?) even a semi-parody site called Domains For the Rest of Us[0] that generates .COM domains that you can use for side projects (or startups?).

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24538758

The new gTLDs are a godsend since all the domain hacks have been largely exhausted. E.G: `del.icio.us`.

I like the new avalanche of gTLDs since it reduces domain squatting, domain hacks, and stops people snapping up short .COMs as if they were some digital gold to be mined.

Not to mention the hassle of having a really obscure ccTLD like .SO and having to battle to get that domain back if it was seized by pirates, yarr

[reidjs]

I read a series of blog posts about a guy who would essentially work backwards from a domain name to start a business. E.g. he would buy things like 'weehawkenjobboard.com' then SEO a job listing service for people/businesses in Weehawken NJ. I thought it was a pretty clever strategy.

[fotta]

Was it this[0] guy? Previously discussed on HN[1][2].

[0] https://www.deepsouthventures.com

[1] https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-inter...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132

[reidjs]

That’s the one

[egfx]

That’s what I do too.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26380124

building one product at a time.

[egfx]

It’s also how I code apps btw. I use this same approach for libraries I find on HN.

[toyg]

> there (was?) even a semi-parody site called Domains For the Rest of Us

It's dead, Jim.

[jonny_eh]

> E.G: `del.icio.us`.

Oh, you mean delicious.com?