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by vadfa 1659 days ago
The stupidity of thinking what "the best TLD for your startup" is.

In the meantime all respectable startups and big companies use .com like normal people.
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tyingq 1659 days ago
That's an odd comment to me. Different TLDs have different pricing, different restrictions, and so on. Giving the topic some thought isn't stupid. And .com is a pretty crowded namespace.
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vadfa 1659 days ago
>different pricing

.com is the cheapest

>different restrictions

.com has the fewest

Anything else?

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tyingq 1659 days ago
>.com is the cheapest

It isn't, either for initial purchase or renewal, and that's pretty easy to verify.

>>different restrictions - .com has the fewest

How so?

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echelon 1659 days ago
Country code TLDs (ccTLDs) [1] often have rules set by the country of origin. These rules vary widely, but some of them include country of residency requirements (you can't buy as a foreigner), ban on pornography, or strict adherence to religious requirements.

Popular domain hack ccTLD .ly is required to adhere to Libyan and Islamic/Sharia Law [2]

(edit because my posting is rate limited: )

There are plenty of non-ccTLDs, though, including thousands of gTLDs.

You can register a .horse domain if you want, and as far as I know, there are no restrictions on use.

You just need to research what you're buying.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ly

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tyingq 1659 days ago
Yes, but singling out .com as if it were the only non ccTLD doesn't make sense.
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Yeri 1659 days ago
Likely because 'respectable startups' (with money) can afford to buy the .com.

https://www.arbo.works/ is a new, and very respected startup. They don't have a .com (yet).

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vadfa 1659 days ago
Discord couldn't afford to buy discord.com, so they bought discordapp.com. They didn't think of buying discord.io or discord.app or some crap like that.
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junon 1659 days ago
Ah yes, branding is "stupid" now. Gotcha.
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efdee 1659 days ago
I think the GPs point is that anything other than .com is stupid branding. Not that branding is stupid.
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throwaway2077 1659 days ago
yeah, and that's the reason why most of them have stupid names
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