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by gardenhedge 924 days ago
Wow, nice domain. I'd work there for the name alone haha.
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voakbasda 924 days ago
Am I cynical thinking the opposite? I can’t imagine they got that domain for a song. Spending a pile of cash on vanity such as that is a real turn off for me; it signals more flash than bang. Am I wrong to think this?
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conradev 924 days ago
You are not wrong to think this – spending a pile of cash on a name is a big decision that you want to approach with rigor.

We didn't do that, though. Our domain was available for like $4,000. The .inc TLD is intentionally expensive to discourage domain squatting :-)

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nickthegreek 924 days ago
I’d be worried about the ability to be in relevant searches with a name so generic.
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otteromkram 924 days ago
I've never ever ran a query for "software inc" before. They should be okay.

Plus, search engines usually catch up based in click-throughs, bounces, financial kickbacks (cough), too.

Searching for Go programming language stuff was a pain a few years back, but now engines have adapted to Go or Golang.

I don't use Google, so ymmv.

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