Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?

[kafei]

So the new domains have been out for a few months now. What are you using them for? I have seen a few cool ideas, like http://vart.institute and http://registered.today - this is what I'm looking for. Also general sentiment around expanding the internet namespace.

[0x420]

I'm easily amused by domain hacks, as I suspect most people are. I currently own http://jules.codes and I'm not doing anything interesting with it.

[kafei]

> This site is powered by AngularJS and jQuery running on the Express framework for node.js and deployed on Heroku, generated using generator-fullstack for the Yeoman workflow automator.

Why not just put a few HTML files on a server and achieve the same thing? I don't even notice any JavaScript on your site.

[0x420]

If I had just put some HTML files on a shared host I wouldn't have been able to learn Angular and Heroku fundamentals while building it ;)

[_RPM]

Not noticing the use of JavaScript is actually the beauty of it.

[0x420]

It certainly could use a bit more flair, I think. I chose to avoid that because the goal was to just have something tangible ready by the end of a weekend. I threw the site together while I was looking to switch jobs, so that I could at least say I have minimal experience with frontend MVC. I did end up getting hired elsewhere, so it fulfilled its purpose. Funny enough, we don't use frontend MVC frameworks at all here, but it was a cool learning experience nonetheless.

[jevin]

My cousin has an accommodation business called Orchid Villas. So we got the domain http://orchid.villas which is pretty cool I think.

I would still advise getting the "traditional" (.com, .net, etc) counterpart too.

[Andrenid]

Family has farms... <family name>.farm has worked well for us so far. The TLD becomes a talking point that makes people remember it... "Oh, no .com at the end?" etc.

[kylekampy]

Nothing too exciting. If I were more creative maybe I'd come up with something more clever than http://word.center

[tehmaze]

We just started http://bbs.ninja/ to document the textmode scene history

[jenmcewen]

Mostly for fun. I've got a .ninja and .beer.

Contemplated .xxx's for my company to protect the brand against cybersquatters.

[emcarey]

fun trick. buy your friends name in a new gTLD like frankjones.hiphop /build fun website on said domain/buy google adwords for friends name and direct to site. tell friend to google their name.

great for birthday pranks.