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using non .com domains

using non .com domains

Startup Space/General · April 3, 2019 at 7:54am

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using non .com domains

Startup Space / General · April 3, 2019 at 7:54am

Hey guys, what do you think about using non .com domains, do you think it hurts the business in any way? Is there any way to tell? Are there any statistics? Thanks!

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April 4, 2019 at 8:48am
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8:48am

It depends on the business you run. My agency use .art (digital design studio) and i think it works perfectly.

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    Stefan Smiljkovic@kinderminder
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    8:55am

    there is belief in SEO industry that .com, .net, .org have more value in search engines over others TLD's.

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      April 4, 2019 at 8:27pm
      UX Bites@uxbites
      8:27pm

      thanks guys

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        April 15, 2019 at 11:53pm
        Matt Tharp 🗿@matttharp
        11:53pm

        @uxbites Totally depends on your product and go to market strategy. If you're a mobile app, it's more important to optimize for the App Store than Google Search - so the TLD is less important than the name. If you're working on a SaaS product, the TLD is more important because it's probably part of the app experience, and people are going to type it in - so some of the more obscure TLDs could be detrimental.

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          May 19, 2019 at 10:50pm
          Josh Corbett@joshwcorbett
          10:50pm

          I think you could put .me for self-promotional websites.

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            Stefan Smiljkovic@kinderminder
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            Josh Corbett@joshwcorbett

            I think you could put .me for self-promotional websites.

              indeed. Even .im is good for it

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                11:06pm

                .im can be like I am or even represent Internet Marketing

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                  July 25, 2019 at 4:58pm
                  Fricktaculous@casey
                  4:58pm

                  imo People start with searching in most cases.

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                    September 23, 2019 at 11:28am
                    Ini Afi@iniafi
                    11:28am

                    For general, .com is more open to global market. But, try local domain if your business for local, since the price is chepeast

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                      November 1, 2019 at 4:38pm
                      Stefan Smiljkovic@kinderminder
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                      4:38pm

                      Found this related , so I wanted to share :D

                      when .com domain is not available

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                        March 5, 2020 at 4:10pm
                        kelvin cscu@klvncruger
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                        i think that depends on your product or service

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                          April 4, 2020 at 2:03am
                          Utsav Sheth@utsavsheth
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                          my opinion is depend on product/website which you want to make. i think .com is most useful domain in internet world so basically depend on business

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