using non .com domains

I can't say that would hurt your business, it would hurt more to not have domain/website at all

most of domains i have are .com and if .com is not available, i instantly check .co or even .io which is kind a expensive

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

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

thanks guys

@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.

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

indeed. Even .im is good for it

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

imo People start with searching in most cases.

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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i think that depends on your product or service

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