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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 8:27pm
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
                  Team
                  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
                    4:10pm

                    i think that depends on your product or service

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                      April 4, 2020 at 2:03am
                      Utsav Sheth@utsavsheth
                      2:03am

                      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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