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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 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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