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> * .eu can be used as an alternative to .com for businesses and organizations in the EU. This is bad advice. Nobody should use .eu
Why's that? It's pefectly usable for things like portal pages linking to country-specific pages.
Nobody really knows with the new vanity TLDs. They probably won't just disappear into thin air, but price hikes or other dark behaviours from their owners are possible. Delivering mail from them might be a bit harder too. .io already raised their prices once it became the hip and cool TLD. .ai will likely see the same fate. On top of that there's the possibility that ccTLD's might impose restrictions on foreigners ge…
The advice I usually give to customers is: * .org if you're a non-profit with international presence. * .com is good for most international businesses. * .eu can be used as an alternative to .com for businesses and organizations in the EU. * Country-specific tld's should only be used for services aimed at those specific countries. * Avoid .net unless you're a network operator (edit: the same applies to .aero unless y…
.io has political baggage I don't want. See: http://www.thedarksideof.io/
I avoid country-code TLDs because I've read countless articles of people having to submit passport scans to the country's registrar to prove they actually lived there. As for .com, all the good ones are taken and you have to have reallylongoneslikethisnow.com
I've used Namecheap forever and it's a good price with the least hassle. Not all TLDs you're interested may be there so could use a backup. The CloudFlare registrar is good too but have very few TLDs.