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Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

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I'd always buy .com+.net+.org+.co.uk The rest aren't that big a deal.

Why .co.uk? Is it actually that popular, or is this UK bias? Like for myself, would I replace .co.uk with .ca?

oh sorry, slight bias (I'm in the UK), also I thought that if you search on google.co.uk it gives some preference to .co.uk domains.

Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

#12
Earlier this year I worked on a domain name finding site called Domain Pigeon. When I was telling people about it over email or AIM, people kept spelling it "pidgeon" like you would spell "fridge". I bought the domain name domainpidgeon.com and directed it to the actual site.

Kind of ironic, given the site was for finding good domain names...

Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

#14
post #12

Earlier this year I worked on a domain name finding site called Domain Pigeon. When I was telling people about it over email or AIM, people kept spelling it "pidgeon" like you would spell "fridge". I bought the domain name domainpidgeon.com and directed it to the actual site. Kind of ironic, given the site was for finding good domain names...

Linguists might spell it "pidgin" instead.

Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

#16
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why .co.uk? Is it actually that popular, or is this UK bias? Like for myself, would I replace .co.uk with .ca?

oh sorry, slight bias (I'm in the UK), also I thought that if you search on google.co.uk it gives some preference to .co.uk domains.

Same if you search google.ca it gives better for .ca domains.

Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

#17
I used to buy all of them but these days I usually go .com, .net and .org. I'll also do any spellings that I think are useful. For example, I have a Twitter app that uses a bot under the username glu. I was originally going to call the app gluenote but I thought people might have an easier time with the name if it was directly related to the Twitter name so I got both gluenote and glunote. It turned out to be a good decision. For the $8 I think it's worth it.

Re: Ask HN: Do you buy related domains early on (.net, .org, similar spellings)?

#20
It's pretty cheap to buy domain names so if you have the $20-$30 to buy the domains do it. Why not.

Much better than to have somebody see you, recognize potential and buy your other domains and then demand some $15M for it. Of course the odds of this happening are quite low, but nevertheless, in the event that you make it it's a small price to pay to avoid the future headache.

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