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Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by maaark »

DenisM wrote: post #164

So, how does one prepare for the worst? Let’s brainstorm: 0. Register alternative domains in advance with a different registrar. 1. Setup mailing list for all registered users and be prepared to blast them with a new domain. 2. Make mobile apps check both the main and the alternative domains. 3. Make the mobile app notify the user of a new domain name requirement via push notification and the like. 4. Setup the phone…

-1. Choose a domain registrar & TLD not known to be fishy or incompetent (so not .io)

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by kuschku »

stef25 wrote: post #239
kuschku wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Make the startup name something ending in .de and use a .de domain. The "TLD is part of the name" is also cool, and .de is reliable. e.g.: starma.de

For English words that would work I guess. Here in EU a .de would also obviously point to something German which wouldn't be the intention.

It also wouldn’t be bad either – .de is even here in the EU considered a more trustworthy domain.

Personally I have my main stuff all on .de, my short domains on .eu, and then for certain projects purpose-specific domains on .info

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by tajen »

ubershmekel wrote: post #213
jsjohnst wrote: post #199

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Why not renew for ten years, then every year extend it by one more year. Best of both worlds and if something screws up, you have 9 more years to fix it.

Ceremonies that aren't critical have a higher likelihood of being skipped, forgotten or ignored...

LetsEncrypt chose 3 months. Maybe that’s a hint for us that frequent renewals are better.

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by ThoAppelsin »

ubershmekel wrote: post #213
jsjohnst wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not renew for ten years, then every year extend it by one more year. Best of both worlds and if something screws up, you have 9 more years to fix it.

Ceremonies that aren't critical have a higher likelihood of being skipped, forgotten or ignored...

While this statistically might be true, I believe that this is completely dependent on one's personality. Having extra chances to remedy a trouble (which, as can be seen from the article, may occur due to reasons completely out of hand) has notable benefits, such as eliminating such prolonged downtimes.

It is like having replacement toothpaste ready for your bathroom. It is such a nuisance to go out and buy it on the day it runs out, and more likely to have a day without if you do not keep replacements ready.

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by rkachowski »

kuschku wrote: post #237
stef25 wrote: post #234

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> avoid .io like plague How else am I supposed to automatically add a layer of cool to my startup

Make the startup name something ending in .de and use a .de domain. The "TLD is part of the name" is also cool, and .de is reliable. e.g.: starma.de

.de actually has some tight requirements on it e.g. you need to include an "Impressum" on any hosted sites that states the name and address of a person responsible for the website

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by ada1981 »

ubershmekel wrote: post #213
jsjohnst wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not renew for ten years, then every year extend it by one more year. Best of both worlds and if something screws up, you have 9 more years to fix it.

Ceremonies that aren't critical have a higher likelihood of being skipped, forgotten or ignored...

Is it 10x more likely that a systematized annual renewal is going to fail if the domain name has been registered for 10 years already?

It would be hard to make the case for 2x, but 10x?

This feels like a solid way to do it.

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by chmod775 »

Yes well. Don't use .io domains for anything serious.

I had one of the 20 largest .io domains for a time, until they shut us down because they received one complaint in 3 years. It took them 2 days after we resolved the matter to put the domain back online as well.

By that time I had already migrated to .org - which is run by a considerably more professional non-profit organization.

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by mhneu »

matte_black wrote: post #195
quickthrower2 wrote: post #179

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Yep, great ransom plan! 1. They do not need to pay you. You have zero chance of getting paid. 2. They can easily identify you as a suspect (even with foreign company or whatever) and the police can investigate further. So you risk going to jail, with no upside.

I know everyone thinks police are going to investigate and that I’m definitely going to prison, but the sad reality is they probably won’t and I’d probably never see a jail cell. They might look into it, maybe even setup a sting operation, but then in the end nothing might come of it anyway. Trust me, I know of a ex-cofounder in a previous who company who took off and disappeared with $175k from the company bank acco…

You’re a little off here.

The Chickenshit Club (that is, federal prosecutors in the last ten years) means that big company management can get away with white collar crime, paying other peoples’ money to make charges go away.[1]

Workers or little people at big companies are still subject to prosecution for white collar crime. And apparently since criminal prosecutions are time consuming DOJ has decided to deprioritize them, so if you commit white collar crime for small dollar amounts you’re also likely to get away with it.

[1] http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Chickenshit-Club/J... “The Chickenshit Club Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives”

Re: How a domain registrar can kill your business

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Post by friedButter »

stef25 wrote: post #239
kuschku wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Make the startup name something ending in .de and use a .de domain. The "TLD is part of the name" is also cool, and .de is reliable. e.g.: starma.de

For English words that would work I guess. Here in EU a .de would also obviously point to something German which wouldn't be the intention.

Why even support EU users though with all the GDPR overhead? Unless you are a multinational who doesnt care about GDPR overheads, best not to target the EU market isnt it?
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