Ask HN: How critical is it for a Twitter account to match the domain?

#1

Post by bubblelamp » Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 6:36 AM UTC

For example, if my awesome domain is superduperthingy.com and it sadly happens that @superduperthingy is taken, should I scrap the domain and try again?

In this case, we plan on using Twitter as a major avenue for engaging and growing our brand.

Re: Ask HN: How critical is it for a Twitter account to match the domain?

#2

Post by vangel » Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 6:42 AM UTC

not necessarily. For e.g. I use GamingIOcom while others lllike Razer use their branding like @CultOfRazer or @TeamRazer

You can do the same. In fact you should make it more exciting than the domain name by using a combo of two words and not too long.

Like @GetSuper @SuperDuper @SuperThing @AllThingSuper

Re: Ask HN: How critical is it for a Twitter account to match the domain?

#3

Post by andrewmunsell » Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 6:51 AM UTC

A lot of people use "SuperCoolApp" or similar when their app is called "SuperCool" as well.

Re: Ask HN: How critical is it for a Twitter account to match the domain?

#4

Post by deathfrag » Sat, Dec 22, 2012, 8:18 AM UTC

As Dharmesh Shah puts it: The twitter handle has to be available. No tricks with numbers and underscores and stuff. You want the most natural, obvious twitter handle that matches your company name. This is not quite as hard as .com domain names — but getting harder every day. Get more details on: http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/17702/17-Mutable-Sugges...