Struggling to get the .com for your product? Of course you are.
Ryan Gilbert
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You just brainstormed the perfect business name.
You’re excited! You rush to buy the .com.
Taken.
Of course it is. They seemingly always are.
But don't stress. You're in good company. Take a look at these companies who went on to raise ~$575 million without the .com... there's some gems in here.
• Notion, June, Loops, Amie (.so)
• Twitch (.tv)
• Workspaces, Visible (.xyz)
• ProductHunt (started on .co)
• Levels (.fyi)
• WordPress, freeCodeCamp (.org)
• CodePen, Itch (.io)
• Carrd, VSCO (.co)
• Behance, SlideShare, Speedtest (.net)
• About (.me)
• Copy AI, Jenni (.ai)
• Campsite (started on .design)
• Graphy (.app)
• Poolsuite (.fm)
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Anastasia Liamets@anliamets
We're also .io but it's also pretty crowded there haha
Were thinking about .so too
Thanks for sharing here, Ryan!
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@anliamets .so is getting crowded too! Shouldn't be much difference between a .io and .so tbh
Zappi Ad Predictor
This literally just happened to me (on Monday!) with our hyrdation/nutrition brand. We went for .co in the end - and we're happy with it 😊
@nik_hazell not a bad alternative!
good luck with the new brand! 🙌
Didn’t google launch .meme late last year? 🧐
thanks a lot for sharing, I will have that in mind