Comments on: .com or .net? http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net A behind-the-scenes look at selling dropsend.com Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Rich S http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-7900 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:41:28 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-7900 I think .net will suit you just fine. It's all in the way you market your site and most people will search for your content and get redirected by a search engine or if and when they get there will probably bookmark it if they like it having never to remember if it was a .net or a .com I think .net will suit you just fine. It’s all in the way you market your site and most people will search for your content and get redirected by a search engine or if and when they get there will probably bookmark it if they like it having never to remember if it was a .net or a .com

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]]> by: matt http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-650 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:52:39 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-650 I was wondering if you'd considered offering to buy the .com domain name from the current owners? I was wondering if you’d considered offering to buy the .com domain name from the current owners?

]]> by: Gillian Carson http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-572 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:21:48 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-572 Hi Ian, We decided on Amigo despite the fact that we knew we had no chance of getting the domain name. However once we decided on heyamigo as the domain we checked the .com and it was gone. We did consider changing it something else so we could have the .com but in truth we liked heyamigo so much that we just couldn't part with it. So we went with .net I agree that you should check if the .com is available but it shouldn't be a deal-breaker if it's not. Hi Ian,

We decided on Amigo despite the fact that we knew we had no chance of getting the domain name.

However once we decided on heyamigo as the domain we checked the .com and it was gone. We did consider changing it something else so we could have the .com but in truth we liked heyamigo so much that we just couldn’t part with it. So we went with .net

I agree that you should check if the .com is available but it shouldn’t be a deal-breaker if it’s not.

]]> by: Ian Sparks http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-571 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:13:59 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-571 Clearly the .com domain is considered prime real estate and checking it's availability should have been the second thing you did after fixing on the name. It costs nothing and would have taken all of 30 seconds. But I'm not bashing you, this is an important lesson that people could learn from following your progress on this project. Clearly the .com domain is considered prime real estate and checking it’s availability should have been the second thing you did after fixing on the name. It costs nothing and would have taken all of 30 seconds.

But I’m not bashing you, this is an important lesson that people could learn from following your progress on this project.

]]> by: David Nitzsche-Bell http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-147 Wed, 17 May 2006 07:43:59 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-147 del.icio.us - how could they possibly go with anything else? That is just so damned clever, I still can't get over it. I don't think it was a matter of skipping over first, second, third or fourth choices. I think that del.icio.us had to be the first choice. I totally dig cool things like that. Aside: the most recent logo that I've seen that I just LOVE...www.trust.ru. The split "T" is cool, but when you see the "RUS" in between and realize that the company is a RUSsian one.... too cool. del.icio.us - how could they possibly go with anything else? That is just so damned clever, I still can’t get over it. I don’t think it was a matter of skipping over first, second, third or fourth choices. I think that del.icio.us had to be the first choice.

I totally dig cool things like that.

Aside: the most recent logo that I’ve seen that I just LOVE…www.trust.ru. The split “T” is cool, but when you see the “RUS” in between and realize that the company is a RUSsian one…. too cool.

]]> by: sj http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-138 Tue, 16 May 2006 15:44:06 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-138 I don't think the .com is nearly as important as it used to be. A site like del.icio.us didn't go with the first, second, third, or fourth choice in what might be considered the standard URL heirarchy, and it paid off just fine. A useful app is a useful app, regardless of the extension. An aside - a guy has owned 'myname.com' for years, hasn't updated it since 2000, and twice has refused to sell it to me at any price. Even better - he owns it through 2012. I always feel like such a putz tell people to go to sean DASH johnson dot com... I don’t think the .com is nearly as important as it used to be. A site like del.icio.us didn’t go with the first, second, third, or fourth choice in what might be considered the standard URL heirarchy, and it paid off just fine. A useful app is a useful app, regardless of the extension.

An aside - a guy has owned ‘myname.com’ for years, hasn’t updated it since 2000, and twice has refused to sell it to me at any price. Even better - he owns it through 2012. I always feel like such a putz tell people to go to sean DASH johnson dot com…

]]> by: Brad Garland http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-127 Mon, 15 May 2006 15:49:15 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-127 I totally dig the .net, it won't matterif the product is worth while. Hey btw, come by my site at bradgarland.NET! :) Yes, I'm biased. I totally dig the .net, it won’t matterif the product is worth while. Hey btw, come by my site at bradgarland.NET! :)

Yes, I’m biased.

]]> by: Ryan Carson http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-81 Fri, 12 May 2006 08:45:15 +0000 http://www.barenakedapp.com/the-name/com-or-net#comment-81 <blockquote>If it’s a mainstream app you still need .com. You also need the name of the app and the name on the logo to be the name of the .com. Otherwise this will be difficult for people to resolve.</blockquote> I totally disagree, I'm afraid. We believe the majority of visitors will arrive at heyamigo.net by clicking on a link they see online or in an email, versus typing it directly into the URL box. We'll see though ...

If it’s a mainstream app you still need .com. You also need the name of the app and the name on the logo to be the name of the .com. Otherwise this will be difficult for people to resolve.

I totally disagree, I’m afraid. We believe the majority of visitors will arrive at heyamigo.net by clicking on a link they see online or in an email, versus typing it directly into the URL box. We’ll see though …

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