Is .com necessary for your app?

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Hi guys, I've tried around 50 different catchy names for my app idea (applying to yc) and most of the dot coms are parked which is very frustrating. I'm wondering if registering a .com is necessary at this point? I don't really want to spend $50+ on .ly or .io domains at this point. Suggestions?

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No, it is not. may be in the 90's but this is 2015, we have search engine optimization, apps are not acessed on the domain, they run in the users device (case study http://vine.co ). Read advice from co-founder twitter, founder of blogger and medium http://evhead.com/2011/06/five-reasons-domains-are-less-impo...

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