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There's so many better options better than .com (commercial)

.net .org .me .io .blog .info

You can make it topical too .expert .engineer .doctor .camera .software

Or have fun with it .lol .wtf .foo

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Lots of good options, but what in your opinion would make .net or .org a better choice than .com ?

While perhaps not as pervasive as during the 1990s, I still feel like most people are more familiar with / assume / default to ".com" than any of the others.

In some ways, having one of the weird TLDs can serve as a filter to keep out less-technical users who assume .com is the only TLD.

Always worth considering your national domain if it’s easy to register. I use .ca because really why wouldn’t I?

CIRA's privacy policy is one of the reasons why I've stayed with .ca for my digital presence:

> The registrant name and administrative and technical contact information of non-individual registrants, such as corporations, is displayed by default. The registrant name and administrative and technical contact information of individuals, such as Canadian citizens or permanent residents is not displayed in WHOIS per the CIRA Privacy Policy. Generally non-individuals are public and individuals are private.

https://www.cira.ca/ca-domains/whois

Isn't free WHOIS privacy standard these days?

"Free domain privacy, forever", in GoDaddy's wording, seems fairly standard now. But really it's a spin: Since 2018, domain privacy is required by EU's GDPR in many instances. But pre-GDPR it was frequently an add-on, demanding additional payment. IIRC, there are some domains for which it is not available.

CA domains have had a privacy default for individuals since 2008. As someone who's received personal threats as a result of WHOIS info, I'd rather stick with the more certain option.

There's a problem with a national domain: people move. My .me domain is registered in 2009 (well, I know that it's a national domain) and I lived in three different countries since then with a permanent status in the current one and without plans to come back to my homeland.

So what? Unless there's a requirement for residence to renew why should it matter?

I'd advise against using "exotic" TLDs if you plan to send mail from this domain.

Define exotic? The large company I work for uses .systems

.systems wasn't one of the most affordable new gTLDs used for spamming but a lot of mail sites blocked or at least increased "SPAM score" for most if not all new gTLDs.

With .systems I would expect somewhat reduced inbox deliverability but with .icu, .xyz, .top, .live and similar, you can forget about egress email.

Very true. I picked one that uses the last two letters of my last name, so that my website it just my last name!

My domain is firstnamelastname.me.

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