shall I take a .com or a .ws?

[Tiger]

Hey all!

I am a Comp Eng major and I am developing this small tool which I will be selling for a small fee. I need a domain name for my "company". Ok so I am between two available choices: either a 8 letter .com or a 4 letter .ws .. which one do you think I should go for??

 

[Zoobar]

.com

 

[President Gringo]

no choice. .com

.ws means worth shit (actually means western samoa)

 

[Duke]

Is this a trick question?

 

[GeorgeK]

Take the .com.

 

[mole]

Neither.

Take both the .info and .biz

 

[adoptabledomains]

Take any open global domain (com,net,org,info,biz) if you want to sell globally, or a .us if you want to be associtiated with the US market. I'd avoid repurposed Country code domains. For a busines .com is preferrable even if longer, but .biz a second choice.

 

[avs162]

should you take the pearl or the oyster

ws what type of drugs are you using i want to stay away from them

jk
com

 

[mole]

More big companies are joining the .biz community.

http://www.unilever.biz

Today you will often notice the lack of the .com on the home page. Unlike what most here would like to believe for obvious inventory reasons, .com is no longer sexy or desirable as an imaging tool. Companies see .com as a possible liability and stigma and only do it for the traffic.

 

[cxz]

none.
info or biz

 

[Tiger]

Thanks guys, so .ws is out of the picture.. why is .biz better? is there anything special about .biz that .com doesn't have?

 

[uncle]

is there anything special about .biz that .com doesn't have?

nope.

 

[mole]

Originally posted by Tiger
Thanks guys, so .ws is out of the picture.. why is .biz better? is there anything special about .biz that .com doesn't have?

Yup. .com is a catch-all solution for the riff-raff. .biz is a restricted tld for serious businesses.

.com's imagery sucks big time to corporate America (Worldcom hahahahhaaaa). .biz is a new kid on the block with still a virginal image.

Traffic is one thing. Image is another you need to consider seriously.

 

[Ciqala]

Hey mole you dont happen to have shares in the registrar offering .biz do you? :laugh: just kidding...

 

[Donna Mahony]

dot com is king and will be for a long long time. The others are for those unable to acquire the dot com.

 

[mole]

Originally posted by winfreecash
dot com is king and will be for a long long time. The others are for those unable to acquire the dot com.

I believe you are referring to great names like sex, pets and lastminute? Yup, that is true.

And the very reason why ICANN introduced new gTLDs into the market.

 

[DomainNameFactory]

COM is KING

 

[Kid Kool]

.biz is the ultimate in cheese wiz