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Old 24th July 2008, 02:46 PM   #1
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Your starting a new business and website and the name for your business is gone in the .com. After .com which of these domains do you think would be best for your business?

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Old 25th July 2008, 08:33 AM   #2
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Old 29th July 2008, 06:14 PM   #3
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Old 30th July 2008, 10:03 AM   #4
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.net all the way for me. It has a professional edge to it and doesn't seem shady.
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Old 1st August 2008, 05:49 PM   #5
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I personally prefer the .biz. Originally the .nets were just for ISP's so I still think of them that way.

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Old 27th August 2008, 02:06 AM   #6
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Your starting a new business and website and the name for your business is gone in the .com. After .com which of these domains do you think would be best for your business?

.Net
.Org
.Info
.Biz
.Pro
.net
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Old 2nd September 2008, 04:44 PM   #7
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.net or .org

.net to me says more business related
.org screams of innocence and nice people (thought I've found not always true)

I would stray away from the others, just because I don't know many sites with a those suffixes and that would be a red flag to me if I were to be referred to one.

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Old 2nd September 2008, 07:20 PM   #8
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If so, I think is a wider option.

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Old 3rd September 2008, 03:38 PM   #9
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I've had a .net before, and my preference would be to come up with an alternative .com that is available. When you use one of the others for business, you are at a disadvantage. Be creative, come up with an alternative .com instead.

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