Ask HN: What's better for users, StartupName.[app, ] or getStartupName.com

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6 years ago

There's now an inordinately long list of TLDs but as PG pontificated it's .com or bust[1]. Only problem, there's less chance of a clean .com now more than ever.

Question here is do users (including non-techies) grok the new wave of TLDs (for example .app or .tech, less so .io & .co) and if so, what companies are thriving without the .com conformity?

Conversely what's the sentiment of [get,join,...]StartupName.com

The context of the question aims at domain naming for a SaaS service with non-techie users but applies more broadly.

1. http://www.paulgraham.com/name.html