What to do if the .com domain for your idea is taken?

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15 years ago

I have been working on my first idea for a startup for 3 years now (most of time spent just teaching myself how to code... i only knew basic html back then). The name I have for my startup I am pretty firm with, though unfortunately the domain is taken. It's just 4 letters long (no vowels) so you can imagine that it is taken. What do you think the best way is to handle this situation?

I was thinking:

A) Get a top-level domain such as .net or .info?

B) Get a country code level domain such as .us or .cc?

C) Lookup the information of the current owner and try to buy it from them

D) Keep the same name but add something to the end of it, e.g. "burgersapp.com" instead of "burgers.com" (if it's an app for burgers)

E) Think of a different name for your product

F) Something else (please explain)

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