With the hype around the influx of Chinese and Western domainers acquiring short .COMs, you may be forgiven for forgetting about some of the new gTLDs that have launched. Domain investors may be putting many new gTLDs to the side, but startups are using them as viable alternatives to spending a large sum of money on a .COM domain name.
Lily is an extremely cool piece of equipment; it's a drone for your selfies. Yes, two of the biggest buzzwords in tech, combined into one product. The drone is able to fly around you in an orbit for up to 20 minutes, capturing 1080p video and 12 megapixel photos.
It was announced yesterday that Lily just raised $14m in a Series A funding round lead by Spark Capital. Prior to this, the team raised $1m in seed funding in April 2014.
The technology used is very impressive, and the company says that you can pre-order a drone today for delivery at some point in 2016. As this is NamePros, we are of course more interested in the domain name.
Lily decided to use a
That means that Lily has to opt for either a second-rate .COM domain name or opt for a new gTLD. The
Other options open to Lily should they wish to change, or add to their portfolio of domains, are lily.net (currently registered to a Russian email address and unused) and lilycamera.com (currently used by a photographer). Personally, I don't think any other name fits the brand as well as lily.camera.
Have your say in the comments section below.
Lily is an extremely cool piece of equipment; it's a drone for your selfies. Yes, two of the biggest buzzwords in tech, combined into one product. The drone is able to fly around you in an orbit for up to 20 minutes, capturing 1080p video and 12 megapixel photos.
It was announced yesterday that Lily just raised $14m in a Series A funding round lead by Spark Capital. Prior to this, the team raised $1m in seed funding in April 2014.
The technology used is very impressive, and the company says that you can pre-order a drone today for delivery at some point in 2016. As this is NamePros, we are of course more interested in the domain name.
Lily decided to use a
.camera domain name to host their website. I must say, I think this is an excellent use of a new gTLD domain, and I believe this is exactly why they were created. Lily is a generic girl's name. The .COM is being used by a logistics company, so there is no chance that the drone company will be able to acquire that domain name.That means that Lily has to opt for either a second-rate .COM domain name or opt for a new gTLD. The
.camera TLD perfectly describes the company, and it gives any potential website visitor an idea of what the company does even before visiting the website.Other options open to Lily should they wish to change, or add to their portfolio of domains, are lily.net (currently registered to a Russian email address and unused) and lilycamera.com (currently used by a photographer). Personally, I don't think any other name fits the brand as well as lily.camera.
Have your say in the comments section below.
