poll .CO or .ORG ?

[Top10]

which is better for business?

.com is taken

please vote

 

[elmoney]

.ORG for non profit projects and crypto business.
For business, financial or commerce - .CO

 

[lock]

no brainer .org

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I would not use .org for a business.
So if .com definitely not available I would consider .co along with .net and .io and possibly others.
I would also consider a new gTLD if one fits the business well, or possibly one of the generic ones like .site or .xyz.

 

[pinkdragon]

I do some outbound, and it seems I have more luck with .org. I was able to sell 2 .org to customers who own the .com. On the other hand, I was unable to sell a .co to some guys who own .net. Of course, this is not a rule, just my experience.

 

[BoGoKing]

I would not use .org for a business.
So if .com definitely not available I would consider .co along with .net and .io and possibly others.
I would also consider a new gTLD if one fits the business well, or possibly one of the generic ones like .site or .xyz.

I agree....org's have always been associated more with non-profits, thus a non profit I started called SavingMinds.org If .com isn't available, in addition to considering other extensions, I'd also consider a tagline that best describes my business.

 

[Michael M]

I would personally add a third option to the poll "Choose a different domain name in .com"

.co is going to bleed to much traffic over to the .com

.org is not the best extension for a company, IMO.

 

[AIS01]

i Think .co better for company name.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.com.co/.co - both are for Colombia... apriori.

 

[DomainFQ.com]

.co is better for company

 

[Golan]

For business, for commercial enterprise, of course .co.
.org might be good for some information business, something more humanitarian.

 

[CrazyTech]

You can play off of .co with a business, it even sounds a little trendy. .org doesn't have that edge, and it's often associated with nonprofits.

Easy choice.

 

[Branko Jovanovic]

Long answer short, .org is for non-profit organizations, so better go with .co if you are a company or a business which makes profit.

 

[DomainRecap]

That's the tough one, as these are my go-to extensions when .COM is taken.

I haven't read the thread yet, but I assume there are a lot of "old man yelling at the kids to stay off my .ORG lawn" posts, but everyday I see more for-profit businesses on .ORG,. I wouldn't run a monster e-commerce biz like Amazon off it, but for a small to medium consulting, hosting, domain-related, business development, branding, crypto, etc. biz it works nicely as you have a significantly higher choice of premium domains for cheap and SEO is ultra high-end.

As for .CO, it's a great second choice as it's increasingly being recognized as the "place to go when the .COM is taken", but demand is rising and it's tougher to find a good deal on premium names.

Personally, if it's within budget, buy both the .ORG and .CO, then experiment with what gives you the best result and redirect the other one.

 

[daica85]

.org is my choice. it looks worthier than .co

 

[YYDevelop]

i think i would rather .org or .net domain and not .co

 

[codoamins]

i think i would rather .co domain and not .org

In fact, the .co end users I sell are much larger than .org

 

[miklcct]

I won't get .co unless the site is targeted for Colombia.

 

[sharjeep]

That's the tough one, as these are my go-to extensions when .COM is taken.

I haven't read the thread yet, but I assume there are a lot of "old man yelling at the kids to stay off my .ORG lawn" posts, but everyday I see more for-profit businesses on .ORG,. I wouldn't run a monster e-commerce biz like Amazon off it, but for a small to medium consulting, hosting, domain-related, business development, branding, crypto, etc. biz it works nicely as you have a significantly higher choice of premium domains for cheap and SEO is ultra high-end.

As for .CO, it's a great second choice as it's increasingly being recognized as the "place to go when the .COM is taken", but demand is rising and it's tougher to find a good deal on premium names.

Personally, if it's within budget, buy both the .ORG and .CO, then experiment with what gives you the best result and redirect the other one.

That is me, when it comes to .org domains. Its the Public Interest Registry and maybe its old-school thinking, but when a see a for-profit commerce site sitting on an .org domain, I figure its some kind of scam site.

 

[domains21]

The most recent advertisement I have seen of a .org was for a charity and so I still mostly associate .org with that. However, I am seeing a lot of organisations using .org more for the corporate ends of their business, for which it clearly works, but as a front-face to the public, .org is still strange to me.

 

[miklcct]

That is me, when it comes to .org domains. Its the Public Interest Registry and maybe its old-school thinking, but when a see a for-profit commerce site sitting on an .org domain, I figure its some kind of scam site.

Similarly if I see a site on a .co targeting U.S. users, I figure it's some kind of scam.