Finally got the .com! What to do with the other TLDs?

[randian]

I couldn't get <myname>.com since forever, so in a fit of cybersquatting pique some years ago I got <myname>.net, <myname>.us, and <myname>online.com. As luck (and a business failure I think) would have it <myname>.com dropped earlier this year and I was able to acquire it. Happy days! Now I'm wondering what to do with the other domains. I'm tempted to drop them when renewal comes around. <myname>.ccTLD is the most appealing to keep, followed by "online". The .net now seems totally redundant, though a completist would have to have it. What would you guys do?

 

[The New Guy]

If it's something I plan on developing I will usually get the .net to avoid other people trying to profit from user confusion at my expense.

.us is .whocares for me, so I'd drop it.

 

[Name Trader]

I'd keep the .net also and redirect it to the .com. Assuming as The New Guy says, you are actually planning the develop the domain. I'd drop everything else. You have the cherry, .com. You don't really need anything else.

 

[Ms Domainer]

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If you have the .org, I'd keep that too.

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[randian]

If you have the .org, I'd keep that too.

I never did get the .org, though it's still available.

 

[Kate]

I would redirect all the domains to the .com. Even if you don't really need them - keeping them would consolidate your brand. And avoid cybersquatting.
As said above, if you own them, other people can't own them.
I am assuming the domains are generic.

 

[Charles Sweeney]

Agree with the others. I used to get "sets" for a good name: .com, .net, .org, .co.uk (being in the UK).

These days I just get the .com if the site is for a world audience and .co.uk + .com if it's for a UK site (a lot of people still assume a website must end in .com).

Congratulations on getting the name!

 

[Charles Sweeney]

Forgot to say, sometimes I think there's value in just registering the .com. Imagine someone came along and registered one of the other extensions and made a hit site on it...but guess who still owns the .com?!