domain Which domain do you prefer? Sharedhosting.cc or sharedhosting.cloud

[JFSG]

We are setting up a new shop and have 2 domains on hand but selecting the right one has gotten quite tricky. I was thinking of asking for the opinion of NamePros members. Which do you prefer?

 

[gilescoley]

Personally I would go for a .com

Even a nice brandable would be good

If I had to pick one, it would be the .CC

 

[Elad n]

None, sorry.

 

[Kuffy]

I'm another one who thinks you would be better off using a .com, or possibly the traditional .net.

Raise a thread on the names wanted board, and see if you get some decent offers.

 

[imadoer]

Can there be a poll option for neither?

 

[Pedro Santos]

.cloud

But what's wrong with Limenex.com?

 

[JFSG]

Thank you all for your opinions.

Personally I would go for a .com

Even a nice brandable would be good

If I had to pick one, it would be the .CC

None, sorry.

I'm another one who thinks you would be better off using a .com, or possibly the traditional .net.

Raise a thread on the names wanted board, and see if you get some decent offers.

Can there be a poll option for neither?

Any reason why you guys prefer going the traditional .com route? I do have some .com domains in mind but none of them came as close to simply having "shared hosting" in the domain itself. I have acquired sharedhostingcloud.com for this purpose too, just in case somebody mistyped sharedhosting.cloud.

.cloud

But what's wrong with Limenex.com?

Nothing wrong with Limenex.com, this is for a new project.

 

[usernamex]

Getting the matching dot com is brilliant : wink :

This is a case for me where the dot cloud fits the service, it has a nice ring to it. Even though most of the time new Gs are not my thing, there is a difference for me in buying a new G for development as opposed to for resale. Plus @JFSG has an already established customer base so my guess would be that makes promotion a little different, coming from an already known provider, just a new venture.

 

[JFSG]

Getting the matching dot com is brilliant : wink :

This is a case for me where the dot cloud fits the service, it has a nice ring to it. Even though most of the time new Gs are not my thing, there is a difference for me in buying a new G for development as opposed to for resale. Plus @JFSG has an already established customer base so my guess would be that makes promotion a little different, coming from an already known provider, just a new venture.

Yeah, it was a brilliant idea from a brilliant man.

I found out sharedhosting.cloud was available and went ahead to register it without thinking much since it fits exactly into our new project. I'm still a little apprehensive with using a non-.com domain name but I am keeping my fingers crossed...

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I voted for .cloud. Although sensitive to the ideas of those who expressed the opinion that a .com or a .net has familiarity advantages, I think that the .cloud might work out well.

After the big home.loans sale I listened to some interviews and realized that (one of) his previsous ventures on loans for multi-unit apartment buildings used a .loans right from the start and quickly got a lot of traction in Google (e.g. it is number 2 when I search on multifamily loans even though I am not US based which it is).
https://www.multifamily.loans

Of course he paid big bucks to hope to achieve similar success with home.loans. So far for me at least it is not high on Google (but not in USA) but has not been up long.
https://www.home.loans/

You will by no means be the first in the hosting field to use a .cloud (can see some at the Google search criteria below). Although the first few just seem to redirect to a .com from the .cloud.
site:.cloud hosting

Good luck with whatever is your decision.

Bob

 

[JFSG]

I voted for .cloud. Although sensitive to the ideas of those who expressed the opinion that a .com or a .net has familiarity advantages, I think that the .cloud might work out well.

After the big home.loans sale I listened to some interviews and realized that (one of) his previsous ventures on loans for multi-unit apartment buildings used a .loans right from the start and quickly got a lot of traction in Google (e.g. it is number 2 when I search on multifamily loans even though I am not US based which it is).
https://www.multifamily.loans

Of course he paid big bucks to hope to achieve similar success with home.loans. So far for me at least it is not high on Google (but not in USA) but has not been up long.
https://www.home.loans/

You will by no means be the first in the hosting field to use a .cloud (can see some at the Google search criteria below). Although the first few just seem to redirect to a .com from the .cloud.
site:.cloud hosting

Good luck with whatever is your decision.

Bob

Thank you for your deep insight. My deepest concern is basically afraid that customers may find .cloud a weird TLD.. I don't see many new TLDs commonly used...

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Thank you for your deep insight. My deepest concern is basically afraid that customers may find .cloud a weird TLD.. I don't see many new TLDs commonly used...

Agreed, it has been slow for sure. One company often pointed to that use a ngTLD as their main site, apparently a very successful company, is

https://www.dxc.technology/

But I agree, the number that are not redirects, side use, or small firms are not a large number

 

[maxtra]

If it was the one keyword (Hosting), I would say .cloud.

With the two keywords (Shared Hosting), I would say the .cc, although I would personally not reg it as the others have stated as well.

Good luck!

 

[tupungato]

.cloud is cool, but with sharedhosting the whole thing becomes kind of long.

 

[xeroox]

I would vote for sharedhosting.cloud too