I am trying to get my own custom domain. However for my name with all the major tlds such as .com .net .io and such, @firstnamelastname.tld and @lastname.tld are taken. I don’t want to have a less trusted tld such as .xyz and would rather stick with the popular ones. Only my first name without the .com tld is not taken, so @firstname.io or @firstname.net for example.

I was thinking I could potentially do lastname-mail@firstname.io/net or something of that sort and I think it looks pretty decent. What are your thoughts?

  • Freeman
    17•10 months ago

    It’s fine but a lot of forms and sites won’t work with it. Like legit will say someone@something.email is not a valid address.

    So I would suggest a “normal” .com, .net., or ccTLD like .us. Those I haven’t seen that issue for.

    Also some gTLDs will get automatic spam scores and stuff. .zip is probably gonna be on a ton of blocklists etc.

    • @RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
      16•10 months ago

      This in a nutshell.

      I snagged a domain I’m really happy with, but because it’s not a .net or .com, I’d say like 20% of forms do not accept it as a “valid” input, so I have to have a backup.