What do You Think of Funky TLDs?

AbbieRose · Post #1 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 02:51 AM

I see some really weird URLs sometimes, with one in particular catching my eye. It was a driving website (I'm learning) and was www.tellXXXXXX.me
I won't fill it out, its unimportant. Anyway the me at the end (Montenegro TLD) read really well with the URL, flowed incredibly well. Normally I hate to see these-they are so crass and clichéd, but this worked well.

Do you have any like this, and what do you think of sites that do?

tlchosting · Post #2 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 06:47 AM

.me is not uncommon. We have started pre-orders for .co domains this year.

But our most uncommon ones are eu.com, gb.com, gb.net, uk.com and uk.net. But we do get requests for them.

Zagor · Post #3 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 07:24 AM

How is it possible that .me is a national domain for Montenegro? I though that .me was just another global instance like .com or .net?

cableguy · Post #4 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 07:56 AM

all the 2 letter tld are "country code" tld or cctld. the gtld's are +3 letters.

handsonhosting · Post #5 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 09:16 AM

.me and .us and even a few sites I've seen that are .ca (and promoting California) have been well thought out. There's quite a few "follow.me" and "contact.me" type sites out there that bank on this extension. Personally, I stick with .com, .net .co.uk, .au and the other main extensions for business, but there are some creative ones out there that just "work"

SenseiSteve · Post #6 (**permalink**) 07-13-2010, 01:08 PM

If it flows, it can certainly help your branding efforts.