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What domain should I pick?

In the true spirit of building in public, let's start by picking the home sweet home for a Stackoverflow Jobs replacement site I'm trying to build...

So, apparently I have too many domains, and now kind of struggle to pick one, please, please, please help me decide ๐Ÿ˜…

I obviously like the .coms, and the shorter the better, but I'm at a cross road.

on February 1, 2022
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    Just an observation and this might just be me, but I see "ifre" "mote" when I look at the first domain and not "if" 'remote".

    If I hadn't been told what it was (i.e. I wasn't analyzing it here) it would take some cognitive load to see it.

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      thanks @BackendDev! What worries me more is the whole i* ecosystem from Apple - one could read it as iFremote.com too ๐Ÿ˜… so definitely need to keep that in mind and clearly use "if remote" (spaced) in logo?

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        Even with or without a space or color schema to visually determine the separation of words, I think "if" is a "weak" word.

        Words like B ("beh), P ("peh") K ("keh") have punch. Think Coca cola, or BitBucket- they have punch and also alliterate which is a bonus!

        Words like "if", "out", "aunt" don't aspirate - think spitting in the face of the person listening.

        "if" "remote" just sounds a little feeble to me. If also is a word which sounds kinda indecisive. Of course, you want "remote" in the name because that's a key feature of your service.

        My advice would be to either find a word that alliterates (what "Roger Rabbit" would be to "<r-something> remote", or choose a more punchy front word "Go", "Get".

        Don't bother with dot io. By dropping it you can call your site "<word> remote" or "remote <word>" in everyday chat without having to clarify the domain extension. Easier to market and I suspect Google will favor dot com anyway despite them claiming they treat them the same.

        If you were to choose dot io, I think it would be better for a web API product, not a job site.

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          Thanks Andy, very insightful and all makes sense :) The idea was for it to be like programming syntax, " if ($remote) { ... }" ๐Ÿ˜…

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    Also voting for ifremote.com, feels very developer friendly.

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      thanks @v0idless :) it definitely has got the geek to it ๐Ÿค“

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    I like ifremote.com

    Either way make sure you go with a .com , lots of teams have consistently found that they get much better traffic on a .com name.

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      thanks @Dargon - .com, the King of Traffic ๐Ÿ‘‘

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    I think remotemarket.io is good. Not sure about the market part. But .io is still quite good replacement for .com especially for tech related sites.

    remotejob.io also available but a bit expensive to buy as it is a premium domain name.

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      thanks @oidommanu :)

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    Go with ifremote.com - in my opinion the best option

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      thanks @jakobsturm :)

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      Thank you @x21!

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    Remote true sounds good

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      thanks @rsadsrnc :)

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    nocommute.com
    workinpyjamas.jobs
    zoomnotcubicle.fu

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      Haha thanks I really wanted remotepotato but it was taken :(