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Go with a .com ?
I think any non-regional and non-special TLD is fine. Some have rules associated. I thought
.movie
had special rules about only lasting for a specific amount of time but it looks like I may have been wrong (not sure where I got the idea and I can't find anything to back that up)..us
you have to be a US citizen for..dev
has the "rule" that it is HTTPS only because*.dev
is in the HSTS always-on list by default but that's not related to the domain itself.Why not ~~Zoidberg~~ .zip
lol...put that nonsense domain to some use.
Speaking of which... anyone want to register Appleinvoice.zip? Haha
or .xyz
Note: some .xyz domains (6-9digit numbers) are amazingly cheap, cost about 1USD/yr.