Experience Sharing: How to choose suitable for their own non-mainstream personality domain name

I am a non-mainstream personality enthusiasts, although not the earliest to enter this area, they dare not claim to be experts, but I have been studying the domain name personalized creativity for nearly a year, here I know some of the knowledge available to share.

Domain name domain, domain name Domain Hack, or Domain Hacks, specific reference Wikipedia entries, originated in 1992 registered inter.net (Internet), with pla.net (Planet) and other domain name registration, Domain Hack Gradually exposed in foreign countries. The most famous Domain Hack is undoubtedly the Del.ico.us (Delicious)

In 2004, Matthew Doucette, founder of Xona.com, formally created the term Domain Hacks and created a program specifically for searching Domain Hacks: http://xona.com/domainhacks/ (Click here for Matt's Message, internet gossip hey hey)

At home, entering the domain earlier, in my mind, was the domain name registered by webmaster Ajax (51.la), and then led to a group of .la domain names. Search for a long time there is no official similar to the official Domain Hack on the Chinese translation, personally think that more suitable for translation into creative domain names, but many of my friends also like to be called a personalized domain name, or non-mainstream domain name, Domain Hack translates into creative personality domain name.

Here, I will introduce the personality and creative domain name related news and some gossip:

First, what is the personality domain name (Domain Hacks)

Each domain name has its own prefix and suffix, such as zou.lu, prefix is ​​zou, usually the prefix is ​​the domain name of the main body, the suffix is ​​lu, the suffix of the basic role is to let people know that the domain name belongs to the Luxembourg .

At the beginning of the domain name, only com such a suffix, then increased by six, a total of seven major suffix (. Com .net .org.gov.edu .mil .int), the initial domain name system is also mainly used by the United States, Therefore, the U.S. corporations, institutions and government departments all use "international domain names." With the development of the Internet all over the world, the commonly used domain names of .edu, .gov, and .mil are generally only used in the United States. com, .org, .net have become the world's common domain name, so these domain names are often referred to as "international domain names (gTLDs)", until now still for all countries in the world.

With the continuous development of the Internet, almost every country and region will have its own suffix, called ccTLDs, and at the most powerful point, they will be able to take the lead in opening up their own country suffixes, such as .ch. de and so on, China also opened its own in the 90's. cn, of course, to talk about the open registration, this is something.

Closer to home, the beginning people did not find the magical effect of the domain name suffix, just think that the prefix is ​​the subject of this domain name, and the original domain name for each company are very strict, such as commercial registration. Com, network registration net, organization .org and so on. With the opening up of international names to individuals and the peak of the first round of international cybersquatting (1992-1996), almost all good word prefixes .com have been swept away, so Good international domain name resources are very few.

And country-specific domain names (ccTLDs) happen to solve this problem for people. There are more than 200 country extensions in the world. So, you can have more and more choices if you want to register a prefix.

So far still can not verify the domain name based on the domain name suffix is ​​the first domain registration, but it really opened the prelude to Domain Hack. Because people are beginning to realize that not just prefixes, but suffixes are also resources that can not be ignored. Prefix + suffixes may be combined into a cool word, perhaps in a phrase or perhaps a brand.

So to put it simply, there are three categories of Domain Hacks:

Note: Prefix + suffix, or subdomain name, or subdirectory, can be the composition of personalized creative domain name structure

1, the prefix + suffix, can form a complete word or pinyin phrase, a lot of suffix can be such a combination, for example:

del.icio.us, blo.gs, shouy.in, anim.al, mexi.co, inter.net, ma.gg/ie, doma.in, tr.ee, sha.re, ma.de and more

2, the prefix is ​​a word, the suffix is ​​a word, can form a complete phrase sentence or pinyin phrase, of course, this suffix is ​​very small, for example:

zou.lu, niu.bi, zi.mu, fish.cat, such.as, buy.it, kiss.me, who.is, used.to, i.am, call.us, as.soon.as, etc. Wait

3, the prefix is ​​a word, the suffix is ​​not a word, but the prefix + suffix can still form a word, of course, this suffix less, for example:

bit.ly, make.rs, fish.es

So, in 2004, foreign forerunners began to scramble for domain names, especially Domain Hack, and today, whenever a new suffix opens for registration, the farmers will see if they have a cool Domain Hack.

Second, the use of personalized domain name (Domain Hacks)

My domain name marketing is still not very thorough, but it is clear that ordinary Internet users (unless it is the country's Internet users) are too lazy to remember your suffix, to know a. Com enough, at home, can know. Com and. The difference between the ordinary white friends, obviously can not meet the needs of the market.

So, if you are going to invest in it, Domain Hack is definitely not your choice. In general, these domain names have the following three purposes:

1, used as a short URL

The famous MyPhotoAlbum company has i.am, go.to, come.to, fly.to, start.at and a lot of the best domain (list), are used as a short URL, with a certain amount of traffic after the domain name , And ordinary domain name is not a value.

If you just use short URLs, you do not have to register for these Domain Hacks, a simple two or three letters, or even single-letter domain names, are short URLs an excellent choice.

2, protect the brand

Open your eyes to see your blog or website now domain prefix, the last two letters is a suffix? (Suffix Daquan), and other days your web site or blog developed, and should consider protecting your own brand? In addition to com, for their own brands registered a personalized creative domain name, not only can be used to make short URLs, but also to protect their own brand, why not?

PS: In domain name related laws, the prefix is ​​the brand name, prefix + suffix form, so far there is no case, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, such as the time can not be claimed by domain name arbitration favorite country domain name, conditional The owners or bloggers should register one.

3, to do alternative sites

Del.ico.us's debut, making Domain Hacks set off waves in foreign countries, however, my own opinion is that such a long and hard-won domain name, is a good move, so that after the acquisition of Yahoo switched to delicious.com It's If you really want to use such domain names to do alternative sites, my suggestion is not more than five letters prefix, prefix + suffix combination as far as possible one can remember, if possible, do not use secondary domain or subdirectory .

4, create a personalized email address or two domain names

Such as look@my.cat this email address, cute, right?

Another example tom.has.it such two domain names, but also very cute, right?

Everyone is an artist (http://ta.md/) is a case, publicized through Weibo and Google Reader, and there are already a certain number of readers. Of course, can not be unsuccessful that is unpredictable now, look at the world so many cool .ly domain name, success and how much?

Third, personalized domain name (Domain Hack) selection (brief introduction)

Of all the Domain Hacks' choices, it is first of all necessary to consider the country or company to which the suffix belongs. For example, .tv .tk .la Due to the country's economic strength, they are suffocated by the United States company's acquisition of sole agent. If the company is strong, registration is OK.

If a country, then it is very necessary to consider from the country's economic strength + political influence, if it is small to no small country, or some war-torn countries in Africa, the registration fee is expensive, the domain name is not guaranteed, Who knows when the country goes bankrupt (the disappearance of .dd .tp .yu is due to changes in state power), or the acquisition of a large company that led to the failure to register it before (.la is a living example, after being acquired by CentralNIC) Refuse to recognize all single-letter .la domain name)

So, in accordance with the following table, select the suffix of the domain name before looking to investigate the strength of the country:

ac: Ascension, Asuncion
ad: Andorra, Andorra
ae: United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
af: Afghanistan, Afghanistan
ag: Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda
ai: Anguilla, Angra
al: Albania, Albania
am: Armenia, Armenia
an: Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
ao: Angola, Angola
aq: Antarctica, Antarctica
ar: Argentina, Argentina
as: American Samoa, Eastern Samoa
at: Austria, Austria
au: Australia, Australia
aw: Aruba, Aruba
az: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

ba: Bosnia Hercegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
bb: Barbados, Barbados
bd: Bangladesh, Bangladesh
be: Belgium, Belgium
bf: Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
bg: Bulgaria, Bulgaria
bh: Bahrain, Bahrain
bi: Burundi, Burundi
bj: Benin, Benin
bm: Bermuda, Bermuda
bn: Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
bo: Bolivia, Bolivia
br: Brazil, Brazil
bs: Bahamas, Bahamas
bt: Bhutan, Bhutan
bv: Bouvet Island, Bouvet Islands
bw: Botswana, Botswana
by: Belarus, Belarus
bz: Belize, Belize

ca: Canada, Canada
cc: Cocos Islands, Cocos Islands
cf: Central African Republic, Central African Republic
cg: Congo, Congo
ch: Switzerland, Switzerland
ci: Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast
ck: Cook Islands, Cook Islands
cl: Chile, Chile
cm: Cameroon, Cameroon
cn: China, China
co: Colombia, Colombia
cq: Equatorial Guinea, Equatorial Guinea
cr: Costa Rica, Costa Rica
cu: Cuba, Cuba
cv: Cape Verde, Cape Verde
cx: Christmas Island, Christmas Island (English
cy: Cyprus, Cyprus
cz: Czech Republic, Czech Republic

de: Germany, Germany
dj: Djibouti, Djibouti
dk: Denmark, Denmark
dm: Dominica, Dominican Republic
do: Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic
dz: Algeria, Algeria

ec: Ecuador, Ecuador
ee: Estonia, Estonia
eg: Egypt, Egypt
eh: Western Sahara, Western Samoa
es: Spain, Spain
et: Ethiopia, Ethiopia
ev: El Salvador, El Salvador

fi: Finland, Finland
fj: Fiji, Fiji
fk: Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands
fm: Micronesia, Micronesia
fo: Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands
fr: France, France

ga: Gobon, Gabon
gb: Great Britain (UK), United Kingdom
gd: Grenada, Grenada
ge: Georgia, Georgia
gf: French Guiana, French Guiana
gg: Guernsey, Guernsey
gh: Ghana, Ghana
gi: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
gl: Greenland, Greenland
gm: Gambia, Gambia
gn: Guynea, Guinea
gp: Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe (French)
gr: Greece, Greece
gt: Guatemala, Guatemala
gu: Guam, Guam
gw: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
gy: Guyana, Guyana

hk: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
hm: Heard & McDonald Is., Hertt and McDonald Islands
hn: Honduras, Honduras
hr: Croatia, Crotia
ht: Haiti, Haiti
hu: Hungary, Hungary

id: Indonesia, Indonesia
ie: Ireland, Republic of Ireland
il: Israel, Israel
in: India, India
io: British Indian Ocean Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory
iq: Iraq, Iraq
ir: Iran, Iran
is: Iceland, Iceland
it: Italy, Italy

je: Jeysey, .gg Another name for Guernsey (Guernsey), two suffixes for one country!
jm: Jamaica, Jamaica
jo: Jordan, Jordan
jp: Japan, Japan

ke: Kenya, Kenya
kg: Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
kh: Cambodia, Cambodia
ki: Kiribati, Kiribati
km: Comoros, Comoros
kn: St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis
kp: Korea-North, North Korea
kr: Korea-South, South Korea
kw: Kuwait, Kuwait
ky: Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands (British)
kz: Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

la: Lao People's Republic, Lao People's Republic
lb: Lebanon, Lebanon
lc: St. Lucia, St Lucia
li: Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
lk: Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
lr: Liberia, Liberia
ls: Lesotho, Lesotho
lt: Lithuania, Lithuania
lu: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
lv: Latvia, Latvia
ly: Libya, Libya

ma: Morocco, Morocco
mc: Monaco, Monaco
md: Moldova, Moldova
mg: Madagascar, Madagascar
mh: Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
ml: Mali, Mali
mm: Myanmar, Myanmar
mn: Mongolia, Mongolia
mo: Macau, Macau
mp: Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
mq: Martinique, Martinique (French)
mr: Mauritania, Mauritania
ms: Montserrat, Montserrat
mt: Malta, Malta
mv: Maldives, Maldives
mw: Malawi, Malawi
mx: Mexico, Mexico
my: Malaysia, Malaysia
mz: Mozambique, Mozambique

na: Namibia, Namibia
nc: New Caledonia, New Caledonia
ne: Niger, Niger
nf: Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island
ng: Nigeria, Nigeria
ni: Nicaragua, Nicaragua
nl: Netherlands, Netherlands
no: Norway, Norway
np: Nepal, Nepal
nr: Nauru, Nauru
nt: Neutral Zone, neutral zone
nu: Niue, Niue
nz: New Zealand

om: Oman, Oman

qa: Qatar, Qatar

pa: Panama, Panama
pe: Peru, Peru
pf: French Polynesia, French Polynesia
pg: Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
ph: Philippines, Philippines
pk: Pakistan, Pakistan
pl: Poland, Poland
pm: St. Pierre & Mequielon, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
pn: Pitcairn Island, Pitcairn
pr: Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
pt: Portugal, Portugal
pw: Palau, Palau
py: Paraguay, Paraguay

re: Reunion Island, Reunion (French)
ro: Romania, Romania
ru: Russian Federation, Russian Federation
rw: Rwanda, Rwanda

sa: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
sb: Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands
sc: Seychelles, Seychelles
sd: Sudan, Sudan
se: Sweden, Sweden
sg: Singapore, Singapore
sh: St. Helena, Helena
si: Slovenia, Slovenia
sj: Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Sparttle and Jan Mayen
sk: Slovakia, Slovakia
sl: Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
sm: San Marino, San Marino
sn: Senegal, Senegal
so: Somalia, Somalia
sr: Suriname, Suriname
st: Sao Tome & Principe, Sao Tome and Principe
su: USSR, the Soviet Union
sy: Syrian Arab Republic, Syria
sz: Swaziland, Swaziland

tc: Turks & Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
td: Chad, Chad
tf: French Southern Territories, French Southern Territories
tg: Togo, Togo
th: Thailand, Thailand
tj: Tajikistan, Tajikistan
tk: tokelau, Tokelau
tm: Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan
tn: Tunisia, Tunisia
to: Tonga, Tonga
tp: East Timor, East Timor (closed)
tl: Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
tr: Turkey, Turkey
tt: Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
tv: Tuvalu, Tuvalu
tw: Taiwan, Taiwan
tz: Tanzania, Tanzania

ua: Ukrainian SSR, Ukraine
ug: Uganda, Uganda
uk: United Kingdom, United Kingdom
us: United States, United States
uy: Uruguay, Uruguay

va: Vatican City State, Vatican City
vc: St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ve: Venezuela, Venezuela
vg: Virgin Islands: Virgin Islands
vn: Vietnam, Vietnam
vu: Vanuatu, Vanuatu

wf: Wallis & Fortuna Is., Wallis and Futuna
ws: Samoa, Eastern Samoa

ye: Yemen, Yemen
yu: Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia (closed)

za: South Africa, South Africa
zm: Zambia, Zambia
zr: Zaire, Zaire
zw: Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Personal opinion, the preferred Europe, more countries, more suffix, strong economic strength, so the domain name price is very cheap.

Due to space limitations, personalized creative domain name selection I will be detailed in the summer when an article, including suitable for people's suffix, the cheapest suffix, and the most expensive suffix.

Again, personalized creative domain name for alternative sites, suitable for their own collection, suitable for short URLs, however, really not suitable for investment.