These two entrepreneurs moved their websites to .AI domains.
.AI is hot, but what do business owners think about them? On this show, I speak with two business owners who switched their businesses to .ai domains. One started with a .so and quickly realized the extension’s limitations. The other started on a .com domain that ended up pigeonholing this business.
First, I chat with Felix Ingla of Pedra. He launched his business on a .so domain and immediately ran into problems. He knew he needed to choose a different domain, and considered getPedra .com, which he could have hand registered. But ‘get’ works best as a prefix for English speakers, and his primary customers are in Spain and Germany. He ended up getting Pedra.ai.
Next, I speak with Angeli Angelos of Swipe. When his company first launched its product, it went with the name Post Protect, and that ended up limiting its ambitions. So he looked for a broader name and landed on Swipe. He discusses buying the domain swipe.ai, and how lease-to-own made it possible.
Also: Top level domain applications and more top level domain applications
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Great interview with the Swipe.ai guy, and very informative.
Thanks, I agree. Always good to get into the mind of end users.
You mentioned plural versions being rejected if the singular version of the TLD already exists – is there special dispensation if you already control the singular one? Noticed that LFG applied for .links when they already have .link
Good observation. I read the plurals/singulars section of the guidebook again, but let me ask LFG if they know something I don’t know.
Thanks for the invite Andrew! 🙂