question Spanning the dot, domain hacks, when does it work well..

[mayhemalex]

Hi Team,

Want to register a philanthropi.st (not the domain but similar)

When is it a good idea? When is it not?

Thank you!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Not a direct answer, but this article from the NamePros Blog may be helpful background:

https://www.namepros.com/blog/gaze-at-domain-hacks-with-domaingaze.1285374/

See also the links in the article to the discussion on domain hacks at NamePros, and to an earlier article I did on domain hacks.

As general commentary, I would consider how business applicable and valuable the word is (the entire word including both sides), by examining things like number of corporate listings, registered TLDs, developed TLDs, etc.

But part of the beauty of a domain hack is how elegant it is - some words split better than others. Evaluating the aesthetics is not always easy. Note: I have no domain hacks personally, well one very poor one, but see beauty, creativity and applicability in them.

-Bob

 

[mayhemalex]

Thanks, Bob.

Appreciate you chiming in! Exactly what I was after