I am trying to get my own custom domain. However for my name with all the major tlds such as .com .net .io and such, @firstnamelastname.tld and @lastname.tld are taken. I don't want to have a less trusted tld such as .xyz and would rather stick with the popular ones. Only my first name without the .com tld is not taken, so @firstname.io or @firstname.net for example.

I was thinking I could potentially do lastname-mail@firstname.io/net or something of that sort and I think it looks pretty decent. What are your thoughts?

  • perishthethought@lemm.ee
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    11 个月前

    I got my own firstnamelastname.net domain when I published my first book and it's been very nice to have. I'd say go for it.

    Depending on your email provider, you should be able to choose whatever mailbox name you want to use. E.g., I use tutanota.com and they receive all email addressed to (anything)@firstnamelastname.net for me. They let me register up to 5 email addresses on that domain for a very low price (for outbound emails), but I still receive any email sent to that domain regardless. YMMV.

    I don't see why you'd include "-mail" before the @ but suit yourself.

  • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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    11 个月前

    I have first name with last initial.tld

    We're slowly getting to the point where the tld doesnt matter as much.

  • MagneticFusion@lemm.ee
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    11 个月前

    It seems most of yall are not reading what I am saying. I said lastname.com is taken so "i have firstname@lastname.com" is not very helpful. I just want to know if what I am thinking of choosing is acceptable

  • FiniteLooper@lemm.ee
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    11 个月前

    I got a firstlast.me domain for myself, if it’s a personal or portfolio site I think that’s a good choice as well. It was also a bit cheaper than some of the “specialty” TLDs too.

    I still use my gmail, but a favorite email I saw someone use once was himself@name.com - I though that was perfect but also hilarious

  • cooopsspace@infosec.pub
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    11 个月前

    I currently have firstlast.me so you could check out other perfectly good TLDs. I'd probably use .me or .net over .io but ymmv.

    Definitely not .XYZ or any of the other spam domains. There's many our there that are a large percentage spam or scam. Try to go with at least one of the top 10 well known.

    On the other hand if I were a boss I'd be happy to receive Gmail or protonmail but I wouldn't use Hotmail or live personally.

  • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 个月前

    If you haven't considered it already, I'd recommend you to consider a .name domain, that'd be somewhere halfway between the old .com, .net &co. and the tidal wave of new TLDs.