# .com

> Markdown version of https://brajeshwar.com/2024/dot-com/ — 2024-06-11

However fancy a domain is, every successful business, especially with an online presence will end up with a `.com`, the right `.com`. Get a `.com` domain, preferably no-hyphen, and no_underscore.

If you have something like `mydomainis.cool`, then try to get `mydomainiscool.com` too. You can redirect `mydomainiscool.com` to `mydomainis.cool`.

Here is an always work-in-progress list of successful (or was) companies that started with a different domain, prefix, suffice, non-vowel, and others that eventually went on to buy/acquire the ideal `.com` domain.

| Now                                      | Was                  | Notes                                                                                                               |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **A**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [abbey.com](https://www.abby.com)        | abbyconnect.com      |                                                                                                                     |
| [airfocus.com](https://airfocus.com/)    | airfocus.io          |                                                                                                                     |
| [anker.com](https://anker.com/)          | iAnker.com           |                                                                                                                     |
| **B**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| buttondown.com                           | buttondown.email     | [Notes on buttondown.com](https://jmduke.com/posts/microblog/buttondown-dot-com/)                                   |
| box.com                                  | box.net              |                                                                                                                     |
| [bellhop.com](https://bellhops.com)      | getbellhops.com      |                                                                                                                     |
| [bitly.com](https://bitly.com.com)       | bit.ly               |                                                                                                                     |
| bright.com                               | brightrentals.com    |                                                                                                                     |
| buffer.com                               | bufferapp.com        |                                                                                                                     |
| bungalow.com                             | livebungalow.com     |                                                                                                                     |
| **C**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [clubhouse.com](https://clubhouse.com)   | joinclubhouse.com    |                                                                                                                     |
| [class.com](https://class.com)           | classedu.com         |                                                                                                                     |
| [clicky.com](https://clicky.com)         | getclicky.com        |                                                                                                                     |
| [close.com](https://close.com)           | close.io             |                                                                                                                     |
| [compass.com](https://compass.com)       | urbancompass.com     |                                                                                                                     |
| [contra.com](https://contra.com)         | contra.work          |                                                                                                                     |
| **D**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| delicious.com                            | del.icio.us          |                                                                                                                     |
| dropbox.com                              | getdropbox.com       |                                                                                                                     |
| drop.com                                 | massdrop.com         |                                                                                                                     |
| [discord.com](https://discord.com/)      | discordapp.com       |                                                                                                                     |
| [dji.com](https://dji.com/)              | dji-innovations.com  |                                                                                                                     |
| **F**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| facebook.com                             | thefacebook.com      | $200,000 and fb.com for $8.5M.                                                                                      |
| flicker.com                              | flickr.com           | [Yahoo Takes Flicker.com](https://petapixel.com/2010/06/15/yahoo-finally-takes-control-of-flicker-com-domain-name/) |
| [fortnite.com](https://fortnite.com)     | fortnitegame.com     |                                                                                                                     |
| [foursquare.com](https://foursquare.com) | playfoursquare.com   |                                                                                                                     |
| **G**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [grab.com](https://grab.com/)            | grabtaxi.com         |                                                                                                                     |
| **H**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [hopin.com](https://hopin.com/)          | hopin.to             |                                                                                                                     |
| **I**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| instagram.com                            | instagr.am           |                                                                                                                     |
| intercom.com                             | intercom.io          |                                                                                                                     |
| [invision.com](https://invision.com/)    | invisionapp.com      |                                                                                                                     |
| **L**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [loom.com](https://www.loom.com)         | useloom.com          |                                                                                                                     |
| **M**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| mercury.com                              | mercury.co           |                                                                                                                     |
| [mint.com](https://mint.intuit.com)      | mymint.com           |                                                                                                                     |
| **N**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [nomads.com](https://nomads.com)         | nomadlist.com        |                                                                                                                     |
| notion.com                               | notion.so            |                                                                                                                     |
| **P**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [paw.com](https://paw.com)               | treatadog.com        |                                                                                                                     |
| [podium.com](https://podium.com)         | podium.co            |                                                                                                                     |
| postman.com                              | getpostman.com       | (Find source $85,000)                                                                                               |
| **R**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [roboflow.com](https://roboflow.com)     | roboflow.ai          |                                                                                                                     |
| [room.com](https://room.com)             | getroom.com          |                                                                                                                     |
| [replit.com](https://replit.com)         | repl.it              |                                                                                                                     |
| **S**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [scale.com](https://scale.com)           | scale.ai             |                                                                                                                     |
| [sesh.com](https://sesh.com)             | gosesh.com           |                                                                                                                     |
| [shield.com](https://shield.com)         | cashshield.com       |                                                                                                                     |
| slack.com                                | slackhq.com          |                                                                                                                     |
| [square.com](https://squareup.com/)      | squareup.com         |                                                                                                                     |
| [stripe.com](https://stripe.com/)        | getstripe.com        |                                                                                                                     |
| **T**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| tesla.com                                | teslamotors.com      |                                                                                                                     |
| [tink.com](https://tink.com)             | tink.se              |                                                                                                                     |
| **W**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| wise.com                                 | transferwise.com     |                                                                                                                     |
| twitter.com                              | twttr.com            |                                                                                                                     |
| **U**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [uber.com](https://uber.com)             | ubercab.com          |                                                                                                                     |
| [user.com](https://user.com)             | userengage.com       |                                                                                                                     |
| [universal.com](https://universal.com)   | universalstudios.com |                                                                                                                     |
| **V**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [vivo.com](https://vivo.com/)            | vivoglobal.com       |                                                                                                                     |
| **W**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [walrus.com](https://walrus.com/)        | walrus.health        |                                                                                                                     |
| **Z**                                    |                      |                                                                                                                     |
| [zeplin.com](https://zeplin.com/)        | zeplin.io            |                                                                                                                     |
| [zoom.com](https://zoom.com/)            | zoom.us              |                                                                                                                     |