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?

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      An older relative had me help him with his resume recently. He gave me his email as something like jugman1953@domain.net and I asked if that was what he wanted to use. He apparently collects antique crockery… I told him that may come off as something else. He insisted, so I used it.

      I guess it shows what I know, because he got the job. Even a questionable email isn’t always a deal breaker.

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    It’s fine but a lot of forms and sites won’t work with it. Like legit will say someone@something.email is not a valid address.

    So I would suggest a “normal” .com, .net., or ccTLD like .us. Those I haven’t seen that issue for.

    Also some gTLDs will get automatic spam scores and stuff. .zip is probably gonna be on a ton of blocklists etc.

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      This in a nutshell.

      I snagged a domain I’m really happy with, but because it’s not a .net or .com, I’d say like 20% of forms do not accept it as a “valid” input, so I have to have a backup.

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    I have first name with last initial.tld

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

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        Quite a lot of websites don’t like the idea of illegitimate email providers, which led to distributed inboxes which, frankly, can be solved with simple solutions but wasn’t really that ideal.

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        I’m not them, but I’d assume if it’s a common enough name people probably fill it in on unsavory sites that they don’t want to register to with a legitimate email.

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    I’ll one up every one :)

    I have firstname @ lastname.tld - quite literally. I also have < real_lastname >.tld

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    I use [first initial][middle initial][last name].net as my custom domain that I use for personal/professional email and haven’t had an issue with it.

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    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.