Exploring the Risks and Rewards of Domain Names

Wes shares the story of how the Taliban stole his .af domain. Scott and Wes discuss top-level domain (TLD) best practices, how to find unique custom domain names for your website, and how to avoid having yours stolen.

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 00:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 01:11 The story of how the Taliban stole my domain.
• 05:10 When you purchase a domain, does that country receive the registration fee?
• Country Code Top-Level Domain
• Infrastructure Top-Level Domain
• Generic Top-Level Domain
• Sponsored Top-Level Domain
• 07:29 Notion lost their .so domain.
• Notion
• 09:18 .ai domain names.
• 09:53 Other popular TLD options.
• tolin.ski
• wes.io
• 12:05 What are the best TLDs?
• 13:18 iwantmyname

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