Any guidelines / are dot com better than others? Thanks
Hi Ankur, love the question. The domain you choose affects how trustworthy your emails appear. Here’s what you need to know:
If you want to be treated like a trusted sender, act like one.
Best domain endings:
- .com - The gold standard, most trusted
- .co - Second best option
Everything else (.io, .net, etc.) typically has lower deliverability and trust.
When creating your domain:
- Keep it short and meaningful
- Avoid numbers and dashes (-)
- Simpler is better - only add prefixes or suffixes if needed, not both
- Use patterns like these examples:
Prefix examples:
- use[name].com
- hey[name].com
- get[name].com
- try[name].com
- hello[name].com
- weare[name].com
- join[name].com
- team[name].com
- my[name].com
- all[name].com
- go[name].com
- meet[name].com
- run[name].com
- on[name].com
- with[name].com
Suffix examples:
*[name]app.com
- [name]team.com
- [name]hq.com
- [name]labs.com
- [name]+category.com
I ended up turning this into a blog post. thanks for the inspiration @ankurpandey!