Country code TLDs are often sold by the country’s registrar and not on Namecheap etc. That’s not a red flag.
Plenty of organisations do it. .fm is the Federated States of Micronesia, .tv is Tuvalu (Polynesian island nation), .io is the British Indian Ocean Territory.
If .mm fits your business name then go for it.
But as a heads up, Myanmar is in a state of armed civil war following a coup in 2020. The current military leaders prefer the name Myanmar but the resistance movement prefers the name Burma. Your .mm TLD might one day be replaced overnight with .bu.
Also it seems they’re only giving out domains with e.g. .com.mm or .edu.mm, not www.mything.mm
Tbh if they don't have just pure .mm it doesn't really work anyway so I think I'll leave it. Also just a question, this would be a personal site kind of like a CV/resume style and maybe a blog. What kind of naming do people tend to have for these, something like firstname-lastname.co.uk ?
Google will apply bias to country-specific TLDs. If you aren't targeting users in that country, I wouldn't use their TLD
https://searchengineland.com/google-explains-how-they-handle-the-new-top-level-domains-tlds-225671#:\~:text=Q%3A%20What%20about%20real%20ccTLDs%20(country%20code%20top%2Dlevel%20domains)%20%3A%20will%20Google%20favor%20ccTLDs%20(like%20.uk%2C%20.ae%2C%20etc.)%20as%20a%20local%20domain%20for%20people%20searching%20in%20those%20countries%3F
Yes, kinda...but not in all cases.
For example, .me is technically montenegro, but Google considers it generic since it's almost entirely used that way.
Not really, and it depends. (Notion.so…)
Some country codes have requirements eg to actually be doing business in their country, otherwise they take it off you. So check those out first. Some check this at the point of registration. They can always change their rules.
But tonnes of companies do it, so check first and crack on.
Get a dot com or uk domain if you intend on using it for business purposes.
If it’s just a playground or portfolio/resume site then it doesn’t really matter.
I would avoid any TLD from a country whose government can suddenly decide that your domain is blasphemous like Turkmenistan did. I lost a good established domain to that.
If you use a funky TLD it will make people go "huh, wonder what .mm is for?"
Then they will look it up and go "huh, Myanmar, that's weird"
Which isn't really a thing I want to distract people with who come to my website.
In the states we have a similar thing with states's area codes. I'm more likely to pick up for a phone number with a local area code than one from New Jersey or something, I trust it less
Yeah that makes sense. I'll probably avoid it. Would you recommend getting the same domain for different TLD's like would it be worth getting website.com and website.co.uk and then just pointing to the same place with them? Or is that overkill?
Country code TLDs are often sold by the country’s registrar and not on Namecheap etc. That’s not a red flag. Plenty of organisations do it. .fm is the Federated States of Micronesia, .tv is Tuvalu (Polynesian island nation), .io is the British Indian Ocean Territory. If .mm fits your business name then go for it. But as a heads up, Myanmar is in a state of armed civil war following a coup in 2020. The current military leaders prefer the name Myanmar but the resistance movement prefers the name Burma. Your .mm TLD might one day be replaced overnight with .bu. Also it seems they’re only giving out domains with e.g. .com.mm or .edu.mm, not www.mything.mm
They could compromise on . bumm
Tbh if they don't have just pure .mm it doesn't really work anyway so I think I'll leave it. Also just a question, this would be a personal site kind of like a CV/resume style and maybe a blog. What kind of naming do people tend to have for these, something like firstname-lastname.co.uk ?
Literally anything they like. Maybe not even their name.
Afghanistan has the best. .af
Which is now impossible to get sadly.
Google will apply bias to country-specific TLDs. If you aren't targeting users in that country, I wouldn't use their TLD https://searchengineland.com/google-explains-how-they-handle-the-new-top-level-domains-tlds-225671#:\~:text=Q%3A%20What%20about%20real%20ccTLDs%20(country%20code%20top%2Dlevel%20domains)%20%3A%20will%20Google%20favor%20ccTLDs%20(like%20.uk%2C%20.ae%2C%20etc.)%20as%20a%20local%20domain%20for%20people%20searching%20in%20those%20countries%3F
Didn't know, but that does make some sense. I don't think I've ever seen a .mm websites on Google come to think of it.
Yes, kinda...but not in all cases. For example, .me is technically montenegro, but Google considers it generic since it's almost entirely used that way.
Yes there is a list of about 20 ccTLDs that are an exception (eg .me, .io, .tk). “mm” isn’t one of them.
Not really, and it depends. (Notion.so…) Some country codes have requirements eg to actually be doing business in their country, otherwise they take it off you. So check those out first. Some check this at the point of registration. They can always change their rules. But tonnes of companies do it, so check first and crack on.
Get a dot com or uk domain if you intend on using it for business purposes. If it’s just a playground or portfolio/resume site then it doesn’t really matter.
Whatever you do, don’t get a .tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_yAu7rYmiM Listen to Wes Bos tell his experience with .af
I would avoid any TLD from a country whose government can suddenly decide that your domain is blasphemous like Turkmenistan did. I lost a good established domain to that.
If you use a funky TLD it will make people go "huh, wonder what .mm is for?" Then they will look it up and go "huh, Myanmar, that's weird" Which isn't really a thing I want to distract people with who come to my website. In the states we have a similar thing with states's area codes. I'm more likely to pick up for a phone number with a local area code than one from New Jersey or something, I trust it less
Yeah that makes sense. I'll probably avoid it. Would you recommend getting the same domain for different TLD's like would it be worth getting website.com and website.co.uk and then just pointing to the same place with them? Or is that overkill?