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in other words, the thing that turns you on. you can’t), don’t get boobs.biz or boobs.net,
unless your site is going to be about the business
There’s no point starting a site, whether it’s of boobs or a boobs network, for example.
all-original or reselling as an affliate, about
something that doesn’t turn you on, just „ Why use .net? Why not use .net?
because you think “there’s money in it”. There
When it is a network in the case of the former,
have been more failures in this manner than
and when it is not, in the case of the latter.
there have been successes...
„ Why use .org? Why not use .org?
Sure there’s a “point”, probably, which would
While it was once used and intended for non-
be making money, but really it would only work
for someone who “knows” about it. And “knows” proft organizations, .org was always an open
is the wrong word... it has to be something, a TLD - meaning, anyone could register it. It can
always in theory be used for any organization, not
niche or fetish or kink, or just a part of the body,
necessarily non- or for- proft, simply because
that you’re totally into, turned on by, that you
it represents an organized group of some sort;
understand...
imagine a domain called pornographers.org, for
One way you can “market research” is by going example.
to a site such as a forum or a Facebook or other
„ Why use .info? Why not use .info?
social network group, and start a conversation,
about what they like best about what you like so Use .info when you are a repository of data,
much. If you’re into big boobs, is it sidewinder? knowledge, information. Don’t use .info for
Underboob? Cleavage? Is it curvy girls or skinny commercial sites, it makes no sense.
models with big hangers?
„ Why use .biz? Why not use .biz?
Get a consensus, try to put as little of your
It could be that it is for a business site, but in
own words into the discussion as possible
that case half the sites on the net could be .bizs;
and focus on the terms they use; those could
but it would seem more logical to be for a site
become a focus, or sub-section, of your site,
about business or businesses.
or even the basis for a entire new site idea, or
(and especially) a domain name (DON’T mention
Then there’s new (and not so new) and offcially
any domain name you came up with unless it’s
recognized extensions. There’s hundreds of
registered, you’re likely to get it hijacked!)
course, actually more like over 1400, but let’s
stick to the adult entertainment-specifc ones,
Because you’ve started bifurcating your mind
shall we?
to think like a business developer as well as a
consumer, you should just let the consumers
„ .xxx
pepper your imagination with their “keywords”.
Well this is the ultimate hardcore porn
extension, isn’t it? Despite all the controversy
extensions and fears that government would use it or
legally oblige its adoption to use against the
Plus, there’s all the extensions now available
industry, to “ghettoize” sites that use it, the
out there. Which one/s should you choose?
extension has turned into a boon for many porn
entrepreneurs, and what with the explosion
Always start with .com. Why? Because that is
of offcially allowed and recognized top level
the original domain name extension; actually
domain extensions out there, fears have been
one of three, with .net and .org.
allayed and the potential to “force” all porn onto
the extension has dissipated.
Now .com is so ubiquitous that it has become
a generic label for “domain name”. People will
„ .porn
ask what’s your dot-com? for example. It’s the
de-facto extension. Self-explanatory, sort of redundant to .xxx,
but heck why not? And not necessarily for sexual
But the other two aren’t so bad when applied adult entertainment. Not that younger kids
properly. If you can’t get boobs.com (because would understand anyway, but there are many

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