Comment on Ask HN: get*.com and *app.com domain namesparentComments−metachris14yExcept that Dropbox needed to spend _a lot_ of money to get the .com domain.−user2414yand they acquired that money while they had getdropbox.com. If get was a bad thing, it certainly didn't seem to hurt dropbox is what I'm saying.−abbasmehdi14ySo the point is, get it before getting famous, otherwise your fame will drive the price northward.
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Except that Dropbox needed to spend _a lot_ of money to get the .com domain.
and they acquired that money while they had getdropbox.com. If get was a bad thing, it certainly didn't seem to hurt dropbox is what I'm saying.
So the point is, get it before getting famous, otherwise your fame will drive the price northward.