[Cory]

Originally Posted by TenFour

I think it works great for a business where your personal name is associated with what you do: writer, real estate agent, politician, etc. Most people will have a very tough time purchasing a domain name that matches their last name, unless you have something unusual and/or you use an obscure TLD. My two cents is to avoid adding things like numbers or other words to your name to find something that is available to purchase. Look at what all the big companies do--they have names that are short and memorable, even if they aren't commonly known or used words: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Roku, Amazon, etc. They also tend to be easy to spell. In some cases they do tell you about the company, which is an extra bonus: Fastmail, Salesforce, Paychex.

I have an uncommon last name. Sorry should have wrote out for OP first@doesmail......