Domain popularity

Jeremy Howard · 13 Apr 2002, 08:24 PM

Since there's been two threads in 24 hours about popularity of our domains, here's the real info... Of accounts that have signed up in the last week, 71% chose FastMail.FM. People tend to just pick the defaults... Of the rest, here's the percentage that picked each domain:

eml.cc: 16%
xsmail.com: 8%
myfastmail.com: 8%
ml1.net: 5%
123mail.org: 5%
mailcan.com: 5%
mailbolt.com: 4%
fastem.com: 4%
mailworks.org: 4%
ftml.net: 3%
mailup.net: 3%
justemail.net: 2%
yepmail.net: 2%
letterboxes.org: 2%
f-m.fm: 2%
speedymail.org: 2%
swift-mail.com: 2%
fastemailer.com: 2%
fastmailbox.net: 2%
jetemail.net: 2%
emailuser.net: 1.5%
mailhaven.com: 1.5%
veryfast.biz: 1.5%
2-mail.com: 1.3%
hailmail.net: 1.2%
mailftp.com: 1.0%
nospammail.net: 1.0%
imapmail.org: 0.9%
fast-email.com: 0.8%
fast-mail.org: 0.6%
fastmessaging.com: 0.6%
imap-mail.com: 0.6%
mail-central.com: 0.6%
ssl-mail.com: 0.6%
mailite.com: 0.4%
mailmight.com: 0.4%
emailgroups.net: 0.3%
fastimap.com: 0.3%
internet-mail.org: 0.3%
internetmailing.net: 0.3%
mailingaddress.org: 0.3%
mailsent.net: 0.3%
reallyfast.info: 0.3%
the-fastest.net: 0.3%
the-quickest.com: 0.3%
theinternetemail.com: 0.2%
veryspeedy.net: 0.2%
reallyfast.biz: 0.1%

And 4 domains didn't get chosen at all:

internet-e-mail.com
internetemails.net
mail-page.com
mailandftp.com

It's interesting to see how popular eml.cc is. I discovered a nice domain the other day that costs $1000, and is quite similar... I'm wondering now whether we should buy it... We've never spent more than $100 on a domain before (that's how much fastmail.fm itself cost).

nic76 · 13 Apr 2002, 08:35 PM

my guess is that eml.cc is popular because it is very short and contains no numbers (ml1.net) or special characters (f-m.fm) and xsmail.com because it is the shortest .com without numbers or special characters (2-mail.com)

michaelj · 13 Apr 2002, 08:43 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
Since there's been two threads in 24 hours about popularity of our domains, here's the real info... Of accounts that have signed up in the last week, 71% chose FastMail.FM. People tend to just pick the defaults... Of the rest, here's the percentage that picked each domain:[list][*]letterboxes.org: 2%

This was my favorite. I think it's interesting to know why people selected what they did. I selected letterboxes.org mainly because we have an old brass mailbox in the lobby of the building where I live, and every day I walk past the big brass box with the word

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Letterbox

on it. I also found it not to be

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too cute

, plus I like the "org" extension as it matches my own domain extension... the one that's apparently never getting switched to fastmail.fm, but not by choice.

Michael

Heartz · 13 Apr 2002, 10:06 PM

Are these numbers inclusive of aliases ?

Jeremy Howard · 13 Apr 2002, 10:14 PM

No. They wouldn't make much difference though--only a tiny proportion of addresses are aliases.

dartsmaster · 13 Apr 2002, 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
I discovered a nice domain the other day that costs $1000, and is quite similar... I'm wondering now whether we should buy it...

You might as well buy it Jeremy. If you're not millionaires yet, you soon will be!

BTW, the domain www.mailfm.net is still available if you're interested.

lux · 13 Apr 2002, 11:28 PM

Is that a nice .com domain??

13 Apr 2002, 11:53 PM

I just recently found out that .fm refers to Federation of Micronesia. What, then, does .cc refer to?

My experience with the fm domain has been good and I haven't had any problems (but it's nice to have a standard alias, such as mailworks.org, as an alternate). I'm wondering though if these alternate domains have caused any confusion or delivery problems. Just curious.

lux · 14 Apr 2002, 12:00 AM

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Though it may not mean much to dot-cc customers who only know of its world-wide functionality, the "cc" of dot-cc is technically a designation for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean with fewer than 700 residents.

luzanne · 14 Apr 2002, 01:27 AM

i think spending $1000 on it will be justified if it is gonna be a popular domain name. i've been checking out email providers for like 5 years n my criteria for good email addresses is

1. short name -

i hate typing addys longer than 10 letters. the shorter the better.

2.easy to remember-

that's why fastmail.fm and letterboxes proved popular.

3. easy to pronouce/explain-

isn't easier to tell/pronouce to your frenz fastmail.fm than ssl-mail.com OR
letterboxes.net or .com than .org
and better not to get ur frenz mixed up with the other .cc .nu extensions.

4. names with letters close together so my fingers dun have to go all over the keyboard and risk a typo error-

e.g. dad.cc or wed.cc or was.cc or pop.pm
i guess which is why eml.cc is so popular at least that's y i chose it for my own addy.

for a domain to fit all the criteria is ideal but of course a bit too demanding

if the domain u are considering will fit into most of the criteria u have one confirmed user already

afterall since we are gonna use our fastmail email addys for a long time, might as well get us nice few ones that most us would like and use than many that we dun wanna use right?

lux · 14 Apr 2002, 02:22 AM

We don't wanna to use domains with a dash in it. So, these domains are not popular:

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fast-email.com
fast-mail.org
imap-mail.com
mail-central.com
ssl-mail.com
internet-mail.org
the-fastest.net
the-quickest.com
internet-e-mail.com
mail-page.com

DavidJX023 · 14 Apr 2002, 03:50 AM

Maybe email.cc is popular because eml sounds like email and is an extension og Outlook Expressed saved emails. Just a thought.

The more I see it here, the more I wouldn't mind making an alias that uses the eml.cc domain.

The mailcan domain would be nice for a junk account. emailgroup might be nice for someone operating a mailing list.

Trip · 14 Apr 2002, 04:37 AM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
eml.cc: 16%

$$$

I picked eml.cc as my home domain the day it came out.

Has always been my fave.

Nice addition there guys: short, nice sounding, and easy to remember.

Trip

injinuity · 14 Apr 2002, 04:46 AM

Well I use mailbolt.com and eml.cc as alias.... The reason that i didnt use the fastmail.fm home domain was that ppl are likelp to misplace the .fm with .com some day or the other.... so when I tell someone my email Id..I use the .com one and when I mail someone I usually use the eml.cc one.

It is very surprising that around 8% of the users use xsmail.com as a homedomain.....try telling your email ID to someone waiting to get off at the next stop on a fast metro....

Jinu Johnson

Jeremy Howard · 14 Apr 2002, 07:05 AM

Yes, xsmail.com was the most surprising result for me too--all the others are in about the order that I was expecting.

13 Apr 2002, 08:24 PM	#1
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	Domain popularity Since there's been two threads in 24 hours about popularity of our domains, here's the real info... Of accounts that have signed up in the last week, 71% chose FastMail.FM. People tend to just pick the defaults... Of the rest, here's the percentage that picked each domain: eml.cc: 16% xsmail.com: 8% myfastmail.com: 8% ml1.net: 5% 123mail.org: 5% mailcan.com: 5% mailbolt.com: 4% fastem.com: 4% mailworks.org: 4% ftml.net: 3% mailup.net: 3% justemail.net: 2% yepmail.net: 2% letterboxes.org: 2% f-m.fm: 2% speedymail.org: 2% swift-mail.com: 2% fastemailer.com: 2% fastmailbox.net: 2% jetemail.net: 2% emailuser.net: 1.5% mailhaven.com: 1.5% veryfast.biz: 1.5% 2-mail.com: 1.3% hailmail.net: 1.2% mailftp.com: 1.0% nospammail.net: 1.0% imapmail.org: 0.9% fast-email.com: 0.8% fast-mail.org: 0.6% fastmessaging.com: 0.6% imap-mail.com: 0.6% mail-central.com: 0.6% ssl-mail.com: 0.6% mailite.com: 0.4% mailmight.com: 0.4% emailgroups.net: 0.3% fastimap.com: 0.3% internet-mail.org: 0.3% internetmailing.net: 0.3% mailingaddress.org: 0.3% mailsent.net: 0.3% reallyfast.info: 0.3% the-fastest.net: 0.3% the-quickest.com: 0.3% theinternetemail.com: 0.2% veryspeedy.net: 0.2% reallyfast.biz: 0.1% And 4 domains didn't get chosen at all: internet-e-mail.com internetemails.net mail-page.com mailandftp.com It's interesting to see how popular eml.cc is. I discovered a nice domain the other day that costs $1000, and is quite similar... I'm wondering now whether we should buy it... We've never spent more than $100 on a domain before (that's how much fastmail.fm itself cost).

13 Apr 2002, 11:53 PM	#8
Guest Posts: n/a	Domains I just recently found out that .fm refers to Federation of Micronesia. What, then, does .cc refer to? My experience with the fm domain has been good and I haven't had any problems (but it's nice to have a standard alias, such as mailworks.org, as an alternate). I'm wondering though if these alternate domains have caused any confusion or delivery problems. Just curious.

14 Apr 2002, 01:27 AM	#10
luzanne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	y not if its gonna be a popular domain name i think spending $1000 on it will be justified if it is gonna be a popular domain name. i've been checking out email providers for like 5 years n my criteria for good email addresses is 1. short name - i hate typing addys longer than 10 letters. the shorter the better. 2.easy to remember- that's why fastmail.fm and letterboxes proved popular. 3. easy to pronouce/explain- isn't easier to tell/pronouce to your frenz fastmail.fm than ssl-mail.com OR letterboxes.net or .com than .org and better not to get ur frenz mixed up with the other .cc .nu extensions. 4. names with letters close together so my fingers dun have to go all over the keyboard and risk a typo error- e.g. dad.cc or wed.cc or was.cc or pop.pm i guess which is why eml.cc is so popular at least that's y i chose it for my own addy. for a domain to fit all the criteria is ideal but of course a bit too demanding if the domain u are considering will fit into most of the criteria u have one confirmed user already afterall since we are gonna use our fastmail email addys for a long time, might as well get us nice few ones that most us would like and use than many that we dun wanna use right? Last edited by luzanne : 14 Apr 2002 at 01:30 AM.

13 Apr 2002, 08:35 PM	#2
nic76 Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 449	my guess is that eml.cc is popular because it is very short and contains no numbers (ml1.net) or special characters (f-m.fm) and xsmail.com because it is the shortest .com without numbers or special characters (2-mail.com)

13 Apr 2002, 10:06 PM	#4
Heartz Essential Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Selangor, Malaysia Posts: 460	Are these numbers inclusive of aliases ?

13 Apr 2002, 10:14 PM	#5
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	No. They wouldn't make much difference though--only a tiny proportion of addresses are aliases.

13 Apr 2002, 11:28 PM	#7
lux The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,274	Is that a nice .com domain??

14 Apr 2002, 03:50 AM	#12
DavidJX023 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 120	Maybe email.cc is popular because eml sounds like email and is an extension og Outlook Expressed saved emails. Just a thought. The more I see it here, the more I wouldn't mind making an alias that uses the eml.cc domain. The mailcan domain would be nice for a junk account. emailgroup might be nice for someone operating a mailing list.

14 Apr 2002, 04:46 AM	#14
injinuity Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 803	Well I use mailbolt.com and eml.cc as alias.... The reason that i didnt use the fastmail.fm home domain was that ppl are likelp to misplace the .fm with .com some day or the other.... so when I tell someone my email Id..I use the .com one and when I mail someone I usually use the eml.cc one. It is very surprising that around 8% of the users use xsmail.com as a homedomain.....try telling your email ID to someone waiting to get off at the next stop on a fast metro.... Jinu Johnson

14 Apr 2002, 07:05 AM	#15
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	Yes, xsmail.com was the most surprising result for me too--all the others are in about the order that I was expecting.