Damn, someone already registered Postgres.app. We've been using this name since 2012 -- I hope whoever registered the domain doesn't plan on using it for something else. That would be really confusing for our users.<p>I guess we'll have to stick with <a href="https://postgresapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://postgresapp.com</a>
HN thread on the announcement (May 1): <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967865" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967865</a><p>Has preorder been open since May 1? At least I see domains created as early as May 2:<p><pre><code> $ whois mail.app
Domain Name: mail.app
Registry Domain ID: 2CA663491-APP
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.google
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com/
Updated Date: 2018-05-02T16:15:05Z
Creation Date: 2018-05-02T16:15:04Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2019-05-02T16:15:04Z</code></pre>
I am now the proud owner of fullofcr.app<p>Now all I have to do is convert it into a blockchain machine learning big data startup and I'll become a billionaire.
Well, I'm quite happy now: I just bought $FIRST_NAME.app. It was marked as a premium domain, so it was +$50... But the opportunity was too juicy to pass it up.<p>In case anyone is wondering, it appears their premium domains only have a higher price for the initial registration. I just checked how much it would cost to add extra years to my registration, and it's only $14/year.<p>[0] <a href="https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092?hl=en</a>
Hmm strange, there is ov.app but when I try my two letter combination, I first get "How exciting it's available", but trying to register it through Google Domains I get "Domains ending in .APP must be between 3 and 63 characters". What's going on?
Is it worth moving my app from the subdomain app.mystartup.com to mystartup.app? Or would separating the app from the marketing website harm SEO? The app itself is completely inaccessible to bots.