Ask HN: How long is too long for a startup domain name?

Never mind the length; that name is bad because of the rhythm.<p>Consider the current big players. Facebook, Google, Apple: all trochees (two syllables; stress on the first syllable). Microsoft, Oracle: dactyls (three syllables, stress on the first). These flow better than some other rhythms. If you write trochees as "- _" and dactyls as "- _ _", then yours is "- - _ _". It stumbles. It's the same rhythm as Stack Overflow, if that cheers you up, but the consonents are clumsier -- the k followed by an m is claggy and clumsy.<p>I'd try something with a better flow to it. Even "totalmessenger" ("- _ - _ _") runs better, and the l/m is much nicer than the k/m. Length isn't the issue, because people can type that perfectly well.<p>Try employing a poet to help you. We're an underrated breed with useful skills...

I would guess your app assigns out tasks, maybe a better todo list? I do not think your name is too long. More important than length is spelling. Can you tell someone your domain name and have them type it in correctly? Yours consists of 2 fairly common English words. Thus I think your name is good. Here is my only suggestion: buy common misspellings of the domain name and redirect. taskmesenger.com for example

Generally speaking, it's better to have a straightforward domain than a short one (if you can't have both). In other words, TaskMessenger.com is better than TSKMG.com<p>13 isn't too long. StackOverflow and Huffington Post both have more than 13 letters.