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Does a .us put you off a ecommerce website?

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Just doing some research.

If you were purchasing some internet goods, say IPB skins, would you be put off if the TLD was .us?

Would you feel more confident using a .com?

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If it was for an ecommerce site, it would depend on the product. If it was for US flags, probably not, but if it was for IPB skins like you said, yeah.

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Yes. I do not live in the US. If the ecommerce site ships worldewide they should have a .com.

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For internet goods, no shipping involved.

eg http://www.extremepixels.com/ - if that was .us would you be as confident?

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In the case of virtual goods, as long as the site is prefessional I suppose the domain is inconsequential, however I definately would notice the domain extension.

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It does me. i dont trust:

.US
.WS
.NL
.TK
.CJB.net
.CD
.CDB

A more professional aproach is what i look for:

.co.uk
.net
.com
.org
.org.uk

All including SSL

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Originally Posted by sniper101
It does me. i dont trust:

.US
.WS
.NL
.TK
.CJB.net
.CD
.CDB

A more professional aproach is what i look for:

.co.uk
.net
.com
.org
.org.uk

All including SSL
Ditto

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Aggreed with sniper101 =]

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So you wouldn't trust any site with a country TLD? Let's say like .qc.ca/.ca? Except for the UK one.

Originally Posted by sniper101
It does me. i dont trust:

.US
.WS
.NL
.TK
.CJB.net
.CD
.CDB

A more professional aproach is what i look for:

.co.uk
.net
.com
.org
.org.uk

All including SSL

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I full heartedly trust .ca users. Mainly for the fact that i am one of few that actually use my country TLD. Look at me, i'm not a scam.

As for others such as cjb.net, .tk, .us etc. I don't really think too high of them, but it all depends on the web presence and product. If a .us or .tk site looks good and offers a good product sure i'll do business with them, but if the site looks dodgey and so does the domain i definitely won't do business.

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