.com vs Local Domains: Which Fits Your Business?

The quick map

• .com: international, no paperwork, roughly $12–15/year.
• Local TLDs: local identity, sometimes need local presence.
• Corporate TLDs: formal feel, usually need business documents.

How to choose

• Local audience + local pride: local TLD.
• International plans or easiest recall: .com.
• Formal entity needing trust: corporate TLD.
• Ideally: secure .com plus your local TLD so competitors cannot.

Rules people break

• Short, spellable-over-the-phone names.
• Avoid numbers and hyphens unless part of the brand.
• Auto-renew so it never expires into someone else's hands.

Your domain is your digital shophouse — pick one that still fits in 10 years.