I have now reached the point where I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready.

I’ve only bought one domain name since then and got the project out!

I think the domain name is your reward for finishing your minimum viable product.

Thanks, you should have told me this 13 years ago, before I lost 10k+ in domain names :-D

> I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready.

Me too. I learnt it after 6 expired domains

I think of this as the "garage band problem". Imagine a bunch of teens deciding to make a band. They come up with a name, make t-shirts, even get the cover for the bass drum -- but how much did they actually play?

Personally, I'll snag a domain if it's really good -- like one word or a proper combo of words, spellable, etc... I won't set it to renew, though.

Good idea. Also - putting side projects on subdomains of your main domain / using cloudflare tunnel - Tailscale funnel to run services from your computer

Release without a domain name, and wait until the product is popular before even spending the time to choose a name...

never bought a domain until i had the first production version ready

Yea that's safest, validating then building an idea should be a priority.

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