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I have a habit of buying domains on a whim. Figure <$12 is peace of mind for 12 months if you are going to use it.

That said... you don't want a .co .... you want a .com - unless you are selling to developers, you can get away with something else, but for the general public always .com

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vine would like to disagree

If I'm typing a URL out, I'll generally remember the name of the product but not the actual .xxx, so I'll assume .com. But I imagine Vine doesn't really drive much of its interaction through people typing out the URL.

Vine is used primarily from within apps. If anything, having a .co is a slight helper as their primary target is Twitter where characters are often a premium.

I don't mean this as opposition to you, tmmm, merely that you got me thinking on why one might prefer a .co or be fine without a .com.

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