I’m considering getting a domain with a .place TLD. Will it cause any issues like emails being blocked or something? I searched and it doesn’t seem particularly notorious for spam or anything, but I wanted to find out if there are people who can tell me from experience.
Edit: This is not for running my own server - I have a provider, Disroot.
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I use one of the “new” gtld domains for email. It works and I pay for a provider to do all the heavy lifting like your case, but you would have to configure DMARC, DKIM and SPF for your own domain. The big problem isn’t the technical part. It’s the clueless people who can’t imagine anyone not having a gmail address (the “why can’t you just have a normal gmail like everyone else” crowd). Some retail and government sites also flat out refuse email addresses that don’t end in traditional tlds (.com, .net, etc) or the country-specific tld. In the end, I ended up creating a gmail address for those morons which redirects to my inbox after months of struggling.
Same issue hit me, some government and banking services wouldn’t accept my .info and .services domains, so I have a backup .com for those.
Wish I didn’t need it though, its 2025.
Thank you. That does sound annoying but .com is both boring and more expensive.
.com is $15/yr for most domains, .place is $22/yr for renewals. Not sure where you’re shopping or if you’re eyeing some sort of premium domain, but generally it’s cheaper.
I have both, a domain on “new” TLD (like .place) that is my main but has hiccups on certain websites, and a cheap .com that I have tied to SimpleLogin for generating per-site throwaway addresses. This setup works great for me.
Idk about “boring”, a domain name like “rip17762025.com” would be a quite funny one for an American
It’s not boring. It’s just much more difficult to find a valuable .com domain. Working in business, receiving an email from a .place domain would likely go right in the trash.