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      1 # What's in a (Domain) Name
      2 
      3 _Published: March 24, 2020_
      4 
      5 I went through a phase this week of really wanting
      6 `karle.[original-tld]`.  Not for a business.  Not for boosting my
      7 own webpage (it doesn't really have much traffic).  Just for me.
      8 
      9 The results were... disheartening.
     10 
     11 *karle.org*
     12 
     13 Registered since 2004, no website, just an email DNS record.  WHOIS
     14 guard ensures I can't even reach out to who owns it.
     15 
     16 *karle.com*
     17 
     18 For sale by owner on Uniregistry. Ok.  Inquired. Owner wants a
     19 "serious 5 figure offer". Next!
     20 
     21 *karle.net*
     22 
     23 Owned by [RealNames](https://realnames.com), a business seemingly
     24 centered around buying lastname.net domains and charging people
     25 like me to set up an email.  Almost brilliant enough of a business
     26 to make me forgive their scumminess.  _Almost._  Nary an option to
     27 buy it.
     28 
     29 
     30 ## Conclusion
     31 
     32 So here we are.  Looks like `karle.co` for at least a little
     33 longer.
     34 
     35 *Update:* I've settled on alexkarle.com and plan to use it for the
     36 foreseeable future.
     37 
     38 [Back to blog](/blog)