Why You Should Own Your Domain Name (Before It's Gone)

If you are reading this and you don't own yourname.com (or .net, .io, .me), stop. Go buy it. Right now.

I'll wait.

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Okay, welcome back. Here is why that was the best $12 you spent this year.

Digital Real Estate

The internet is land. And domain names are the addresses. As more people come online, the good addresses are running out.

Owning your name is not vanity. It is sovereignty.

The Platform Trap

medium.com/@yourname
twitter.com/yourname
linkedin.com/in/yourname

These URLs belong to corporations. They can ban you. They can go bankrupt. They can change their rules.

yourname.com belongs to you. It is portable. You can point it to a WordPress site today, a Jottings site tomorrow, and a custom server in 10 years. The address never changes.

Professionalism

Which email do you trust more?

john.doe.design@gmail.com
john@johndoe.com

The second one signals that you take yourself seriously. It signals competence.

How to Use It with Jottings

We make it incredibly easy to use your custom domain.

Buy the domain (Namecheap, Google Domains, etc.).
Add a CNAME record pointing to us.
That's it. We handle the SSL certificates automatically.

Your domain is your flag in the digital ground. Plant it.