A friend recently asked how to get her own domain name (I am shocked by how few people do this!):

if you’re a non-techie, this is the simplest way to get yourname.com…
(and retain a Gmail interface)

if you’re a techie…
(you wouldn’t ask)

if you’re heading into the job/contract market, you’d purchase hirefirstname.com…
(much harder to miss-spell if spoken in a voicemail)

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