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Hey folks.

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And welcome back to our
series on EC's methodology.

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Last time, we talked about the importance
of designing something so you get a better

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understanding of what you need to build.

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Today we're going to talk about domains.

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So really don't do anything else yet.

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Start by getting a domain it's important.

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It's how different parts of your
system are going to communicate

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with each other, even if it's a
mobile app without a web presence.

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In our experience, almost
anything you can build is going

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to require a domain of some sort.

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Unless you're building a super
self-contained mobile or desktop

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experience, you're going to need
an authentication system, a place

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to store user data, et cetera.

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All of those things, we'll need
to connect through a domain.

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One way or another, it's
practical to have a domain.

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If for no other reason, than you're
going to want to put up some sort of

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marketing site or some web presence where
people can learn about your product.

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It's also valuable to set up
an email address where your

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users can get in touch with you.

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It doesn't look super professional.

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If you're doing that
through a Gmail account.

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We recommend using CloudFlare if
the top level domain you want is

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supported by them, like.com or
.org, there are some more recent

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top level domains that they don't
support, but they support quite a few.

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If you do buy elsewhere,
we still recommend using

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CloudFlare to manage your DNS.

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Their free plan provides a bunch of
performance and security features that

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we find valuable on all our projects.

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If you do need to buy elsewhere, we've
been really happy with Namecheap.

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If you're building on AWS, then it makes
a lot of sense to go with Route 53.

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Let us know what your favorite
domain registrars are.

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We'd love to hear more
about your experience.

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Follow us.

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If you'd like to keep up with
this series, we have a lot more

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that we'd like to share with you.

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We're constantly updating this process.

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As we learn from ourselves,
our partners and our community.

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And if you think we could work together,
we'd love to partner up with you and

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help you out with your next project.

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Thanks and see you next time.