Buying Domains

[WillB]

COM is the most useful because it was the most widely used in
TV adverts and offline promotional media when the internet first
started getting popular and mainstream.

As such, many people now think of all websites ending in COM,
simply because that's all they've ever seen.

I agree with some of the posters above - if you can't get the
COM that you wanted, choose a slightly different name that is
available with COM and get that.

If you have the NET or BIZ, you *will* lose some traffic to the
COM due to type in traffic.

Of course, if you're starting charity sites get ORG, government
sites get GOV and if you're creating specific country niche sites
then get the specific extension like CO.UK.