Domainhack

A domainhack is an unconventional domain name that combines domain levels, especially the Top-Level Domain (TLD), to spell out the full "name" or title of the domain. Domainhacks offer the ability to produce extremely short domain names. This makes them potentially valuable as redirectors, pastebins, base domains from which to delegate subdomains and URL shortening services. Popular examples are <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blo.gs">blo.gs</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://del.icio.us">del.icio.us</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://instagr.am">instagr.am</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dub.ai">dub.ai</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://canv.as">canv.as</a>.