.SOFTWARE Domain Extension

Why choose a .SOFTWARE domain?

The word shares a quirk with .equipment: it is uncountable. You do not say “a software”, you say “a piece of software”. But it names the one thing in this family with no physical existence — and one that changes every week. That decides the content: a clear pricing page and a current changelog convince more than any overview, because together they prove the product is alive.

The changelog

What changed, when, and what it breaks. A maintained changelog is the best evidence that a team is still working on the product.

Pricing

Per seat, per use, per install, perpetual. Hiding the price drives away serious buyers faster than it attracts curious ones.

The trial

How long, what is limited, what happens to your data at the end. Answer that last question immediately: it is the one that blocks people.

Documentation

Installation, configuration, the API, troubleshooting. Good documentation sells the product to the people evaluating it before they ever speak to sales.

Support

Channels, hours, response times by plan. In business software this is frequently the deciding criterion.

What it actually changes

• It names the intangible. The only word in this technical family whose product does not arrive in a box.
• It is understood in French. The word circulates there untranslated, alongside “logiciel”.
• No registration restrictions. No licence or code deposit to show the registrar.
• It works as an email address too. support@myproduct.software says what the inbox is for, which speeds up triage.