One of the earliest domains, .net is a serious player. It’s been around since 1985. It’s older than some of the people who built Facebook. People may say you can’t be taken seriously with a .net domain. They’d be wrong.
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: NET organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States contact: administrative name: Registry Customer Service organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States phone: +1 703 925-6999 fax-no: +1 703 948 3978 e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com contact: technical name: Registry Customer Service organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services address: 12061 Bluemont Way address: Reston Virginia 20190 address: United States phone: +1 703 925-6999 fax-no: +1 703 948 3978 e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com nserver: A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.5.6.30 2001:503:a83e:0:0:0:2:30 nserver: B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.33.14.30 2001:503:231d:0:0:0:2:30 nserver: C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.26.92.30 2001:503:83eb:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.31.80.30 2001:500:856e:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.12.94.30 2001:502:1ca1:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.35.51.30 2001:503:d414:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.42.93.30 2001:503:eea3:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.54.112.30 2001:502:8cc:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.43.172.30 2001:503:39c1:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.48.79.30 2001:502:7094:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.52.178.30 2001:503:d2d:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.41.162.30 2001:500:d937:0:0:0:0:30 nserver: M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.55.83.30 2001:501:b1f9:0:0:0:0:30 ds-rdata: 35886 8 2 7862B27F5F516EBE19680444D4CE5E762981931842C465F00236401D8BD973EE whois: whois.verisign-grs.com status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.verisigninc.com created: 1985-01-01 changed: 2017-10-05 source: IANAShow More