We advocate thinking VERY carefully before deciding on an address, like a tattoo, it has the potential to be there for life!
Despite the fact that folks these days think that G##gle IS the internet, an address can make or break you.
Play & experiment with NameCheap here.
If you want to be Global, go .COM
Usually terribly expensive, or gone to a speculator who is sitting on it waiting for a profit.
If, like some of us, you are in the UK and do not want to export, go for .CO.UK or .UK (cheaper generally, too), or whatever country you are in. Or if you absolutely must, go comedy value, from the comprehensive list of available suffixes here. If you are a massive Star Trek fan with a spare $385,000 USD, you could have B.org
Be aware that you will be spelling this address out to folks, quite literally, forever. But brevity may not be your friend either.
Shortest available GMail address’ are 6 characters, so some fool thought it’d be a good idea to remove the vowels from Immersion Heaters & have immhtr as my address. Now I have to spell it out, using the phonetic alphabet every bloody time, due to my gammy Mercian Accent, “Indigo, Mother Mother…” PITA.