International domain

An international domain makes sense if you want a studio or product with global exposure. This is where .com comes in, along with more brandable game extensions like .games, .studio or .dev.

I bought my international domains through GoDaddy. The process is simple: you search the name, check if it is free, buy it and pay it yearly.

Which extension to pick

.com is still the safest and most recognized choice for an international brand;
.games, .studio, .dev can be more brandable for a game studio, if the .com you want is taken;
avoid very exotic extensions if you want people to remember the address easily.

The steps, in short

Go to an international registrar (for example GoDaddy).
Search the name and check availability across several extensions.
Buy the domain and turn on auto-renew.
Later, you will connect the domain to the site through DNS (see Publishing on Vercel).

The domain, hosting and email can live with different providers. They work together, but they must be wired correctly through DNS settings. That is the part that trips people up the most at the start.

Next step

Once you have the domain, move on to web hosting. If you want a local brand, see also the .ro domain.