[habitator]

It's fine. Moreso than the hypothetical social-stigma aspect, read up a bit into the ownership and management policies of the TLD before committing.

Make sure you have a basic understanding of the expectations and requirements (both on you and them) and are fine with them. ICANNWiki is a good start.

E.g. https://icannwiki.org/.party

> but don't want to pay an enormous amount for a .com.

what, where? .com is on the cheaper end unless you buy it on the second-hand market.

[spoaceman7777]

what do you mean by "expectations and requirements"? The URL you've provided only contains four sentences total, which just explain when .party was created as a domain. Is it the wrong link?

[habitator]

What are the terms (if any) you need to agree to as owner of the domain? What are the requirements (if any) on you? What rights do the registry offer you? Is your use allowed and if not: what happens? Is there a particular jurisdiction applying? How are ownership disputes handled (e.g. what would happen to a targeted disney.party)? Is there a transparent process for expired domains (what happens if you fail to renew)?

> Is it the wrong link?

No, I said it's usually a good start. You'll have to do the actual fishing yourself (:

BTW, I believe that lack of transparency and perceived predictability can explain why some TLDs don't seem to get significant legitimate adoption among informed users with a long-term perspective (that is: usage trends towards nefarious, ephemeral, or casual small-scale, contributing to the reputational factor. What are the main parts to the feedback loop(s) is anyone's guess, tho).