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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by latexr »

rendall wrote: post #184
dash2 wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I now have a clear image of the Family Sillysaurusx. Dad is hard at work designing dildos. Mum and the kids have got a production line going. The littlest sculpts the wavy lines on the Cliterminator Pro. Finally, Benjy the dog carries the finished product over to the delivery parcel (unmarked brown paper) and drops it in. Mmmm! What's that cooking in the oven? Do I smell cherry pie?

The retailer, clearly at a loss for words manages to gasp, "That's quite a company. What do you call yourselves?" The staff all strike a pose and shout "The Aristocrats!!!"

For those unfamiliar with the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by tspike »

l5870uoo9y wrote: post #187
joshstrange wrote: post #169

Honestly I think domain names should be the least of your worries when building something. You can always add a "get" prefix or "app" suffix (or a bunch of other options). If you are sold on a company name then by all means, grab the domain but don't confuse "buying a domain" with "making actual progress". When I was younger I used to snap up domain names for every little idea I had. I executed on less than 1% of tho…

Having the actual .com domain for your business signalise quality and authenticity, difficult to imagine Amazon having getamazon.com. That being said, I also spend many (good hours) dreaming away while buying all sorts of domain names for my fictitious startups. I found that when using the startup niche as suffix or prefix, the domain is sometimes available. Had plenty of luck buying "git-what-ever".com domains, like…

Facebook used to be thefacebook.com. It only changed after they were already successful.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dspillett »

platz wrote: post #151
256DEV wrote: post #128

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Some newer TLDs like .dev or .app have a tiered pricing structure. So it becomes less economically feasible to squat the best names. They also released them in stages when the TLD first went live. This guy ( https://medium.com/@amd_2793/my-million-dollar-domain-hobby-... ) actually used Google's rankings of domain value from .app to then squat domains on two other flat priced TLDs - io and ai!

OP says you want .com What's wrong with .org?

Nothing inherently, it doesn't have the “full of spammers” stigma of .xyz and so forth, though some seem to think it inherently means non-profit/non-commercial (sort of true, it was defined as for organisations not fitting in other tlds where .com was one of those and intended for commercial use) and think .com therefor looks more serious.

Also: if you take the .org and the .com is already in use, be ready to have the name taken off you if they get successful, or for some of your users to mistakenly go to the wrong place. To avoid one of those things happening later if the .com is available now you could buy both, but then the availability of the .com becomes the deciding factor again not the .org and you are paying for two domains.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dylan604 »

valleyjo wrote: post #140
_andrei_ wrote: post #91

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*Dropped some more (~120) here:* https://gist.github.com/3rd/b2d0b2b26493de07ebb2a5ad5e67db1e Maybe someone finds a name for their blog/project/something.

yucktastic.com - wonder what would be on such a site ha

a web forum for Amazon users to discuss the products they received instead of the product the ordered

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by latexr »

coffeeblack wrote: post #107
CodeSgt wrote: post #61

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> you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. This is something that, to my great shame, I've always struggled with. Any recommendations for improving in this area?

On YouTube search “John Cleese on creativity in management”

Or check out his book “Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide”. It’s pretty short and the contents are pretty much that video.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by _andrei_ »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #168
dotancohen wrote: post #152

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> Getting the shape right was the hardest part, since if you think about > how to mold something like that you’ll run into a bunch of problems. Shape of the part that interfaces with the guy's anatomy? I wonder what types of problems? How pliable is the silicone bag? Human women and men come in a variety of interface shapes yet it usually works out. Could different size bags be manufactured?

Bingo. I wasn't involved directly, so unfortunately this is a game of telephone. This was also back in 2012 through 2015, so it's been some time. But here's my understanding of it. Suppose the problem is to make a silicone bag that you can fill with warm water. That wouldn't be easy , but it'd be much easier. To make something like that out of silicone, you have to pour some material into a mold, and let it sit. (I t…

This is why I love HN, stories like this.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by [deleted] »

CodeSgt wrote: post #61
_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

> you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. This is something that, to my great shame, I've always struggled with. Any recommendations for improving in this area?

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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dtgriscom »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #96
_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

Thought no one would notice the orgasmatron5000 eh? I’m onto you. My family once manufactured a sex toy that was popular enough for someone to quit their job, so that brought back memories. Sadly the popularity dried up when their YouTube video stopped being recommended as much. It was a real DaVinci-workshop type operation. I’m still amazed how much logistics went into it. Also art ability and sculpting. You have to…

Are you saying that the product sold enough so that someone involved could quit their job to produce it, or that someone enjoyed the product enough that they decided to go all in on using it?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by runjake »

l5870uoo9y wrote: post #187
joshstrange wrote: post #169

Honestly I think domain names should be the least of your worries when building something. You can always add a "get" prefix or "app" suffix (or a bunch of other options). If you are sold on a company name then by all means, grab the domain but don't confuse "buying a domain" with "making actual progress". When I was younger I used to snap up domain names for every little idea I had. I executed on less than 1% of tho…

Having the actual .com domain for your business signalise quality and authenticity, difficult to imagine Amazon having getamazon.com. That being said, I also spend many (good hours) dreaming away while buying all sorts of domain names for my fictitious startups. I found that when using the startup niche as suffix or prefix, the domain is sometimes available. Had plenty of luck buying "git-what-ever".com domains, like…

Step 1: Obtain gethotdogs.com

Step 2: Make billions.

Step 3: Buy hotdogs.com with your massive amounts of VC funds^W^Wcash.

This is what Facebook (thefacebook.com), Dropbox (getdropbox.com), etc did.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dochtman »

dotancohen wrote: post #158
dochtman wrote: post #25

Alternatively, use instantdomainsearch.com (disclosure, I'm the CTO), which packages most of these things up in a fast web interface and also enables searching in a bunch of other TLDs.

I just tried the site. In Firefox I searched for "led lighting" and this is the page I saw: https://il.godaddy.com/en/domainsearch/find?checkAvail=1&tms... However, I did notice the flash of something else loading and a redirect, so I hit the browser's back button and this is where it took me: https://instantdomainsearch.com/?q=led+lighting Something on that page is causing an immediate redirect to Godaddy. I just te…

I think that's what happens if you hit enter from within the search bar. We search as you type, so no need to hit enter in order to search. Not our finest bit of UI, will bring that back to the team to see if we can improve on it.
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