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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dochtman »

ajonit wrote: post #69
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.

Just wanted to say thank you for this service. Have been using this site for several years now. Perhaps the first place I visit whenever I need to research a domain name, have recommended it to tons of people already. Do you have any write up on its tech stack?

It's running on GCP, the backend is written in Rust (with a smattering of legacy Go) and the frontend is written in React + Next. Any other questions?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dochtman »

ecornflak wrote: post #84
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 genuinely thought instantdomainsearch had been consumed by GoDaddy

Nope! In fact, we've started work on our own ICANN-accredited registrar under the Instant Domains brand.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by fndex »

tspike wrote: post #192
l5870uoo9y wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

But Facebook was actually called theFacebook back then, so not sure if this is a valid comparison.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by saint-loup »

belter wrote: post #82
eterm wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Quora is a real word, it is the plural of Quorum.

It seems it's not how the site got the name: https://www.quora.com/Does-Quora-come-from-the-plural-versio...

The most upvoted answer seems totally made up.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22Quora+...

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Izkata »

bell-cot wrote: post #143
valleyjo wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Products that were inspired by Nickelodeon's green slime?

Green slime twinkies: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-06/2/14...

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by paulpauper »

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…

Agree 100% about domain names. The only exceptions could be for a personal blog perhaps or a brand.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

jreynoldsdev wrote: post #202

Do registrars still hike up the price/purchase domain names they notice people searching? I feel like I haven't seen any reports on that in awhile. If it's still happening this could be a nice way to avoid that.

This seems more for bulk searches than secrecy.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by omoikane »

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…

See also: "Change Your Name" - http://www.paulgraham.com/name.html
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