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Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by mmccaff »

matt1 wrote: post #65
mmccaff wrote: post #59

This is really useful, but is there a reason why you are limiting the maximum length of the input to 20 characters? I already came across a few cases where I wanted to use a longer phrase.

As a website operator, you should not use domain names that are that long. And the search results don't render well :)

:) I agree. However, you might be losing "sales" to people who don't agree. Maybe that is a small group, idk.

But I see how you would need a two column layout (or something) for the results of longer search terms.

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by larrys »

Here are a few people doing similar things.

There are also a few patents on this concept if I can find the link to the patent I will post.

http://www.dotomator.com/web20.html

http://blungr.com/

http://www.domainnamesoup.com/

One comment I have on your site is that you give to many choices (it's not lean) on one page and there is no organization to the choices. Also similar to what others do there should be a way to enter a secondary characteristic.

Oh, here's a bonus benefit to your site that I just noticed and a new place to market using the site.

The ratio of red-registered to green-available is helpful in determining how valuable or in vogue a domain name is that contains a particular word. I would compute a ratio of green to red.

(see as a test "search" or "social" vs. some other less popular word like "opthamology")

Also you don't appear to be checking the actual word that is entered to see if that is available. And you aren't indicating which TLD's so I'm assuming all your suggestions are in .com

Example: "Found 1000 available domains containing "ycombinator""

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by dETAIL »

Great job and super fast results.

It's great to have tons of inputs and tons of results, but we need a tool to get all these great results into a funnel that at the end you can easily spot a great name.

Suggestions:

1) Modifiers to minimize results like max chars in the domain name.

2) Take the word or phrase the person typed in and throw it into reverse dictionary [1] and then take those results and re-run them through your site (ditto for thesaurus.com).

3) Option to remove a result when one word ends and another starts with the same letter and try reversing to see if available (ie ramppart.com).

4) Option to include tons of different mythology dictionaries [2] and include names where definitions include the user's inputed word/phrase.

[1] http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

[2] http://www.ventrue.net/GSA/myth.htm

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by msinghai »

Hey hey, wait a minute.

I searched out Code (http://www.leandomainsearch.com/search?q=Code) and tried to register codejet.com ,which was shown available by you , but, it was already registered. Similarly, I tried to get Codehit and again, it failed. Could you please explain?

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by freejack »

leak wrote: post #64
freejack wrote: post #45

When I see stuff like this, I always think "feature" not a company. There are two directions you can take this to avoid the "but its just a feature" issue - a) build it so that you can license the technology to people that have made a company out of selling domains (domainsbot.com is a great model to take a look at) b) become a reseller or registrar so that you can fully deliver the service and collect the recurring…

Out of curiosity, would you call imgur a feature or a company?

they are definitely pursuing a business model in a pretty logical fashion, so I'd easily go with company.

relying on the affiliate model feels like a betrayal in the UX and it essentially hands over one of the most obvious ongoing revenue streams to the registrar. Why not take that margin and recurring revenue for yourself? Its not like its hard nowadays to set up as a reseller - getting accredited is slightly more complicated, but it you can make it as a reseller, then even that hurdle becomes pretty achievable.

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by freejack »

matt1 wrote: post #55
freejack wrote: post #45

When I see stuff like this, I always think "feature" not a company. There are two directions you can take this to avoid the "but its just a feature" issue - a) build it so that you can license the technology to people that have made a company out of selling domains (domainsbot.com is a great model to take a look at) b) become a reseller or registrar so that you can fully deliver the service and collect the recurring…

Fair points -- There should be a lot of value in being the first site people visit when searching for a domain name though. We'll see.

Possibly, but then it feels like you are betting your brand awareness against Godaddy's. That's a tough battle to fight. And there's nothing stopping them from implementing something similar.

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by pinaceae »

just realized a "great" add-on business idea for you. let people search, register the domains yourself in the background. sell them. you'd go to hell, so that's something to consider though.

i wonder if amazon predicts their supply chain based on search results.

Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name

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Post by cwp »

brador wrote: post #70
matt1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's spam. Instant Domain Search is a great site, but you still need to be creative in order to know what to search for. Lean Domain Search does it for you.

It's spam. The search goes straight to godaddy to check using an affiliate link.

It's not spam:

a) IDS does searches as you type and displays the availability immediately. Yes, it displays affilate links, but you can find an available domain and register somewhere else if you like.

b) pilom isn't affiliated with the site

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