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Here are two very useful things that you could add: 1. For registered domains check to see if there's actually a live site. This would narrow the list of domains that could be purchased. 2. Also for registered domains check to see if the domain is for sale or auction.
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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.
I will say from first-hand experience that, technically, you are correct. However, much cash is generated through the friction of their purchasing path.
Hey guys, About three years ago I built and launched Domain Pigeon, a web app that listed available web 2.0-style domain names each day [1]. The site did fairly well, but it was my first foray into web apps and I lacked the experience to grow it into something bigger. Eventually I moved on to other projects and closed Domain Pigeon down, which has been one of my biggest regrets. My original vision for Domain Pigeon i…
Hey guys, About three years ago I built and launched Domain Pigeon, a web app that listed available web 2.0-style domain names each day [1]. The site did fairly well, but it was my first foray into web apps and I lacked the experience to grow it into something bigger. Eventually I moved on to other projects and closed Domain Pigeon down, which has been one of my biggest regrets. My original vision for Domain Pigeon i…
It'd be great if when I double-check a domains availability and it comes back negative, it turns red and is removed from future searches.
I added an option to double check its availability on the registration dialog.
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.
GoDaddy et al might replicate your functionality. But they won't replicate a look at the competition for the business.
Better yet, be a brokerage portal. Get registrars to bid directly for the work. You also provided curated search on "best registrar" questions -- fastest, reliablest, fewest / most stolen domain problems.
If you can work out some means of obtaining good names held by squatters, that's better still -- and a real value add that would be harder to replicate. (I actually have some idea along this line.)
Why try to run a registration business when you're already good at generating traffic?
Nice tool, I was looking for something like this a few weeks ago and most didn't "just work". A few things I noticed while using other services -- none had all of these in one place: - It would be handy to be able to sort by number of characters, etc. - some places allow adding of common prefixes/suffixes - Can you do a search of more than 1000 keywords via button to do the next 1000? - In the case of searching a com…
- Added sorting options (alphabetical, length) - Added filtering options (starts with, ends with) - Added a Moniker registration link
Will eventually add more search results; want to make sure this holds up first.
With regard to being a viable business not sure, but on a personal note, I really like it. Very impressed by the speed. I don't mind that it's not 100% correct. It's a great tool to get your creative juices flowing when looking for an available domain.
At first glance, looks pretty cool. However, I find the green of the available results to be quite painful to look at. Something like #B8FC9F looks a lot better, to me.
Interesting color. Anyone else have any recommendations on what to change the green domains to?
Perhaps you could do a colorblind mode that uses red, blue, and yellow (out of simplicity's sake) to indicate availability? It'd make your service way more useful for me :)