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Re: Show HN: Fast and efficient domain checking tool

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Post by volodymyr_f »

gburt wrote: post #29

It appears to be buggy. It told me Internet.io, Business.mobi, Collect.fm and others were available (they're not). It was making me very excited until I learned it was mistaken quite regularly. :(

I didn't want to make anyone upset with this tool.

The current version of the service is based on the DNS lookup, which is not always accurate. The errors may happen when a domain does not have a name server record specified or it is in the a redemption period.

The current version is an experiment that checks if such a tool can be useful for people. All the received feedback will be used to improve it. Using more reliable approach of domain availability checking for sure has the highest priority.

Re: Show HN: Fast and efficient domain checking tool

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Post by JoshTriplett »

volodymyr_f wrote: post #20
JoshTriplett wrote: post #16

Very nice! Much like instantdomainsearch, but with much broader TLD coverage. Your pricing for Gandi seems incorrect; for instance, Gandi charges $15.50/year for .com domains, not $18.54. Sad that this still points people at GoDaddy as the cheapest option; you get what you pay for, and GoDaddy has numerous well-known problems (in their policies on how they (don't) support you if they get a complaint, and in their man…

Thank you for your feedback and the great idea about the domain hacks implementation. :) The prices are shown with the included taxes and ICANN fees, which all registrars calculate a bit differently. I tried to make them as much comparable as possible. The total price for .com domain at Gandi.net is indeed 18.54 ( https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/com/ ) Which other registrars would you like to be included?

That price only applies if you live in the EU and have to pay VAT. You don't have to pay that price anywhere else in the world. And Gandi covers all the relevant fees; the price they quote is what you actually pay them.

Re: Show HN: Fast and efficient domain checking tool

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Post by volodymyr_f »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #33
volodymyr_f wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for your feedback and the great idea about the domain hacks implementation. :) The prices are shown with the included taxes and ICANN fees, which all registrars calculate a bit differently. I tried to make them as much comparable as possible. The total price for .com domain at Gandi.net is indeed 18.54 ( https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/com/ ) Which other registrars would you like to be included?

That price only applies if you live in the EU and have to pay VAT. You don't have to pay that price anywhere else in the world. And Gandi covers all the relevant fees; the price they quote is what you actually pay them.

You are right, I'll take that into account.

Maybe I was confused because the domain for this project was registered through Gandi.net and I had to pay that tax as I currently live in the EU. :)

Re: Show HN: Fast and efficient domain checking tool

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Post by wilfra »

volodymyr_f wrote: post #22
timdorr wrote: post #15

Neat, but I like http://domai.nr/ better because it shows interesting TLDs that would make my domain be one word. For instance, it suggests tim.do/rr for my username.

Good, feature request received. :)

domainsbot has a great API for this - it's what all the big registrars use

Re: Show HN: Fast and efficient domain checking tool

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Post by RKearney »

It took me a few moments to realize the reason this service wasn't working at all was because you use port 3000 to load the domain registration information. Many firewalls, both in a corporate environment and at home, tend to block things like this.

Perhaps you could reconsider this decision and use port 80.

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