List of available 2 letter domain names • Hacker News Board

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by listic » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

Why just .ag .cx .gg .gl .gs .gy .ht .is .je .lc .ms .pe? Do all of the other two-letter TLDs have all two-letter domains picked?

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by rl3 » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

jeswin wrote: post #22

A bit off-topic, but I'd like to know what HN thinks about a short domain I've chosen for an upcoming product. I'm building a platform which lets people create and host simple apps. It's kind of a collaborative app development thing, so you build on what's already there and let others use what you've made. The project is called "Fora", and I bought the domain www.4ah.org. I like the brevity, but does it look like a s…

Honestly, yes it does.

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by snissn » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:17 PM UTC

Here's a list of available 2 letter .rs domains:

https://gist.github.com/mike-seiler/c20be8fb641bc280fff0

I kind of like ym.rs and wk.rs

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by lastofus » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

I feel like py.gl needs to be a cool Python project/library, or at the very least, picked up by the pyopengl folks.

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by RandomBK » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:21 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #17

Thank you! I just found and purchased a perfect domain for an idea I've had for a while. For some reason, most of my projects start with a domain. I can't write code until I have a git repo. Can't make a repo until I have a directory. And I can't make the directory until I have a name. Which, of course, requires a domain name first...

I tend to use a temporary codename for my projects, and design the system with a future name change in mind. I find it helps let me focus on the actual functionality, and stops me from getting stuck on designing a brand name/logo for a product that doesn't even exist.

Another plus is that the design and parameters of my projects often change during development, so not having a predetermined name gives me the flexibility to make those changes without worrying about 'fitting' with the name.

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by pavlov » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:25 PM UTC

listic wrote: post #31

Why just .ag .cx .gg .gl .gs .gy .ht .is .je .lc .ms .pe? Do all of the other two-letter TLDs have all two-letter domains picked?

Many of them don't allow two-letter domain names at all.

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by justinzollars » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:32 PM UTC

Proud that I was able to snatch my initials a few years ago: jz.io

Re: List of available 2 letter domain names

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Post by legulere » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:33 PM UTC

listic wrote: post #31

Why just .ag .cx .gg .gl .gs .gy .ht .is .je .lc .ms .pe? Do all of the other two-letter TLDs have all two-letter domains picked?

some tlds don't allow two letter domain names. .de used to forbid two letter domains.

(After a court order because of vw.de those restrictions were lifted, and now there even exist one letter domains, though most of them are just squatted, for instance g.de which just redirects to p.de)