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Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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post #4

I wasn't expecting much and entered 'increase your [junk] size' as a business description for the lols - got some good results like SuperInches.com and ManlyGain.com :D

lol. those are pretty good indeed! Who knows, maybe its your new calling. Next thing you own a billion-dollar supplements company.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

#14

Update: Apologies to anyone who doesn't get the red/green light on .com availability. I hit API rate limit on that function and quickly updating the backend to use a different API. Will be done shortly!

it's actually possible to download a list of all domains in .com TLD. Google for how to download domains from ICANN. I think it takes like a day to your request approved.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

#15

Really cool! I did something very similar about a year and a half ago, and it's been coasting with okay traffic since then: namy.ai Curious to know what you're using in the backend? Did you do any finetuning? Happy to share my process (what I did was scrape top 1mill websites and use that as training data for names on T5 nlp model)

I love the pencil-sketch style of your finding. Really cool.

I am using OpenAI GPT3 with a single (but long) prompt, explaining how to come up with the names that I think would be interesting.

Honestly, people who just about "prompt engineering" are pretty on point. It requires a bit of experimentation, but in this case I didn't have to do any fine tuning of the model itself, just the prompt.

I might come up with an array of different prompts to alter results, depends on user preferences.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

#16
If anyone else is planning to sell ice to Eskimos, I just saved you an API call:

- IceEskimos.com

- ArcticIceCo.com

- ChillyChillers.com

- ChillInn.com

- FrostBites.com (my favorite)

This is so fun, but also not good for my domain buying addiction. Great job!

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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Really cool! I did something very similar about a year and a half ago, and it's been coasting with okay traffic since then: namy.ai Curious to know what you're using in the backend? Did you do any finetuning? Happy to share my process (what I did was scrape top 1mill websites and use that as training data for names on T5 nlp model)

I am curious - are you getting any referral fee from GoDaddy/Namecheap when you send users for registration? I've tried to find a program on their site, but it seems like a dark forest. There are some referral banners, but not direct "register this domain, and get back a dollar" kind of thing.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

#18

If anyone else is planning to sell ice to Eskimos, I just saved you an API call: - IceEskimos.com - ArcticIceCo.com - ChillyChillers.com - ChillInn.com - FrostBites.com (my favorite) This is so fun, but also not good for my domain buying addiction. Great job!

Oh that's fun! Maybe I should offer to optionally save the queries so that others can browse all these great use cases. Ice to Eskimos. Brilliant!

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

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post #9

Is this thing front-running? Every domain in my search is "premium" for $1000+.

Heh. If only I had the budget for that. No, but the API I was using earlier was checking for truly available domains, but I got quickly rate-limited by that one. With the new api I get "available" even if it costs a house to buy it.

I'll try to add some additional checks and differentiate naked domains and expensive ones.

Re: Show HN: Domain Name Search with AI

#20

Really cool! I did something very similar about a year and a half ago, and it's been coasting with okay traffic since then: namy.ai Curious to know what you're using in the backend? Did you do any finetuning? Happy to share my process (what I did was scrape top 1mill websites and use that as training data for names on T5 nlp model)

I love the pencil-sketch style of your finding. Really cool. I am using OpenAI GPT3 with a single (but long) prompt, explaining how to come up with the names that I think would be interesting. Honestly, people who just about "prompt engineering" are pretty on point. It requires a bit of experimentation, but in this case I didn't have to do any fine tuning of the model itself, just the prompt. I might come up with an…

Is that economic for you? What's the cost of asking GPT these days?

My numbers for affiliate earnings were relatively low, which is why im asking. OpenAI API is expensive.

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