DomainEmu
Dev tools
domain name search
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for brainstorming domain names
From 3 comments
This is awesome. I usually do the same thing, only manually. That's how I came up with some of my favorite domains. I also accidentally stumbled upon blackmail.io doing this. At…
amingilani on HNI think this is more of a brainstorming tool to get ideas. For instance, I found phishfish.com which I would have preferred over what I went with for my phishing simulation…
mipmap04 on HNNameGrep is awesome! Love it, been trying to find something like this for quite some time now.
takenew on HN
Domain itself fits the product
From 1 comment
I like how the domain of this service is the epitome of what it does.
jazoom on HN
Objections
Word pairings like MailChimp and TaskRabbit don't clearly connect to the product
From 2 comments
TaskRabbit I can kinda see, but MailChimp? I don't see the connection here.
wingerlang on HNThis would be cool (I guess) if jamming random animals into domains made sense. It's not like "rabbit" and "chimp" were chosen at random. They symbolize the product.
smt88 on HN
Pro version questioned; suggests affiliate monetisation instead
From 2 comments
Nice, but is the "pro" version really necessary? Not everything needs to be monetised..
nihil75 on HNYeah, why not follow the model of every domain search site and monetize via affiliate links? Honestly you'll probably make more that way than with the pro plan anyway. Or maybe…
chatmasta on HN
Does not work on iOS 10.2
From 1 comment
It doesn't work on iOS (10.2), or I just don't get it?
m3tr0s on HN
Requests
Use the sets of words in other tools
From 1 comment
Nice, I made something similar a while ago using regexes: https://namegrep.com/#task%28%3Anature%2Fanimals%3A%29 Mind if I replicate some of your sets? :)
alixaxel on HN
Questions
What does the LL icon mean
From 1 comment
What does the "LL" icon mean?
jazoom on HN
Alternatives named
NameGrep
From 2 comments
Nice, I made something similar a while ago using regexes: https://namegrep.com/#task%28%3Anature%2Fanimals%3A%29 Mind if I replicate some of your sets? :)
alixaxel on HNNameGrep is awesome! Love it, been trying to find something like this for quite some time now.
takenew on HN
Blackmail.io-style manual domain search
From 1 comment
This is awesome. I usually do the same thing, only manually. That's how I came up with some of my favorite domains. I also accidentally stumbled upon blackmail.io doing this. At…
amingilani on HN
PhishFish.com
From 1 comment
I think this is more of a brainstorming tool to get ideas. For instance, I found phishfish.com which I would have preferred over what I went with for my phishing simulation…
mipmap04 on HN