domain-check
Dev tools
domain availability checker
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How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for finding available domains
From 1 comment
Cool but...it doesn't work, like pizza returns pizza.org and pizza.net as free.
stets on HN
Objections
Reports false availability, e.g. pizza.org and pizza.net shown as free
From 1 comment
Cool but...it doesn't work, like pizza returns pizza.org and pizza.net as free.
stets on HN
Parked domains show as unavailable though technically available, a known limitation
From 1 comment
Checking test.io input produced TLD variants but not the bare domain
From 1 comment
I typed "test.io" in the input box and it checked for "test.io.org", "test.io.com" and even "test.io.io" but not "test.io".
simjnd on HN
Requests
Add .io to the hard-coded TLD list
From 1 comment
Ah, you just need to enter the domain name, I've hard-coded the tlds to check. I'll add .io
fayazara on HN
Use WHOIS for more accurate results
From 1 comment
I previously also made a domain name availability checking tool, but it only used DNS queries as first step. For more accurate results, it still needs to rely on WHOIS.…
Airyisland on HN
Alternatives named
query.domains, a domain availability checker that uses DNS and WHOIS
From 1 comment
I previously also made a domain name availability checking tool, but it only used DNS queries as first step. For more accurate results, it still needs to rely on WHOIS.…
Airyisland on HN