coreyballou.com
Web and SaaS
domain name search
SHOW HN2012
63points
42comments
#370of 1,677 in 2012
Top 23%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Pricing: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for finding good domains and snapping up cheap deals
From 3 comments
I just got a 5 letter domain for $1.16 because of this thread and your comment.
crisnoble on HNAwesome! Thanks for this — already grabbed a couple.
zachwill on HNThese are fun, and it's interesting to see solid domains still in there. destn.com (standard abbreviation for Destination on tickets, or close to destin, French for destiny) was…
jtheory on HN
Fun to browse
From 1 comment
These are fun, and it's interesting to see solid domains still in there. destn.com (standard abbreviation for Destination on tickets, or close to destin, French for destiny) was…
jtheory on HN
Objections
GoDaddy referral link is objectionable
From 3 comments
Interesting to see how many 5 chars are available. But a godaddy referal? Really?
sturob on HNBecause of their supporting/co-sponsoring SOPA. I’m not expressing an opinion here, it’s just probably what sturob is referring to. Or their CEO killing elephants, or their…
deno on HNWhy link to godaddy when there are tons of respectable choices?
Rickasaurus on HN
Pagination and infinite scroll bugs
From 2 comments
It seems to repeat the last page ad infinitum. E.g. I’m on “V”, and once you scroll down past “veury.com” it just repeats from “veour.com.” I was also hoping to browse “vec∗”…
deno on HNI think the actual problem is that umping to a specific letter breaks the infinite scroll. Jumped to 'S' looking for some relevant domains for a side project but it keeps looping…
tseabrooks on HN
Unclear why the tool is needed
From 1 comment
I fail to see the use for this. Why exactly would you want to know what pronounceable 5-char domains there are? It's like two minutes work to script this yourself. Edit: Also…
bashzor on HN
Requests
Search by end of domain
From 1 comment
Is there any way you could make the search match the end of the domain instead of the start? There are a few words I'd like to experiment with where I'd quite like to have a…
mootothemax on HN
Search within results
From 1 comment
Is there any way to search within the list, e.g. search for abc within the 10000 results?
blazzar on HN
Questions
What is the value of a five letter domain over six letter
From 2 comments
I feel like I'm missing something... What's the value of a 5 letter domain over a 6 letter domain?
grimtrigger on HNI would think it is obvious, all other things being equal, that fewer letters are more memorable, easier to type, etc. Of course, if it is 5-letter gibberish versus 6- or…
drcube on HN
Alternatives named
Writing a script to whois dictionary words
From 2 comments
Back in the late 1990s, I wrote a perl script that whois'd every "$word.com" in /usr/share/dict/words. At the time, I thought, "gee, all the good names are taken" and registered…
cpeterso on HNI fail to see the use for this. Why exactly would you want to know what pronounceable 5-char domains there are? It's like two minutes work to script this yourself. Edit: Also…
bashzor on HN