Short Domain Search
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How HN took it
10 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast, slick and intuitive UI
From 4 comments
Very intuitive, slick and fast UI!
stephanos2k on HNVery useful product and very nice UI. +1
sczkid on HNGreat work and the site is fat-free and very intuitive. Just a thought, grouping the domains by name and showing various TLDs for each name would be nice. And .in TLDs would be…
anishdeena on HNMy first dozen attempts were kaput within 3 letters. The search is so quick, I almost thought the product was broken. Examples would be nice, though I understand that's difficult…
vnchr on HN
Objections
Links go to GoDaddy, which commenters dislike for pricing and practices
From 3 comments
After SOPA support, the sexist superbowl commercials, countless customer support horror stories, etc., would you consider making NameCheap the default registration option rather…
JayNeely on HNEverybody gotta pay their bills, but please help starve the GoDaddy beast! They're bad for the internet community and treat their customers like shit.
kintamanimatt on HNI found a domain i liked on your page, but godaddy.com charges 5 bucks more then namecheap.com and in general not very friendly to clients. So I had to go to namecheap.com and…
hippich on HN
Requests
Add more TLDs such as .in, .it, .im, .pw, .ly
From 5 comments
Please include .in domain
kanakiyajay on HN.im would be nice too - if we're making requests
IanChiles on HNand .it (please)
personlurking on HNA .pw TLD would be nice.
bodge on HNno .ly?
puredemo on HN
Option to choose registrar other than GoDaddy by default
From 3 comments
After SOPA support, the sexist superbowl commercials, countless customer support horror stories, etc., would you consider making NameCheap the default registration option rather…
JayNeely on HNI found a domain i liked on your page, but godaddy.com charges 5 bucks more then namecheap.com and in general not very friendly to clients. So I had to go to namecheap.com and…
hippich on HNcrap... did not notice these =( may be make an jump page where user can select registrar and possibly show price? Although not sure how many users are like me :) May be totally…
hippich on HN
Allow choosing word length and custom TLDs
From 2 comments
Would be awesome if you'd let me choose the length of word I want. I'd still consider a 6-letter domain pretty short, and would love to look through the available 6-letter .io…
ianstormtaylor on HNNice work. Would love to see a custom TLD setting (inputbox?), so I can add relevant TLD's
klausjensen on HN
Questions
Why avoid country TLDs like .bz and .us
From 1 comment
> Separately I'm not a proponent of using any TLD such as .bz, .us etc. My opinion from being in this business for 17 years. Why?
update on HN
Alternatives named
Domainr
From 1 comment
Speaking of domain search tools, I built one for finding domains collaboratively with your cofounder/partner/friend/whatever. http://wedomainsearch.com/ It's using Domainr's API…
shazow on HN
domai.nr
From 1 comment
Reminds me of http://domai.nr/
xeroxmalf on HN
Randomainer
From 1 comment
Likewise, I came across Randomainer (www.randomainer.com) which lists premium domains on the lower half of the page, below their available invented domain names. If the premium…
personlurking on HN