Dictionary Domains
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domain name search
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
18 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.46.
Idea: 11 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 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
Simple, clean and useful idea
From 2 comments
Love it! Simple, clean and really useful. Do you plan to keep adding words as time goes on?
emhart on HNThis is an awesome, simple idea. There's something to be said about simplicity. I wish I had an idea like that!
jack57 on HN
Triggers impulse domain purchases
From 3 comments
This triggering a maddening desire to make some impulse purchases. Well done.
munificent on HNI'm now up to 22 names owned thanks to this site. :P
vonmoltke on HNNice idea. New project domain purchased (and marked). Come at me weekend.
kimburgess on HN
Domain hack feature is well done
From 1 comment
This is like the holy grail for domain squatters - hopefully they don't read HN. Also, mad props on the "domain hack" feature.
primitivesuave on HN
Objections
Results include many unappealing words when sorted by length
From 1 comment
Sort by length brings up some fun results that nobody wants: Sore, Gamy, Lewd, Nosy, Pale, Damp, Dull and Glib. They sound like foul dwarves. EDIT: it goes on for pages and…
JonnieCache on HN
No .com domains available
From 2 comments
I couldn't figure out how to filter by .com Are all .com dictionary words simply taken?
hayksaakian on HNNo .com?
arasmussen on HN
Hard to browse with 29 pages instead of alphabetical pages
From 1 comment
Wouldn't it be nicer if the domain names were divided alphabetically into 26 labelled pages? Right now it's 29 and difficult to browse.
jack57 on HN
Requests
Search by synonyms or definitions
From 2 comments
Pretty nice. A suggestion though: it would be nice to be able to search by synonyms or definition rather than just exact words. That way if you know you're searching for…
Kronopath on HNThis looks very nice, any chance you'll add per TLD filtering? Eg. only show me .com, .us and .io but not .ly Synonyms would also be great as others have mentioned Edit: Ah I…
rguldener on HN
Filter by TLD or local presence requirements
From 2 comments
This looks very nice, any chance you'll add per TLD filtering? Eg. only show me .com, .us and .io but not .ly Synonyms would also be great as others have mentioned Edit: Ah I…
rguldener on HNWelp, you've already made me buy one of them. Any chance you could do filtering based on some of them? For example, some of them you need to have a local presence to register.…
joelrunyon on HN
Open source the code
From 1 comment
Any chance to opensource this? Will be very useful for implementing in another languages and non-english countries.
kassner on HN
Questions
Will more words and extensions be added?
From 1 comment
Love it! Simple, clean and really useful. Do you plan to keep adding words as time goes on?
emhart on HN
Which domains did the maker buy before publicizing?
From 1 comment
What domains did you buy before publicizing this?
officialjunk on HN
Alternatives named
Lean Domain Search
From 1 comment
Hey HN, Over the weekend, I built Dictionary Domains to make it super easy to find unregistered {word}.{tld} domains for your next project. There's some pretty great tools out…
thiele on HN
Bust A Name
From 1 comment
Hey HN, Over the weekend, I built Dictionary Domains to make it super easy to find unregistered {word}.{tld} domains for your next project. There's some pretty great tools out…
thiele on HN
shortdomainsearch.net
From 1 comment
Hey, nice site. I actually built a very similar tool a few months ago: http://shortdomainsearch.net/
chaosmachine on HN
domai.nr
From 1 comment
I find domai.nr quite useful and comfy: https://domai.nr
cynical_slave on HN
Andy Baio's 2002 domain list
From 1 comment
Ha, yeah, it'd be interesting to see which domains on there became valuable and/or successful companies. After I made this I saw Andy Baio did a list back in 2002 too:…
thiele on HN