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Drop to a bash shell and do this: $ whois example.com It's what I've always turned to first for availability. Super fast and less chance of a middleman grabbin
by strict9 8y ago
Drop to a bash shell and do this: $ whois example.com
It's what I've always turned to first for availability. Super fast and less chance of a middleman grabbing it because you expressed interest.
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- dewey 8y agoDoesn’t give you the price though which is one of the things people are looking for when searching for a domain and if it’s not one of the popular TLDs where you already know a ballpark figure.
- jiveturkey 8y agoYou misunderstand. Command line 'whois' is how you search for a domain initially. If it is available, the price is the standard price for a domain in that TLD. If it's already owned, you learn that also. Then you can visit www or visit the registrar to see if it is for sale and for how much. You can also search on domains.google.com. They are known to not engage in these practices.
- dewey 8y agoNo I didn't. You are saying the same thing as I did but if it's a TLD where you don't know a ballpark figure you'll have to look it up somewhere to see the price which is some registrar like GoDaddy for a lot of people (especially those that don't know much about what's going on in the background). Availability is not the only factor that people look at when they first decide on a domain. Especially if it's a side project / startup and not a bigger project where it doesn't matter if it's 9.99 / year or 500 / year.
- antsar 8y agoOk, so use ‘whois mydomain.tld’ to check availability, then google “.tld price” or “otherdomain.tld price” to check the cost without identifying your domain.