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They claim there's still an English word (an adjective) that's available as a .com domain but apparently it's not possible to see what it is from their site. I

by dhosek 6y ago

They claim there's still an English word (an adjective) that's available as a .com domain but apparently it's not possible to see what it is from their site. I remember back in ’99 seeing a list of English words that were still available as .com It was short enough to read at a sitting and I was going through it looking for potential band names. The only one I remember was “osteoclasts.” Unfortunately, we didn’t have a hard enough sound to merit that name.

uyaij 6y ago
> They claim there's still an English word (an adjective) that's available as a .com domain but apparently it's not possible to see what it is from their site. I think that refers to "extra-small", which is a word in the linked gist: https://gist.github.com/hugsy/8910dc78d208e40de42deb29e62df913#file-gistfile1-txt-L352 https://gist.github.com/hugsy/8910dc78d208e40de42deb29e62df9...
- cirno 6y ago
  Which was also registered eight days ago, it would seem.
  - mattl 6y ago
    And isn’t one word.
  - steventey 6y ago
    Weird - I just checked it on both Namecheap and Godaddy and apparently it's still available. Will double-check with the WHOIS database now. Thanks for letting me know!
    - cirno 6y ago
      Sure thing, I really appreciate your site by the way! There actually are services that list good available domain names already but they all want to sell you the list before you can even know if their list is any good, so I've never bothered. As for extra-small, I used Google Domains to check it, it certainly seems to be registered as of May 16th. https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/search/whois/extra-small.com?hl=en&searchTerm=extra-small.com https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/search/whois/extra-sm... I did some more digging, it appears that namecheap (or another registrar/reseller) squatted it and is reselling it as a premium domain for $190. I suppose in the most technical sense, it is available, but my assumption was that this was a list of unregistered domains rather than say an AfterNIC competitor. Would it be possible to note in your database which domains are unregistered and which are being scalped?
      - steventey 6y ago
        Interesting! I didn't know that Namecheap was into domain name squatting but I guess the cat's out of the bag now! As for the note, I'll have to figure out how to do that because right now, all I can do is filter out the premium domains - which I suppose are the ones that are being scalped, right? Also, thank you for your kind words! And wow, I didn't know that people would actually sell lists like this - I was just building something that I knew I would want to use without really expecting anything in return, and I guess a lot of people found it useful too! :D
        bhartzer 6y ago
        How do you know that it’s the registrar (namecheap) that owns it and not one of their customers?
        steventey 6y ago
        Great question! I'm not so sure myself - anybody knows anything about this?
steventey 6y ago
Yeah, I've been trying to find legible and pronounceable one-word .com domains but to no avail...the only ones I found were words like injudiciously.com or diarrhoeic.com haha Would appreciate some suggestions on what to do to improve on this!
- leesec 6y ago
  Create your own word?
  - steventey 6y ago
    I'm thinking of training a deep learning model on the top 10,000 startup names and use it to generate available .com domain names that could potentially be used for future projects as well. Not sure how feasible this is gonna be but I'm definitely gonna give it a try!
    - leesec 6y ago
      Yeah sounds like a fun project but also a bit overkill to me. I would just take an existing word and change some of the letters. Rivora, Espirole, Calind. There ya go here's 3. Didn't check if they have domains or not but it really shouldn't take long to find a reasonable sounding 1 word untaken name.
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - hoki 6y ago
      It seems like there are services out there doing exactly that, i.e. https://zlipa.com https://zlipa.com
      - steventey 6y ago
        Yeah, there are certainly a lot of really cool products out there that does this...namelix.com is one of them as well. But damn, I really love Zilpa's UX! Thanks for sharing! :D
pmachinery 6y ago
As of right now napalming.com is available, autocratically.com, cauterizes.com, peronist.com, pickaninnies.com, and doubtless many more. Most one-word .COMs are weird/obscure, related to negative things or end in S, so not much use for a business. Fornicates.com was available recently though, as was goriest.com, both of which are not bad for less mainstream sites. Outside .COM there are tons of one word domains. imagines.org was one of the ones I liked when I used to check under that extension. Any Michaels here might be interested in micks.org. chiptune.org isn't bad. takeouts.org is available. And, uh, poontang.org. I think I'll end this now. Since there seem to be a few domain related submissions at HN recently, for anyone wanting to register a name, Namecheap has a $6.06 .COM promo currently.
- boustrophedon 6y ago
  Be careful with namecheap. I used to use them for everything (and still have several domains registered with them), but one of my domains was a short word on an obscure TLD. This year they increased the price by 15x, and support tried to pass the blame by claiming "the registry decided it's a premium domain." The registry may decide whether a domain is "premium" or not, but I had no issues transferring it to Google Domains and paying less than what I was paying before.
  - Klinky 6y ago
    I've been moving domains from Namecheap to Porkbun due to ever increasing renewal prices, it's something like $5 cheaper per domain with Porkbun. I didn't see the 15x increase you saw though.
    - steventey 6y ago
      Hmmm...I'm debating between Porkbun, Iwantmyname and Domain.com - which one do you guys think I should add next?
      - joering2 6y ago
        Suggest checking out Dynadot - they always run some promos and I typically get .com for 99 cents first year. Then they are $8.99 including proxy/privacy. I had many of issues over the years that were flawlessly solved with Dynadot chat support. Issues I was unable to fix with NameCheap (who has all customer support team in Eastern-block of Europe, so "made in America" does not apply), and also GoDaddy gave me issues. Besides I had a small back-and-forth battle here on HN with Namecheap CEO (I won), but needless to say it showed how unprofessional and childish the CEO of such popular company can be. Also Namesilo is gaining some traction. Reliable, worth trying, but no chat help.

by dhosek 6y ago

uyaij 6y ago

> They claim there's still an English word (an adjective) that's available as a .com domain but apparently it's not possible to see what it is from their site. I think that refers to "extra-small", which is a word in the linked gist: https://gist.github.com/hugsy/8910dc78d208e40de42deb29e62df913#file-gistfile1-txt-L352 https://gist.github.com/hugsy/8910dc78d208e40de42deb29e62df9...

cirno 6y ago
Which was also registered eight days ago, it would seem.
- mattl 6y ago
  And isn’t one word.
- steventey 6y ago
  Weird - I just checked it on both Namecheap and Godaddy and apparently it's still available. Will double-check with the WHOIS database now. Thanks for letting me know!
  - cirno 6y ago
    Sure thing, I really appreciate your site by the way! There actually are services that list good available domain names already but they all want to sell you the list before you can even know if their list is any good, so I've never bothered. As for extra-small, I used Google Domains to check it, it certainly seems to be registered as of May 16th. https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/search/whois/extra-small.com?hl=en&searchTerm=extra-small.com https://domains.google.com/m/registrar/search/whois/extra-sm... I did some more digging, it appears that namecheap (or another registrar/reseller) squatted it and is reselling it as a premium domain for $190. I suppose in the most technical sense, it is available, but my assumption was that this was a list of unregistered domains rather than say an AfterNIC competitor. Would it be possible to note in your database which domains are unregistered and which are being scalped?
    - steventey 6y ago
      Interesting! I didn't know that Namecheap was into domain name squatting but I guess the cat's out of the bag now! As for the note, I'll have to figure out how to do that because right now, all I can do is filter out the premium domains - which I suppose are the ones that are being scalped, right? Also, thank you for your kind words! And wow, I didn't know that people would actually sell lists like this - I was just building something that I knew I would want to use without really expecting anything in return, and I guess a lot of people found it useful too! :D
      - bhartzer 6y ago
        How do you know that it’s the registrar (namecheap) that owns it and not one of their customers?
        steventey 6y ago
        Great question! I'm not so sure myself - anybody knows anything about this?

steventey 6y ago

Yeah, I've been trying to find legible and pronounceable one-word .com domains but to no avail...the only ones I found were words like injudiciously.com or diarrhoeic.com haha Would appreciate some suggestions on what to do to improve on this!

leesec 6y ago
Create your own word?
- steventey 6y ago
  I'm thinking of training a deep learning model on the top 10,000 startup names and use it to generate available .com domain names that could potentially be used for future projects as well. Not sure how feasible this is gonna be but I'm definitely gonna give it a try!
  - leesec 6y ago
    Yeah sounds like a fun project but also a bit overkill to me. I would just take an existing word and change some of the letters. Rivora, Espirole, Calind. There ya go here's 3. Didn't check if they have domains or not but it really shouldn't take long to find a reasonable sounding 1 word untaken name.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - hoki 6y ago
    It seems like there are services out there doing exactly that, i.e. https://zlipa.com https://zlipa.com
    - steventey 6y ago
      Yeah, there are certainly a lot of really cool products out there that does this...namelix.com is one of them as well. But damn, I really love Zilpa's UX! Thanks for sharing! :D

pmachinery 6y ago

As of right now napalming.com is available, autocratically.com, cauterizes.com, peronist.com, pickaninnies.com, and doubtless many more. Most one-word .COMs are weird/obscure, related to negative things or end in S, so not much use for a business. Fornicates.com was available recently though, as was goriest.com, both of which are not bad for less mainstream sites. Outside .COM there are tons of one word domains. imagines.org was one of the ones I liked when I used to check under that extension. Any Michaels here might be interested in micks.org. chiptune.org isn't bad. takeouts.org is available. And, uh, poontang.org. I think I'll end this now. Since there seem to be a few domain related submissions at HN recently, for anyone wanting to register a name, Namecheap has a $6.06 .COM promo currently.

boustrophedon 6y ago
Be careful with namecheap. I used to use them for everything (and still have several domains registered with them), but one of my domains was a short word on an obscure TLD. This year they increased the price by 15x, and support tried to pass the blame by claiming "the registry decided it's a premium domain." The registry may decide whether a domain is "premium" or not, but I had no issues transferring it to Google Domains and paying less than what I was paying before.
- Klinky 6y ago
  I've been moving domains from Namecheap to Porkbun due to ever increasing renewal prices, it's something like $5 cheaper per domain with Porkbun. I didn't see the 15x increase you saw though.
  - steventey 6y ago
    Hmmm...I'm debating between Porkbun, Iwantmyname and Domain.com - which one do you guys think I should add next?
    - joering2 6y ago
      Suggest checking out Dynadot - they always run some promos and I typically get .com for 99 cents first year. Then they are $8.99 including proxy/privacy. I had many of issues over the years that were flawlessly solved with Dynadot chat support. Issues I was unable to fix with NameCheap (who has all customer support team in Eastern-block of Europe, so "made in America" does not apply), and also GoDaddy gave me issues. Besides I had a small back-and-forth battle here on HN with Namecheap CEO (I won), but needless to say it showed how unprofessional and childish the CEO of such popular company can be. Also Namesilo is gaining some traction. Reliable, worth trying, but no chat help.