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The Perfect Domain Name

9 points by carlsednaoui 15y ago

eurleif 15y ago
Also, if the Twitter handle is available, register is first! If you try to register the domain first, a bot will often grab the Twitter handle.
- RexRollman 15y ago
  Really? That's messed up.
- carlsednaoui 15y ago
  Ha, didn't know about that - good tip!
- shousper 15y ago
  Guess I got lucky.. maybe by staying off the radar. After having my domain for a few weeks now, I just went and grabbed g+, fb and tw accounts/pages for it =D Thanks for the tip though! Didn't think of this at all..
sarbogast 15y ago
Then we need a tool that mashes up domai.nr, twitter, facebook and Google+ API's and tells us which name is available on all 4.
- ajaymehta 15y ago
  I believe this approaches what you're looking for: http://namechk.com/ http://namechk.com/
  - sarbogast 15y ago
    Nice indeed!
    - laserDinosaur 15y ago
      That is hands down one of the coolest interfaces I've seen in a long time.
  - deleted 15y ago
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  - carlsednaoui 15y ago
    Sweet interface!
    - rickette 15y ago
      Indeed, also I can't believe they integrated all those services.
  - ctbon 15y ago
    Similarly try namecheck.com It searches the main social sites for handles but also searches for domains and trademarks.
  - rickette 15y ago
    Perhaps it's just me but I'm always a bit hesitant to use third party domain checkers. I can't speak for namechk.com but who says the owner of such service isn't logging all entries? Whenever I want to verify whether a domain is available I use the official whois servers.
berberous 15y ago
Worthless article: Register twitter/facebook/g+ of your domain. Duh
- brianbreslin 15y ago
  i agree, can't believe this was on the front page.
  - nothanks 15y ago
    http://www.google.com/search?q=first+world+problem+meme http://www.google.com/search?q=first+world+problem+meme Anyone with Photoshop and a few minutes of spare time?
- carlsednaoui 15y ago
  Sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised at the amount of people that don't check social networks prior to buying a domain name.
operand 15y ago
This is a total shameless plug here, but I've been building a site for exactly this reason for a couple months, and would really love to hear feedback. The site is http://namrr.com http://namrr.com No I'm not doing any front running or any thing like that. I hope to maybe make some affiliate dollars, but really I built this for myself first, because I hate the stupid frustration of trying to find a name, and I want to make it easy. It's a total work in progress. I would love to hear what you think. Hope I don't get flamed for the self promotion...

9 points by carlsednaoui 15y ago

Also, if the Twitter handle is available, register is first! If you try to register the domain first, a bot will often grab the Twitter handle.

RexRollman 15y ago
Really? That's messed up.
carlsednaoui 15y ago
Ha, didn't know about that - good tip!
shousper 15y ago
Guess I got lucky.. maybe by staying off the radar. After having my domain for a few weeks now, I just went and grabbed g+, fb and tw accounts/pages for it =D Thanks for the tip though! Didn't think of this at all..

sarbogast 15y ago

Then we need a tool that mashes up domai.nr, twitter, facebook and Google+ API's and tells us which name is available on all 4.

ajaymehta 15y ago
I believe this approaches what you're looking for: http://namechk.com/ http://namechk.com/
- sarbogast 15y ago
  Nice indeed!
  - laserDinosaur 15y ago
    That is hands down one of the coolest interfaces I've seen in a long time.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
- carlsednaoui 15y ago
  Sweet interface!
  - rickette 15y ago
    Indeed, also I can't believe they integrated all those services.
- ctbon 15y ago
  Similarly try namecheck.com It searches the main social sites for handles but also searches for domains and trademarks.
- rickette 15y ago
  Perhaps it's just me but I'm always a bit hesitant to use third party domain checkers. I can't speak for namechk.com but who says the owner of such service isn't logging all entries? Whenever I want to verify whether a domain is available I use the official whois servers.

berberous 15y ago

Worthless article: Register twitter/facebook/g+ of your domain. Duh

brianbreslin 15y ago
i agree, can't believe this was on the front page.
- nothanks 15y ago
  http://www.google.com/search?q=first+world+problem+meme http://www.google.com/search?q=first+world+problem+meme Anyone with Photoshop and a few minutes of spare time?
carlsednaoui 15y ago
Sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised at the amount of people that don't check social networks prior to buying a domain name.

operand 15y ago

This is a total shameless plug here, but I've been building a site for exactly this reason for a couple months, and would really love to hear feedback. The site is http://namrr.com http://namrr.com No I'm not doing any front running or any thing like that. I hope to maybe make some affiliate dollars, but really I built this for myself first, because I hate the stupid frustration of trying to find a name, and I want to make it easy. It's a total work in progress. I would love to hear what you think. Hope I don't get flamed for the self promotion...