DomainEmu

Dev tools

domain name search

SHOW HN2018

14points
18comments
#1,433of 2,155 in 2018
Top 67%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 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

  • Useful for brainstorming domain names

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome. I usually do the same thing, only manually. That's how I came up with some of my favorite domains. I also accidentally stumbled upon blackmail.io doing this. At…
      amingilani on HN
    • I think this is more of a brainstorming tool to get ideas. For instance, I found phishfish.com which I would have preferred over what I went with for my phishing simulation…
      mipmap04 on HN
    • NameGrep is awesome! Love it, been trying to find something like this for quite some time now.
      takenew on HN
  • Domain itself fits the product

    From 1 comment
    • I like how the domain of this service is the epitome of what it does.
      jazoom on HN

Objections

  • Word pairings like MailChimp and TaskRabbit don't clearly connect to the product

    From 2 comments
    • TaskRabbit I can kinda see, but MailChimp? I don't see the connection here.
      wingerlang on HN
    • This would be cool (I guess) if jamming random animals into domains made sense. It's not like "rabbit" and "chimp" were chosen at random. They symbolize the product.
      smt88 on HN
  • Pro version questioned; suggests affiliate monetisation instead

    From 2 comments
    • Nice, but is the "pro" version really necessary? Not everything needs to be monetised..
      nihil75 on HN
    • Yeah, why not follow the model of every domain search site and monetize via affiliate links? Honestly you'll probably make more that way than with the pro plan anyway. Or maybe…
      chatmasta on HN
  • Does not work on iOS 10.2

    From 1 comment
    • It doesn't work on iOS (10.2), or I just don't get it?
      m3tr0s on HN

Requests

  • Use the sets of words in other tools

    From 1 comment
    • Nice, I made something similar a while ago using regexes: https://namegrep.com/#task%28%3Anature%2Fanimals%3A%29 Mind if I replicate some of your sets? :)
      alixaxel on HN

Questions

  • What does the LL icon mean

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • NameGrep

    From 2 comments
    • Nice, I made something similar a while ago using regexes: https://namegrep.com/#task%28%3Anature%2Fanimals%3A%29 Mind if I replicate some of your sets? :)
      alixaxel on HN
    • NameGrep is awesome! Love it, been trying to find something like this for quite some time now.
      takenew on HN
  • Blackmail.io-style manual domain search

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I usually do the same thing, only manually. That's how I came up with some of my favorite domains. I also accidentally stumbled upon blackmail.io doing this. At…
      amingilani on HN
  • PhishFish.com

    From 1 comment
    • I think this is more of a brainstorming tool to get ideas. For instance, I found phishfish.com which I would have preferred over what I went with for my phishing simulation…
      mipmap04 on HN

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