NameMesh
Dev tools
domain name search
SHOW HN2012
94points
62comments
#236of 1,677 in 2012
Top 15%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 17 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Execution: 2 for, 15 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good name suggestions and fast response
From 2 comments
The site appears to work, responds quickly (despite being on Hacker News), so good job. Bookmarked. Howeveer, it did claim some domains are free when they are not. I searched for…
metafunctor on HNWow... Does a good job of suggesting names, but the Twitter & Facebook availability check was a nice surprise. Well done.
flexxaeon on HN
Twitter and Facebook availability check is useful
From 1 comment
Wow... Does a good job of suggesting names, but the Twitter & Facebook availability check was a nice surprise. Well done.
flexxaeon on HN
Objections
Domains shown as available are already registered
From 5 comments
The site appears to work, responds quickly (despite being on Hacker News), so good job. Bookmarked. Howeveer, it did claim some domains are free when they are not. I searched for…
metafunctor on HN1) Available domains totally broken. Searched for "auction" - it told me auction.com was available, as well as sell.com, sale.com, etc 2) Unlike domai.nr, it will send me to an…
bdcravens on HNThe tool suggested i.pe domain to me as available. My company is called IPe and I got extremely excited... But, no deal. The domain is already taken.
robertomb on HNI tried it and it told me a domain was available, I click through, select godaddy only to be told that it was already taken.
hnriot on HNSearch on "group coupon" gives me available gron.com, but on GoDaddy it is not available...
markokrajnc on HN
Unsupported TLDs such as .er, .ar, .bd, .ly listed as purchasable
From 4 comments
It suggested some .er domains, which can't actually be purchased, that I'm aware of anyway.
FigBug on HNAlso, .ar domains which cannot be purchased from anywhere outside of the TLD country.
fakeer on HNalso, .bd domains cannot be purchased exclusively. You need to prefix com/net/org before the bd TLD
brass9 on HNSame issue with .ly domains
extesy on HN
Layout is cluttered
From 2 comments
1. Clean up the layout: Less is more! 2. My favorite flavor was fun because those new names could actually be trademarked.
michaelpinto on HNThe landing page has too much useless junk on it. My advice would be that unless it adds to the actual functionality of the page to eliminate any. If you're having problem rate…
michaelpinto on HN
Affiliate links shown for TLDs the registrar does not handle
From 1 comment
1) Available domains totally broken. Searched for "auction" - it told me auction.com was available, as well as sell.com, sale.com, etc 2) Unlike domai.nr, it will send me to an…
bdcravens on HN
Requests
Check @foo_io and /foo.io style handles
From 2 comments
nice job, If I may suggest an improvement: after selecting a domain the "not available" for twitter/facebook is not clear. For example, "foo.io" is an available domain, while…
riffraff on HNyes it checks for @foo and /foo currently. i will correct the messaging. checking for @foo_io and /foo.io is a great suggestion. will add them as well. thanks!
mohit_agg on HN
Make scrolling work on iPad
From 1 comment
Useful. Thanks. One issue I noticed is that I cannot "scroll down for more" when using my iPad. I tried a two-finger drag. No dice. My suggestion would be to make the "scroll…
8ig8 on HN
Show unavailable results unchecked by default
From 2 comments
I think "show unavailable" should not be checked by default. Very good site though...
HolyCow4353 on HNdone. thanks
mohit_agg on HN
Questions
How does it differ from leandomainsearch.com
From 1 comment
The site appears to work, responds quickly (despite being on Hacker News), so good job. Bookmarked. Howeveer, it did claim some domains are free when they are not. I searched for…
metafunctor on HN
Does the burst search load hit third-party services
From 1 comment
This looks pretty cool, but I also have the impression that we may be DDoS'ing some service by 'burst' searching through this tool. Is it the case?
znt on HN
Alternatives named
leandomainsearch.com
From 1 comment
The site appears to work, responds quickly (despite being on Hacker News), so good job. Bookmarked. Howeveer, it did claim some domains are free when they are not. I searched for…
metafunctor on HN
domai.nr
From 1 comment
1) Available domains totally broken. Searched for "auction" - it told me auction.com was available, as well as sell.com, sale.com, etc 2) Unlike domai.nr, it will send me to an…
bdcravens on HN
domainr
From 1 comment
i think domains are being claimed free because of high traffic. i like leandomainsearch. but when i was looking for my domain i ended up using bustaname(synonym search),…
mohit_agg on HN
bustaname
From 1 comment
i think domains are being claimed free because of high traffic. i like leandomainsearch. but when i was looking for my domain i ended up using bustaname(synonym search),…
mohit_agg on HN