NameMonk
Web and SaaS
domain name search
SHOW HN2013
85points
61comments
#283of 1,739 in 2013
Top 17%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 9 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
Objections
Data is about 24 hours out of date, so recent registrations show as available
From 3 comments
Nice idea, I could really use this sometimes. However, when I search for namemonk.com it tells me that it's totally available. How reliable is this?
guigui on HNCool! It seems like it assumes the TLD is .com for now - do you plan on expanding it? Maybe do input.<tld> for .com, .net, .org, .io, etc? Also it seems like your data source is…
jffry on HNIt's pretty accurate, with about a 24 hour delay. Namemonk was registered yesterday and hasn't been updated in the root data dump from Verisign yet.
tectonic on HN
Only covers .com, lacks other TLDs
From 4 comments
Very fast, but to be perfectly honest, still a bit useless for actually finding a business domain name without support for other TLD's. My base point of comparison is domai.nr…
ngoel36 on HNIf you could add more TLDs, you could win me away from https://domize.com/
jtokoph on HNVery nice. If you could add support for other TLDs, I would definitely use this and recommend to my friends.
thex86 on HNdoes it work for top level domains other than .com? I own a .in domain and the search did not yield a correct result.
chemcoder on HN
Default registrar list includes GoDaddy
From 1 comment
How about some better registrars than GoDaddy as the default list? Hover.com, gandi.net are both much much much better registrars, have much better support, aren't scummy, etc.
cenhyperion on HN
Requests
Add support for other TLDs
From 4 comments
Cool! It seems like it assumes the TLD is .com for now - do you plan on expanding it? Maybe do input.<tld> for .com, .net, .org, .io, etc? Also it seems like your data source is…
jffry on HNIf you could add more TLDs, you could win me away from https://domize.com/
jtokoph on HNVery nice. If you could add support for other TLDs, I would definitely use this and recommend to my friends.
thex86 on HNdoes it work for top level domains other than .com? I own a .in domain and the search did not yield a correct result.
chemcoder on HN
Open source the code
From 2 comments
Nifty! A few questions if you don't mind? - What is the source for your list of names to generate the Bloom filters? - How many names do you estimate are in the list(s)? - How…
pudquick on HNCool! I really would like to see how this was accomplished, wanna open-source it?
tomphoolery on HN
Show Whois data automatically for taken domains
From 1 comment
It's great how fast this is. Suggestion: make the underlined text "not available" be a link to whois information when a domain is taken. The way you have it now, it looks…
gruseom on HN
Questions
Where to get the Verisign zone data and how to access it
From 2 comments
Where does one grab such a root data dump?
rb2k_ on HNWould you mind sharing a bit about how the process to gain access to the root zone file works? I've seen the application form, but I'm curious how the whole thing goes from…
hncommenter13 on HN
How the Bloom filters are built and how big they are
From 2 comments
Awesome work! How did you use Bloom filters to achieve low latency lookup?
antichaos on HNThat's a great approach I've thought of before -- so how big does the bloomified version end up being?
recuter on HN
Alternatives named
instantdomainsearch.com
From 1 comment
My favorite: http://instantdomainsearch.com Includes the ability to save and encrypt searches, links to whois data, as well as alternative names based on similar spelling.
mjackson on HN
domai.nr
From 2 comments
http://domai.nr/ has some cool features that you might want to incorporate.
stevewilhelm on HNVery fast, but to be perfectly honest, still a bit useless for actually finding a business domain name without support for other TLD's. My base point of comparison is domai.nr…
ngoel36 on HN
domaintyper.com
From 1 comment
Try http://domaintyper.com Very fast , multiple TLDs and gives you suggestions for names based on partial input.
ideaoverload on HN
domize.com
From 1 comment
If you could add more TLDs, you could win me away from https://domize.com/
jtokoph on HN
namevine.com
From 1 comment
I'm a fan of http://namevine.com/, it includes twitter/facebook/etc registrations.
syassami on HN