Show HN: The easiest way to find domains like “MailChimp” or “TaskRabbit”

smt88|7 years ago

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.

amingilani|7 years ago

IMHO, they sure were. It could just as well have been MailRabbit and TaskChimp, and we wouldn't have cared.

mipmap04|7 years ago

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 service.

wingerlang|7 years ago

TaskRabbit I can kinda see, but MailChimp? I don't see the connection here.

amingilani|7 years ago

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 that moment I wasn't looking for single words, and infact was thinking of "black" and "mail". Lucky run, I guess.

gabemart|7 years ago

Thank you! I've found myself doing it manually too, which is where the drive for this came from. I think I would use it even if someone else had made it, if that makes sense

alixaxel|7 years ago

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? :)

takenew|7 years ago

NameGrep is awesome! Love it, been trying to find something like this for quite some time now.

jazoom|7 years ago

I like how the domain of this service is the epitome of what it does.

nihil75|7 years ago

Nice, but is the "pro" version really necessary? Not everything needs to be monetised..

chatmasta|7 years ago

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 you're doing both idk.

jazoom|7 years ago

What does the "LL" icon mean?

gabemart|7 years ago

It's supposed to show that the combination of the keyword and the suggested word is alliterative

m3tr0s|7 years ago

It doesn't work on iOS (10.2), or I just don't get it?

gabemart|7 years ago

I've tested on a later iOS but not 10.2. I'll have a look later today - it's possible I'm missing a polyfill. All you should need to do for it to work is to enter something in the main text input and hit "search".

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