Often I start a new project and I want to buy a domain for it. this leaves me at odds sometimes for I know a lot of the projects will not make it, or maybe I will come back to them one day. I have let a lot of domains expire though.
However the process of coming up with domains I absolutely love, and there are already some good existing tools out there I don't want to name a bunch but https://namelix.com/ is fun.
One thing I noticed is that there are a ton of TLD's out there now and a lot of them with specific meaning. You can see the full list here https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
I had a an idea 💡
Something was missing from most generators maybe it is out there but I couldn't find it, so I started to build a tool just for me, and kept it on my laptop for months using it each time I needed to come up with a domain.
What does it do?
It's simple really, if you want a unique TLD with a short word you can find the TLD use a thesaurus to find associative words and then go do a domain registrar and see if it is avaialbe like https://stripe.sale or https://vehical.car
You can do this endlessly and make a short list of your favourite but it's time consuming.
That's why I built https://yostatus.com it's super clunky right now and it's not designed yet, but it does the trick for now.
I used Domainr API to check availability, and Domainr API to reroute users to buy links routed through DNSimple. I want have a buy option on the site but for now it's just a fun tool.
The funny thing is I originally used OpenAI to find associative words to the TlD, but it was slow and expensive, and turns out a free thesaurus dictionary API was faster and worked better.
Anyways if your looking for a new domain name maybe this could be another tool in your belt.
I hope I can keep it functional and that it helps just one person that would be great.
Kindly,
Anders from https://wispy.co
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