Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names

Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by masterof0 on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:12PM (#28567999)

I like the idea, and would use the service, as the domain is short and memorable. But, this is a low hanging fruit for HN critics, the argument of: "is an app so I dont have to worry about a website being down" is pretty poor, you can host your website assets on Netlify/aws amplify/firebase/.... many more.... , with close to 99.99 % availability. And also provide an electron app for those who prefer to use an app. I wish you luck, and I hope we get a site, I like your service.

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by docuru on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:22PM (#28568140)

Have you use impossibly, domainsfortherestofus, or namemesh?

They're great tools, but all went offline for sometime now.

And that's why I build a desktop app

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by masterof0 on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:35PM (#28569228)

Yeah, the server hosting their assets went down (probably), the same problem you could (I hope not) face serving requests from your client, right?

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by docuru on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:17AM (#28573863)

It can't run only with client assets/JS, it needs a backend as well. With ElectronJs, you can use Nodejs as the backend

There is no official limit number of requests, but discussion from some forums, each TLD has a limit of 300-1000 queries each day.

In any case, you hit the limit, it will open up again. Unlike online services, they haven't been back since

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by indigodaddy on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:49PM (#28569419)

Not if his requests just go directly to Whois servers though, right?

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by phgn on Friday September 17, 2021 @04:32PM (#28570575)

This may be more of a power user tool, you also wouldn't pay $49 for the app right?

What interests you about the app compared to searching directly at Namecheap etc?

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by docuru on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:24AM (#28573890)

Yes, it is for people love checking out for domains. I do it quite often myself. The price was one-time and I'll let people who purchased it judge.

The main feature is to generate one-word or short domain names with different recipes, and help you find the available ones. Domain providers don't have the name generator feature.

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by phgn on Saturday September 18, 2021 @05:04AM (#28574736)

Yes I understand that, and think your approach makes a lot of sense. I was just trying to counter the "why native app" argument here - people looking for a power-user tool likely appreciate a more persistent app compared to a website.

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Re:Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names by docuru on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:54AM (#28575837)

That's on point

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