Is there a way to get a .com domain, or this is it?

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a year ago

I’ve been working on an app for about five months now, and every day I’ve been trying to come up with a name for it that has an available .com domain. It’s been nearly impossible. Either you spend $4,000 on a domain, or you settle for a name that doesn’t look great.

The real issue isn’t just the price or the name—it’s the process of finding a good .com domain. I had an idea, but I’m not sure if it’s feasible: an AI tool (LLM) that generates multiple name suggestions based on your input and automatically checks if the .com domains are available. I know there are some tools, like those on GoDaddy, that generate domain names, but they’re not very effective.

Or maybe that’s it for .com domains—we’ll just have to start using extensions like .ai or .co. What do you think?

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