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@robertl on DomainScan - find domain names for your next project · about 1 month ago

A web app to help you check domain availability and prices for your next idea. I started building this because I was tired of checking dozens of domain names (including variations) by hand every time I had a new idea.

It’s made with Tanstack Start, and you can run it yourself by providing your own Cloudflare API Keys (for the registrar API), or try it out on my deployed version: https://domainscan.robertlupas.workers.dev/

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@robertl on DomainScan - find domain names for your next project · about 1 month ago

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(Probably) The last DomainScan Devlog (#03)

I kind of finished this project before, but forgot to deploy and ship it :)

Added a README
Added Cloudflare Workers stuff and prepared to deploy.

Check it out

I may continue working on this and adding some features, but for now I’m going to be working on some other stuff

Previous devlog (#02)

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@robertl on DomainScan - find domain names for your next project · about 2 months ago

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DomainScan - Devlog #02

Quick recap: I’m building a web app to help you check domain availability and prices for your next idea.

I started building this because I was tired of checking dozens of domain names (including variations) by hand every time I had a new idea.

Updates

Added domain saving: You can now click on the “bookmark” button to save a domain for later
When you search a full domain name (including the TLD), different TLDs are automatically checked too, like classic registrar searches do.
Added some subtle UI animations for buttons
Added a “second action” optional parameter for the DomainCard component, for future use :)

Next up: more features and deploying.

If you have ideas for features you’d like to see, I’d love to hear them!

Previous devlog (#01)

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@robertl on DomainScan - find domain names for your next project · about 2 months ago

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DomainScan - Devlog #01

I’m building a web app to help you check domain availability and prices for your next idea.

I started building this because I was tired of checking dozens of domain names (including variations) by hand every time I had a new idea.

Features

I finished building the main feature: searching for domains and checking their availability & price through the Cloudflare Registrar API. I also built these features:

you can enter either a project name and get some (customizable) suggestions or enter a domain name and check just for its availability.
for multi-word searches, trying both with and without hyphens between the words
auto adding prefixes from a customizable list (to give you a better chance of finding an available domain)
customizable TLD list

Tech stack

I’m using TanStack Start, with TanStack Query to cache and optimize the CF Registrar requests.
For the UI, I’m using shadcn/ui components (with BaseUI primitives and HugeIcons).

For persisting settings between website visits/reloads, I’m using usehooks-ts’s useLocalStorage.

Next up: adding more features, polishing the UX, and deploying it.

If you have ideas for features you’d like to see, I’d love to hear them!

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