As the title says, I’m ready to fire up a Lemmy server of my own. I have a suitable VPS running Debian 11. I think I can probably make short work of it once I get past this one difficult point. What should I call my Lemmy server? With catchy names out there like “Lemmy.World” and “sh.itjust.works”, I really want to come up with something good. Unfortunately after thinking it over for three days now and checking tons of names for availability, I don’t feel any closer to deciding on a name. It doesn’t help that almost all the dictionary words are sold at premium rates these days, even with a fairly obscure tld. Any name suggestions or techniques for choosing a good name would be appreciated. It probably sounds silly but this part just isn’t my strong suit and I’m frustrated that it’s holding up the project.
That’s how we got a generation of products with made up names like “Twitter” and “Google.” Just mash some words together until you get a word that sounds good. Like…. Trone. Trone.pro is $3/yr on Namecheap. My finders fee is astronomical, though
Coming up with a domain name that I am happy with is an impossible task. I usually accept one I find “good enough” otherwise I end up in your situation three days later. I completely understand your frustration!
.global requires at least 3 characters, unfortunately.
is.legal and by.ninja cost $110/yr, a questionable price for a domain that makes no money. In this case, by.community would probably be better at the same price.
without.rest is available, and only $40/yr.
without.me has a $5000+ premium fee, but the following are available for $50/yr or less[1]:
snails.forsale $30/yr; probably a lot of weird .forsale available
yourname.eating.rocks $13/yr
backdoor.icu $18/yr
backdoor.dad $15/yr
backdoor.lawyer $40/yr
up.inyour.business $12/yr
I tried searching loser and Google domains is giving me suggestions for loserbeck.*
Some of these might be first-year-only offers, I didn’t check. I was just finishing this list when I realized that Google Domains is probably only showing the premium prices for some registrars (it’s also being inconsistent about the price of without.me), so some of them might also have an extra fee (backdoor.icu is shown as premium, but doesn’t say what the fee is) ↩︎
Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately the closest thing is trinity.tech and it’s been in use since 2007. If it were available they’d probably charge me a premium rate for it too. Single dictionary words are generally more expensive. I’m kind of being a choosing beggar I guess but I really want a catchy domain name cheap.
Is it for a general instance or perhaps a specific niche/topic? Either way, anything short and simple is enough. Most people don’t like typing long addresses.
Thanks for the feedback! After days of thinking about it and checking availability it was the best I had come up with so I just went for it. Those urls should work soon if all goes according to plan.
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What about: Lemmy.wehavebeans?
That’s how we got a generation of products with made up names like “Twitter” and “Google.” Just mash some words together until you get a word that sounds good. Like…. Trone. Trone.pro is $3/yr on Namecheap. My finders fee is astronomical, though
What could you possibly need a tripod phone for?
Taking pictures
Google was an accidental misspelling of googol
Coming up with a domain name that I am happy with is an impossible task. I usually accept one I find “good enough” otherwise I end up in your situation three days later. I completely understand your frustration!
Thanks for the input. At least I know I’m not alone. I’ll probably just have to settle for something soon and stop wasting time.
Honestly I just typed Lemmy into Namecheap and saw what TLDs were available
The winks domain name looks to have several good tld’s available for it. You could use a South Park reference and go for a lemmy.winks domain.
Some examples I saw available:
Likewise, the “forme” domain name has some good tld’s available.
Some others I’ve found (with “lemmy” prepended)
Gonna stop there because I don’t think that I can top the “is.global” domain.
.global requires at least 3 characters, unfortunately.
is.legal and by.ninja cost $110/yr, a questionable price for a domain that makes no money. In this case, by.community would probably be better at the same price.
without.rest is available, and only $40/yr. without.me has a $5000+ premium fee, but the following are available for $50/yr or less[1]:
I tried searching loser and Google domains is giving me suggestions for loserbeck.*
Some of these might be first-year-only offers, I didn’t check. I was just finishing this list when I realized that Google Domains is probably only showing the premium prices for some registrars (it’s also being inconsistent about the price of without.me), so some of them might also have an extra fee (backdoor.icu is shown as premium, but doesn’t say what the fee is) ↩︎
community.without.business is a good fit.
How is backdoor.mom not a porn site?
backdoor.dad costs less
😏
Thanks for your service
I got lemmy.cyou when I thought I could figure out how to host, but can’t seem to get my compose file right.
I’m in no way capable of giving you advice as I’m very new to Lemmy but aren’t domain names kinda related to the goal of their “content”?
If your goal is to create a “kitchen sink” sorta thing aimed more toward your own interests then why not use your username? As in: trinity.tek
I think it kinda works honestly but again, I have no skin in this game.
Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately the closest thing is trinity.tech and it’s been in use since 2007. If it were available they’d probably charge me a premium rate for it too. Single dictionary words are generally more expensive. I’m kind of being a choosing beggar I guess but I really want a catchy domain name cheap.
TrinityTek.win is available. $3.16/yr through Cloudflare. Probably a buck or so more through others.
Dang, that’s too bad. Good luck to you!
TrinityTek.social
trinitytek.dev
Mastodon.fdr8.us is now live. Lemmy.fdr8.us coming soon!
Well, irdc stands for “I really don’t care”, and I guess “derp” and “foo” speak for themselves…in the long run it doesn’t really matter.
I picked a domain by trying to figure out which top level domains were cheap and then just seeing what stupid stuff was available.
Lmao, I love your domain name. I really wanted to grab icecream.social, but I couldn’t justify the price just for the joke.
Is it for a general instance or perhaps a specific niche/topic? Either way, anything short and simple is enough. Most people don’t like typing long addresses.
What do you think of fdr8.us? Then I could do some subdomains off of it like lemmy.fdr8.us and mastodon.fdr8.us.
Do .us domains still have a strict locality-based naming scheme? Or did they end that policy?
The policy still exists. I am located in California and had to attest to where I am from and how I intend to use the domain.
I like it. You could make that work.
Thanks for the feedback! After days of thinking about it and checking availability it was the best I had come up with so I just went for it. Those urls should work soon if all goes according to plan.
Have fun!
I’m thinking general instance, but I don’t want a bunch of right wing or religious stuff so I will have some ground rules.
lemmy.in
knock knock
lemmy.in
I like it but it’s taken. I could grab lemmy.co.in. lemmy.in is way better though.
what about lemmy.inn.tavern … i know nothing about naming stuff
seent.online
I snagged lemmyw.ink to roll one soon. Lemmiw.ink, too, for good measure.
I was very tickled with myself.