Ready to take the plunge and spin up a Lemmy server but I'm already stuck trying to come up with a domain name.
Ready to take the plunge and spin up a Lemmy server but I'm already stuck trying to come up with a domain name.
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.
Fedi McFedFace
I like you.
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:
- lemmy.winks.rocks
- lemmy.winks.host
- lemmy.winks.site
- lemmy.winks.cloud
- lemmy.winks.website
Some others I've found (with "lemmy" prepended)
- lemmy.by.ninja
- lemmy.without.me
- lemmy.without.rest
- lemmy.is.legal
- lemmy.is.global
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]:
- talk.without.chat $40/yr
- alone.without.company $20/yr
- yourname.without.social $30/yr
- alone.without.community $30/yr; community..., yourname...
- internet.without.network $20/yr
- life.without.place $15/yr; life
- play.without.games $20/yr
- dad.without.mom $40/yr (dating community?)
- people.without.business, community.without.business $12/yr
- life.without.money $40/yr
- old.without.family, no.life.without.family $20/yr
- play.without.toys $40/yr
- life.without.reviews $20/yr
- fools.without.cool $30/yr; school..., tool...
- face,body.without.skin; living,alien.inyour.skin $15/yr; run a horror community?
- girl.without.cam $20/yr 😏
- backdoor.mom $40/yr
- network.without.domains $30/yr
- website.without.graphics $20/yr
- website.without.pictures $12/yr
- work.without.holiday $50/yr
- art.without.supplies $20/yr
- life.without.luxury $40/yr
- work.without.vacations $30/yr
- genius.without.degree $40/yr
- dumb.without.news $30/yr
- federated.love, raining.singles $30/yr
- federated.club $14+$18/yr
- federated.site $20/yr
- federated.gallery, federated.graphics $20/yr; image hosting (anfora, pixelfed)
- federated.pictures $11/yr, ☝️
- fake.photography $20/yr, Photoshop competitions
- forgery.fun, forgery.pro $20/yr, just sounds fun
- counterfeit.tech $40/yr
- its.raining.ninja $19/yr
- 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
[^1]: 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)
I tried searching loser and Google domains is giving me suggestions for loserbeck.*
Likewise, the "forme" domain name has some good tld's available.
knock knock
The person who buys lem.my and runs a server on it becomes the king of Lemmy
.my doesn't exist
It totally does, and lem.my is even available! But you need to be an officially registered business in Malaysia to get a .my domain which is going to make it hard. Otherwise I would have registered it already 😅
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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
What about: Lemmy.wehavebeans?
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.
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.social
trinitytek.dev
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!
Honestly I just typed Lemmy into Namecheap and saw what TLDs were available
I snagged lemmyw.ink to roll one soon. Lemmiw.ink, too, for good measure.
I was very tickled with myself.
@TrinityTek @selfhosted lemmy.trinitytek.com most likely
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
Google was an accidental misspelling of googol
What could you possibly need a tripod phone for?
Taking pictures
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.
I just went through the list of catchy tlds to find one that wasnt $30+ when renewal came up and then went with whatever short domain I could come up with.
And yes, definitely watch those renewal costs. There are some domains that look like a great deal right now with the introductory deals, like .host, but be ready to pay $85 per year at renewal time!
.movie is $215/yr 😱
That has been my approach so far but I think it's getting pretty picked through. :)
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.
Mastodon.fdr8.us is now live. Lemmy.fdr8.us coming soon!
seent.online
I got lemmy.cyou when I thought I could figure out how to host, but can’t seem to get my compose file right.
How about in.stance or lemmy.lenemy (i dont know if those are valid but thats all i got)
@Amanduh @TrinityTek you can't just make up any word you like for the last part
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.
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.watch
I just kept it simple
Lol I asked chatgpt for you:
Buzzword Domain Names
User
I need a list of good website domain names that are like buzz wordsChatGPT
Sure! Here's a list of website domain names that are like buzzwords:BuzzGenius.com
TrendSpotter.io
InnovateHub.com
TechWhiz.biz
StartUpJunction.com
DigitechGuru.com
BuzzMaven.net
ThinkTankX.com
AgileNinja.org
GrowthHacker.co
DisruptiveWave.com
TrendsetterX.com
IdeaStormer.net
DigitalRevolution.io
DataGeekLab.com
SparkHub.xyz
ActionableInsights.org
EmpowermentCentral.com
ViralBuzzHub.com
TechSavvyGenius.comAll of those domains sound like blogspam domains.