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.
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.
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!
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@TrinityTek @selfhosted lemmy.trinitytek.com most likely
Honestly I just typed Lemmy into Namecheap and saw what TLDs were available
seent.online
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.
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.
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 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!
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.
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.
lemmy.in
knock knock
Mastodon.fdr8.us is now live. Lemmy.fdr8.us coming soon!
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I like you.
Lol I asked chatgpt for you:
Buzzword Domain Names
User
I need a list of good website domain names that are like buzz words
ChatGPT
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.com
All of those domains sound like blogspam domains.
I just kept it simple
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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
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
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.
That has been my approach so far but I think it’s getting pretty picked through. :)
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 😱