Lean Domain Search Passes 50K Searches One Month After Its HackerNews Launch

http://www.mattmazur.com/2012/02/lean-domain-search-passes-50k-searches-one-month-after-its-hackernews-launch/

by matt1 • 14 years ago

35 17 14 years ago

Nice to see that the growth (beyond the initial rush from HN) is remaining consistent and not tailing off. I've not bought any domains found with this tool but have been impressed with some of the tests I've done so far.

matt17• 14 years ago

Thanks Peter. It's interesting to note that following the launch post and following the midway post there's a distinct slope to the the growth. Down the road, once there's a few more press milestones, there might be enough data to analyze how "sticky" the traffic is, that is, how much the long term growth improves as a result of the coverage.

ebaysucks• 14 years ago

I bought a domain using this tool.

Any numbers on the total affiliate revenue generated?

matt17• 14 years ago

The affiliate revenue is high variance so it would be misleading to give a number without detailed analysis, which I don't feel comfortable doing at this point.

waxy• 14 years ago

Great, but take that GoDaddy junk off.

matt17• 14 years ago

What if I told you that 90% of the people who use the site use GoDaddy as their registrar and the percentage of affiliate revenue that I get is in the same range? Would you still recommend that I take it off?

camz• 14 years ago

Keep what pays the bills. No matter what your personal grievances are an entrepreneur (especially one thats bootstrapping) can't afford to turn away what the market wants =/

rikf• 14 years ago

Congratulations its always nice to see people launch with a simple core value add and doing well :)

dmix2• 14 years ago

I probably accounted for 1000 of those searches last month alone. Which is indicative of how damn hard it is to find a domain name for a new company.

Even with a great tool like Lean Domain, its still tough to find anything thats not being squatted on.

matt17• 14 years ago

Thanks for being awesome. :)

One thing though: if you're checking the available results, the vast majority should be, you know, available, so why is it still tough to find domains that are not being squatted on?

dmix2• 14 years ago

The results were pretty good, the problem is everything is literally taken.

I'm searching for a domain for medication, so suffixed/prefixed with "meds" or "medi" etc. Health domains are difficult to find.

jeggers5• 14 years ago

Really Awesome!

You need to not offer GoDaddy as the only suggested domain registrar, they're evil after all.

matt17• 14 years ago

Thanks, appreciate the kudos.

kadabra9• 14 years ago

LDS has now become a staple of my domain research process. I haven't bought any domains through it yet, as I mostly just use it for research/to see what's out there, but I really like the results I get back and the overall feel. It just seems to give me the best idea on domains available for the concept I'm looking at, while requiring minimal creativity/shuffling on my part.

Nice job, Matt.

matt17• 14 years ago

Thanks, that's once of the nicest compliments I've received about the site.

I'm always looking for ways to make it better so if you or anyone have any ideas, just send 'em my way: matt@leandomainsearch.com

travisglines• 14 years ago

My domain search on LDS lands an error:

http://www.leandomainsearch.com/search?q=shop

Fix the bugs and it'd be great.

matt17• 14 years ago

Thanks for the note -- this is a known bug and I'm working on resolving it.

Lean Domain Search Passes 50K Searches One Month After Its HackerNews Launch

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