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Dev tools · January 29, 2013

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I crossed a thesaurus with a domain availability checking API

I crossed a thesaurus with a domain availability checking API launched on January 29, 2013 with 113 votes, #17 of 526 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

Domain Masher combines a thesaurus with domain availability checking to help users find available domain names. The tool is designed for developers and businesses looking to register web addresses. It generates synonym-based suggestions and checks their availability in real-time, streamlining the domain search process by eliminating the need to manually test each potential name.

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