Ready to take the plunge and spin up a Lemmy server but I'm already stuck trying to come up with a domain name. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by TrinityTek@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

61 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

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

[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] efreak@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

.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.*

[-] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

community.without.business is a good fit.

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 6 points 1 year ago

How is backdoor.mom not a porn site?

[-] efreak@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

😏

[-] efreak@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

backdoor.dad costs less

[-] Methylman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your service

[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Likewise, the "forme" domain name has some good tld's available.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023

60 points (88.5% liked)

Selfhosted

39212 readers

573 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.
No spam posting.
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.
Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
No trolling.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.hybridsarcasm.xyz