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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 3 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Fedi McFedFace

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    • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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
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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    .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.*

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    • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    lemmy.in

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    lemmy.in

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    • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The person who buys lem.my and runs a server on it becomes the king of Lemmy

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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    • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    What about: Lemmy.wehavebeans?

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Honestly I just typed Lemmy into Namecheap and saw what TLDs were available

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    [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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 reasons 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.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    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.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    @TrinityTek @selfhosted lemmy.trinitytek.com most likely

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I snagged lemmyw.ink to roll one soon. Lemmiw.ink, too, for good measure.

    I was very tickled with myself.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    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

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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!

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I got lemmy.cyou when I thought I could figure out how to host, but can’t seem to get my compose file right.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I just kept it simple

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    What do you think of fdr8.us? Then I could do some subdomains off of it like lemmy.fdr8.us and mastodon.fdr8.us.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I like it. You could make that work.

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    domain.name

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    seent.online

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    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.

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    [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago

    Mastodon.fdr8.us is now live. Lemmy.fdr8.us coming soon!

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I picked a domain by trying to figure out which top level domains were cheap and then just seeing what stupid stuff was available.

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