Alternatively, use instantdomainsearch.com (disclosure, I'm the CTO), which packages most of these things up in a fast web interface and also enables searching in a bunch of other TLDs.
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Just wanted to say thank you for this service. Have been using this site for several years now. Perhaps the first place I visit whenever I need to research a domain name, have recommended it to tons of people already.
Do you have any write up on its tech stack?
It's running on GCP, the backend is written in Rust (with a smattering of legacy Go) and the frontend is written in React + Next. Any other questions?
I love that this project started with PHP and MySQL.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170419012145/https://instantdo...
I just tried the site. In Firefox I searched for "led lighting" and this is the page I saw:
https://il.godaddy.com/en/domainsearch/find?checkAvail=1&tms...
However, I did notice the flash of something else loading and a redirect, so I hit the browser's back button and this is where it took me:
https://instantdomainsearch.com/?q=led+lighting
Something on that page is causing an immediate redirect to Godaddy.
I just tested on Google Chrome and had slightly different results. Instead of a redirect, the Godaddy page opened in a new tab (which was focused) yet the instantdomainsearch.com page remained in another tab.
I think that's what happens if you hit enter from within the search bar. We search as you type, so no need to hit enter in order to search. Not our finest bit of UI, will bring that back to the team to see if we can improve on it.
Why is it offering up .gb domains, when you can't register them?
Wow, blazing fast search with many options and very light/clean interface. Well done ;-)
Your site is really great.
Please consider creating an API with possibly a free tier. Right now I have to use godaddy api and it's so darn slow (plus I don't like using godaddy for many of the reasons for which they are so infamous).
I like your site, but are you marking prices up massively?
A url in the domain search took me to a purchase page for $99/yr. I see the same domain on Hover for $14.... Are you bundling a bunch of additional services or something?
I genuinely thought instantdomainsearch had been consumed by GoDaddy
Nope! In fact, we've started work on our own ICANN-accredited registrar under the Instant Domains brand.