DomainHole

New Tools and Development Update for September 13th, 2011

2011-09-13 00:00:00

We've just deployed some changes to the site, including some new tools!

Development Update for August 5th, 2011

2011-08-06 00:00:00

We pushed some new changes and improvements to the site yesterday, August 5th, and we wanted to take a quick moment to outline what has changed.

Why ICANN's Approval of New gTLDs is Good For .COM

2011-06-20 00:00:00

It's official, ICANN just approved the launch of new Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) -- at a cost of $185,000 per application, plus a $25,000 annual fee.

So what does this all mean for .COM? I say that this is good news, and it will only increase in value of .COM.

It's simple -- adding noise to any market will increase the value of the prime real estate.

Why We Chose the Name DomainHole

2011-06-19 00:00:00

Since we first launched in Public Beta Mode, one of the most reoccurring comments we've received was about our name, DomainHole. Some people love it, some people hate it, and others just made fun of it. I briefly explained the name choice in my Domain Sherpa interview, but I wanted to elaborate here and explain why we chose to call our product DomainHole.

DomainHole Public Launch is Announced!

2011-06-17 00:00:00

We're excited to announce DomainHole's official public release date -- July 31st, 2011.

We'd like to thank everybody who participated in our Beta release, and a special thanks goes to those who submitted feedback on our tools. We've made many advances to our backend, and we believe we're ready to scale.

To celebrate our official public release, we'll be throwing a contest and giving away lots of fantastic prizes. Stay tuned, we'll be following up with our contest announcement shortly.

DomainHole Promo Video

2011-06-13 00:00:00

We're excited to launch our first DomainHole promotional video! This two minute video shows you quick snapshots of the tools DomainHole has to offer, and how you can use them to find great domains.

Development Update for June 5th

2011-06-05 00:00:00

Hello Domainers. We just finished launching several updates to our live codebase, and we wanted to provide a summay of the changes for you.

New Tools and Updates

2011-05-28 00:00:00

We're excited to announce the launch of two new tools this week.

The Domain Alerts tool will allow you to create notifications for a domain. If the domain's WHOIS status ever changes, we'll let you know. This is especially useful if you'd like to know if/when a domain you've been watching becomes available.

The Bulk Domain CHeck tool will allow you to check the availability of multiple domains across multiple TLDs at once. This is especially useful if you have a large keyword list you've created and what to see if any domains are available for it. Best of all, there's no limit to the number of domains you want to check.

An Update on Things

2011-05-18 00:00:00

Wow what a few weeks it has been since we first launched our public beta release. Thank you to all who have submitted feedback and shared the news of our release.

We're currently developing three new tools, that we hope to release over the next couple weeks. We're also doubling our marketing efforts in an attempt to reach a wider audience. We've got some exiting news to share soon - stay tuned to find out more.

Here is a list of the major additions and changes we've made since our last update.

New Tool Available

2011-05-03 00:00:00

We're excited to announce a new tool is available on DomainHole - the Name Generator. This tool helps you find unique, brandable Web 2.0 style domain names.

The algorithm behind the random generator is pretty cool. We scanned the english dictionary and calculated the probability of all letter combinations (at the beginning, middle, or end of the word) in all words and used that to generate pronouncable random words. We're still playing with the probability threshold to see which brings back the best words. Please check it out and let us know what you think.

First Week of Testing Update

2011-04-30 00:00:00

So our first week of public beta testing was a complete success. We've had over 2000 beta signups, and hundreds of people are on the waiting list to get in. Most of the feedback has been very positive. We've got a list of features we're working on implementing which should address a lot of the issues people have experienced.

Here's a summary of the major changes so far...