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Instant Domain Search
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The gold rush
for dot coms ⛏️
By 2008, all 4 letter .com combinations (456,976) were taken. Scarcity on the internet finally started to feel real.
Taken
hulu.com
Taken
mint.com
Taken
etsy.com
2010
2010
The rise of the
Wild Wild Web
ICANN launched the new gTLD program, expanding to over 1,000 domain
extensions by 2015. Can you guess which ones are real and fake?
The rise of the
Wild Wild Web
ICANN launched the new gTLD program, expanding to over 1,000 domain extensions by 2015. Can you guess which ones are real and fake?
2015
WHOIS goes dark with GDPR
In 2018, the lights went out on WHOIS.
GDPR hid public data that once lit up
the web 💡In 2018, the lights went out on WHOIS. GDPR hid
public data that once lit up the web 💡
2020
TLDs become part
of the brand
TLDs like .ai, .app, and .dev redefine naming.
A web address became a statement of purpose.
Claude
.ai
perplexity
.ai
midjourney
.ai
linear
.app
raycast
.app
cash
.app
web
.dev
github
.dev
.ai
.app
.dev
TLDs become
part of the brand
TLDs like .ai, .app, and .dev redefine naming.
A web address became a statement of purpose.
Claude
.ai
raycast
.app
midjourney
.ai
linear
.app
github
.dev
cash
.app
.ai
.app
.dev
2025
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