• Added Hyphen search
• Added "the" as prefix
• Fixed display bug when domains got to large - now you can hover over domains to see full domain

We are considering adding 3 word combinations. Anyone out there really want this? It is a cool feature, but uses up a lot of our server power.

Also the safari scroll bug is giving me a run for my money, anyone have any ideas on a work around?

• Ryan

Probably the most requested feature since we started has been the ability to save sessions. Well, it's finally here. You will have to create an account when you go to save, but that's pretty easy, we just want an e-mail and password. Then you can resume sessions from anywhere. When you are going, just hit the "Save As" button, then choose a name for your session. You can later click "Load" and choose the session and it will be loaded up. As you go, you can hit the "Save" button to save it where you are. Also, if you close the page with an open session, next time you come back, it will prompt you to either "Resume the Last Session" or "Start a New Session" Best of all here is no more confirm boxes when you leave the page. Please give us some feedback on how we implemented this one.

Second new feature is a quicker buy button. The "Save for Review" button on domains has been changed to a simple button. You can click directly on the "Buy" button next to the domain and get a drop down of places to buy. Just something to make buying a little quicker.

So here's the deal: I think BustAName is a good service (and I should since I'm the one who made it), but the issue is that it's not getting much use compared to how many people look for domains every day. Now I know wanting to be the "go to place" to find a domain is a bit ambitious, but I think maybe after I launch a few more tools, it might be a plausible goal, or it would be if it wasn't for one little issue, "I'm not any good at marketing." So to compensate for the issue I have decided to release an affiliate program. You might say, "hey doesn't BustAName make its money from affiliate programs to begin with?"... The answer is yes, we make a commission on every domain sold through the site, when a person clicks on one of the "buy" links.

So the BustAName affiliate program pays you a commission off of our commission (at least 50%, usually more) just for driving people to the site. If you have a web site that gets tech savvy traffic, I would recommend putting up a link to BustAName and giving it a try. Hopefully this can be a win-win.

BustAName Affiliate Program

Ryan

So I finally got around to adding more TLD's. The first two up are .biz and .info From what I understand .info is growing fast and is expected to pass up .net at some point (maybe not, but that's what I heard) So anyway, give it a try, it works just like the other TLD's. Also, I haven't decided if I want to integrate this into the quick lookup. I think the plan is to make it so you can add an extension (such as .info), then the quick search would only display whatyoutype.info, and tell you if that is available. If you don't have an extension it will display .com, .net, and .org Any thoughts?

Ryan

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we are increasing how often the BustAName domain database gets built, so this should be the first step in helping cut down on "false positives" on BustAName (where it says a domain is available and it isn't) Next up is a second check to check for domains without dns A records. I'll keep you posted.

Ryan