Domize Instant Domain Name Search

Quick note about a small side-project I recently launched: Domize. It's an as-you-type domain name look-up tool, pretty similar to Instant Domain Search. Really, it's an iterative improvement on that tool. The improvements, however, are big ones.

The first improvement Domize provides is that it will query domains as you type them, building up the word a letter at a time and looking up that incomplete string. So if you type "google", Domize will search "goo","goog","googl" and "google", querying the .com, .net and .org variations of that name.

Secondly, Domize provides previews of unavailable domains. This can help when you want to understand whether the unavailable domain is a legitimate website or, more likely, a holding page for a domain squatter. In the case it is owned by a squatter you may want to investigate purchasing it, or at least feel reassured that you can use a slight permutation of that name without worrying about the conflict with a substantial web property. For example, the Flickr or Twittr brands would probably not have existed had the correct spellings been something other than place-holder domain squatting sites at the time.

Domize also offers an iPhone-tailored version (if you navigate there on your iPhone). I think this makes Domize the first and only domain name look-up tool for iPhones. At least the only with as-you-type search

Check it out!