domain-research

Domain Research with tldx

Tool Location

~/bin/tldx

Installed from github.com/brandonyoungdev/tldx.

Basic Usage

# Check specific words across TLDs
~/bin/tldx word1 word2 word3 -t com,io,ai,dev,app,bot -a --show-stats

# -a = only show available domains
# --show-stats = show summary at end
# -t = TLDs to check (comma-separated)

Key Flags

Common Patterns

Single TLD check

~/bin/tldx myword -t bot -a --show-stats

Bulk brainstorm with prefixes/suffixes

~/bin/tldx keyword1 keyword2 -p get,use,my,the,go -s bot,hq,lab -t com,io,ai -a --show-stats

Export to CSV

~/bin/tldx keyword -t com,io,ai -a -f csv > results.csv

Check from file

~/bin/tldx -i keywords.txt -t bot -a --show-stats

TLD Presets

Run ~/bin/tldx show-tld-presets to see available presets.

Pricing Reference

Cheapest registrars by TLD:

• .co / .ai: Cloudflare (at-cost, no renewal markup) or Spaceship (lower first-yr, higher renewal)
• .bot: Porkbun ($40.67 first yr, $52/yr renewal) or Dynadot ($50/yr flat)

Tips

• Run with --show-stats to see hit rate
• Start broad, then narrow. Check a category of words against one TLD first.
• Short, real, common English words are the most valuable
• .bot TLD has high availability -- Amazon dropped verification requirements Oct 2023

Acceptance Checks

• tldx binary exists at ~/bin/tldx
• Search results shown with availability status
• --show-stats flag included for summary