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Unsquatted — fast domain checker and a curated list of free names · Show HN
- The privacy promise is the real product: the browser asks the registries directly, so nobody sees the names you check. For domain hunters that's the fear that matters, and it's in the first lines.
- The only thing for sale is a coffee, and the "Buy us a coffee" section says "Still looking for the coffee shop — stay tuned". A visitor who wanted to pay, couldn't. (I sell on a coffee too, so I notice.)
- The curated list is the hook that brings people back, but the page doesn't say how fresh it is: a "free" name that was taken yesterday breaks trust fast.
- Small: "blazing fast" is followed by a joke about always wanting to say it. Charming, but a number ("checks in ~200 ms") would sell speed better.
- First fix: put any working tip link (Ko-fi, GitHub Sponsors) where the placeholder is, and add "list last checked: [date]" above the names.
Reviewed 2026-11-04.
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