Depth is what you pay for.
Registry-truth availability is on every plan, free ones included, and nothing is time-locked.
Every name is checked against Verisign’s .com registry over RDAP— the registry’s own answer, not a DNS guess. We validated both approaches on 150 domains: RDAP was right 150 out of 150, DNS managed 134— sixteen registered domains with no DNS records looked free and weren’t. Check any name yourself, free and without an account, on the availability checker.
The name costs $10. Finding it is the work.
Registry-truth availability on every plan. What you pay for is depth and attention — not a head start.
Watcherfree, for the curious
- — 7,000+ available names, browsable
- — Every signal shown — score, brand read, authority
- — Free checker & scorer, no signup
Alertsfor the name-in-waiting
- — Everything in Watcher
- — Your words watched — “email me when an available name contains pay”
- — Up to 10 keywords, changed any time
Hunterfor flippers & studios
- — The full catch — 24,000+ available names, not the top 10%
- — CSV export of any slice you ask for
- — Unlimited watched keywords
- — Tell us what you're hunting and we go looking
Set up by a human.Alerts and exports are run by hand today — you’ll hear from us within a day of subscribing, and you can tell us exactly what you’re after. That’s deliberate while we’re small; it means you get a person, not a form.
Building a naming tool or AI agent? The API is an open beta — no key, no charge, while it settles.
Straight answers
Why isn't the good stuff already drop-caught?
Anything with real SEO authority is— DropCatch and SnapNames grab it at deletion. What survives is hand-registerable and brandable: names the pros passed on because they don't carry link juice. Our edge is the brandability scorer, not backorder speed. These register for ~$10 at any registrar.
Do I need to rush? Is there a race?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise. These are hand-registerable expiring names, not auctioned drop-catches — nobody is bidding against you, and names we listed weeks ago are still sitting there unclaimed (lemonharbor.comwas on our 16 July list and was still free on the 25th). That is exactly why we don't sell a head start: there isn't one to sell. What's scarce is finding them, not beating someone to them — which is why every name on the site shows the day we listed it, and how long we have watched it stay free.
So what do I actually get for $29?
Depth and a person. The free site floors at a name score of 90; Hunter opens the whole catch, roughly three times as many available names. On top of that: CSV export of any slice you want, unlimited keyword watches, and you can simply tell us what you're hunting and we'll go looking. Alerts and exports are run by hand right now — you get a human, not a form.
Can I cancel?
Any time, in one click, no email-us-to-cancel dark pattern. It's a month-to-month subscription — stop and you keep access through the period you paid for.
Does the house shelf compete with subscribers?
We do register a handful of names from our own list each morning and resell them on the house shelf. The rule that keeps it honest: house picks are always marked and never removed from the public list— we don't cherry-pick in secret before you see it. Same names, same drop time. You can register the exact domain yourself for ~$10 if you get there first; the shelf is for people who'd rather buy the finished find.
Not ready to subscribe? Watch for free.
Leave your email and we'll send the standouts as we find them — hand-picked, low volume, no card, no catch.