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NameSnag
Get alerted the moment a taken domain becomes available
Enter a taken domain and NameSnag keeps re-checking it, then emails you the moment it becomes available - so you stop manually refreshing whois. Free plan watches 1 domain; Pro watches 100. Monitoring and alerts only: NameSnag is not a broker, backorder service, or registrar - it doesn't buy or secure the domain for you, it just tells you the second it's free so you can grab it.
Hey PH, Tamas here, solo maker. NameSnag scratched my own itch - I kept manually re-checking whois on a couple of taken domains I wanted, hoping they'd expire. So NameSnag watches them for you and emails the moment one becomes available. To be clear about what it is and isn't: it's monitoring and alerts only - not a broker, backorder, or registrar. It won't buy or secure the domain for you; it just tells you the second it's free so you can grab it yourself. Free watches 1 domain, Pro watches 100. Two questions I'd love input on: (1) how many domains are you passively hoping will free up right now? (2) would you want backorder/auto-grab added, or do you prefer the honest 'just alert me' scope? Thanks for looking.
finally a tool that does exactly what it says, set up a watch in under a minute and the email alert felt instant when i tested with a domain i knew was expiring soon. clean and no upsell nonsense.
How fast does the alert typically come through once the domain actually drops, and are you catching releases at the registry level or just polling whois records?
how often does it actually re-check the whois, like every few minutes or once an hour, and does the pro plan cap how many alerts you can get per month?
Caught a domain drop within two minutes of dropping my email in. Wish the free plan watched a couple more, but for a single high-value name it's hard to beat.
Finally freed myself from hammering the refresh button on whois. Got an alert within hours for a domain I'd been stalking for weeks, super straightforward setup and the email arrived the second it dropped.
How fast do you usually catch the drop after sending the email, and have you seen cases where someone else snags it within seconds anyway?
Set it up on a name I had been checking for weeks and the alert actually came through faster than I expected. The free tier being just one watch is a bit limiting but the email hit my inbox the second it dropped, which is exactly what I needed.
How quickly does the alert usually come through once a domain drops, and does the free plan actually wait until the moment it's available or just notify on status changes?
finally something that does one job well. set it on a domain i had been manually checking for weeks and the email hit fast when it dropped. wish the free tier watched a couple more, but the alerts themselves are instant.
Setting it up to watch a domain I'd been refreshing for weeks took like 30 seconds, and I genuinely forgot about it until the email dropped. The free tier being just one domain is stingy, but the alert hit my inbox fast enough that I trust it.
About NameSnag on Product Hunt
“Get alerted the moment a taken domain becomes available”
NameSnag was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 7 upvotes and 15 comments, placing #80 on the daily leaderboard. Enter a taken domain and NameSnag keeps re-checking it, then emails you the moment it becomes available - so you stop manually refreshing whois. Free plan watches 1 domain; Pro watches 100. Monitoring and alerts only: NameSnag is not a broker, backorder service, or registrar - it doesn't buy or secure the domain for you, it just tells you the second it's free so you can grab it.
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Who hunted NameSnag?
NameSnag was hunted by Tamas Kalman. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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