TakenYet FAQ
TakenYet turns a description of your idea into brandable names, checks each one live against the domain registries, and builds a brand kit for every available domain. These are the questions people ask most. For plans and billing, see pricing. To watch the process end to end, see how it works.
How does domain availability checking work?
We ask the registry for each extension whether a registration record exists for that exact domain, at the moment you search. There is no cached list in between, and no name is ever withheld or flagged as premium.
How do I check if a domain name is taken?
Type the name into a search here and pick the extensions you care about. Each name is checked live against the registry for that extension, so the answer reflects the registration record itself rather than a cached list.
How does TakenYet check if a domain is available?
We ask the registry that holds the records for each extension, live, at the moment you search. A domain marked "Available" has no registration record at the registry itself, which is the same data registrars use.
What does it mean when a domain is available?
It means the registry holds no active registration for that exact domain at the moment we checked. It does not mean the name is reserved for you. Anyone can register it until someone does, and popular names can go in minutes. Availability also says nothing about trademarks or about who owns the same name on other extensions.
Which domain extensions can I check?
Currently .com, .net, .org, .io, .ai, .app, .dev and .xyz, up to three per search, or all eight in Deep Search. .com availability is checked for every generated name by default, and results are ranked by extension so an open .com always outranks an open .xyz.
Why are all the good .com domains taken?
There are over 150 million registered .com domains and more than four decades of registrations behind them. Most short dictionary words and two-word combinations were claimed long ago, and many are held by investors rather than businesses. That is why the names here lean toward invented words, tight compounds and coined spellings, which are the parts of the namespace still open.
Should I buy the .com if I launch on .io?
If the .com is available and the budget is small, registering it is cheap insurance against someone else building on your name. If it is already taken by an unrelated business, launching on .io, .ai or .dev is normal and works fine. What matters more is that you can hold the name consistently across the extension you use, your social handles and any trademark you later file.
You can run a check now on the name generator, or browse ready-made ideas in the name collections.
Where do the names come from?
AI reads your description and proposes names built for brandability: short, pronounceable, no digits and no hyphens. Every candidate is then verified against live registry data, so nothing is shown as available on the AI's word alone.
Where do the brand name ideas come from?
AI. It reads your description and proposes names built for brandability: short, pronounceable, no digits or hyphens. Each one is then verified against live registry data before it is shown to you.
How many names does one search return?
A standard search keeps generating until at least three domains are open on the extensions you picked. Deep Search keeps going until it has nine strong ones. Every domain that comes back available gets a brand kit attached to it.
Is TakenYet really free?
Yes. Every visitor gets 1 full search per day with no account. A free account raises that to 2 per day and unlocks saving, brand kit downloads and history. Paid plans exist only for people who need serious volume.
Daily limits and paid volume are covered on the pricing page.
How does TakenYet make money?
Two ways: paid plans for people who need naming volume, and partner links to a few registrars and hosts, which may earn a commission at no cost to you. Partner links never change your price and never influence which names or which results you see.
How does TakenYet make money? Do registrars pay you?
Two ways: paid plans for naming volume, and partner links to a few registrars and hosts, which may earn us a commission. Partner links never change the price you pay and never influence what you see. Availability comes straight from the registries. We never mark a name "premium" and never park names you searched.
Do you sell domains?
No. TakenYet is not a registrar and does not sell, hold or reserve domains. When a name is available we link out to registrars where you can register it yourself, and you pay them their normal price.
More on who runs this and why on the about page.
Can I use the brand kit commercially?
Yes. Every available domain comes with a font pairing licensed for commercial use, a colour palette that meets WCAG contrast requirements, and a logo generated for that name and downloadable as SVG. No attribution is required, for any part of it.
Can I use the fonts and colours in the brand kits commercially?
Yes. Every kit uses fonts that are free for commercial use: Google Fonts faces under libre licenses (OFL or Apache) and Fontshare faces under the ITF Free Font License. The colour palettes are yours with no attribution required.
Can I use the logo commercially?
Yes. The logo is generated procedurally for your name, and the SVG you download is yours to use, edit and register as your own mark, with no attribution required. Because it is generated from a shared system, a similar layout can appear for a different name, so treat it as a working starting point rather than a finished identity.
Can I trademark a name I find here?
Possibly, but an available domain is not a trademark clearance. The two systems are unrelated: a name can be free at every registry and still infringe an existing mark in your industry. Before you commit, search the USPTO database in the United States, the EUIPO register in the European Union, or your national register elsewhere, and consider a lawyer for anything you plan to build on. Nothing here is legal advice.