--- title: "Find and check domain names" description: "Ask Bearly for domain ideas around a product, company, or theme, then check whether a specific domain is still available to register." canonical: "https://bearly.ai/docs/features/domain-research/" markdown: "https://bearly.ai/docs/features/domain-research.md" --- # Find and check domain names HTML: [https://bearly.ai/docs/features/domain-research/](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/domain-research/) > Ask Bearly for domain ideas around a product, company, or theme, then check whether a specific domain is still available to register. Ask Bearly for domain ideas around a word, product idea, or naming brief, then have it check whether a specific domain is still available to register. Both happen in an ordinary chat. Domain research works in Bearly chats on the web, desktop, iOS, and Android. It is not available to scheduled [Routines](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/routines.md). Bearly finds and checks domains; it does not buy or register them. You do that at a registrar. ## Ask for domain ideas 1. **Start the request** Type `/domains`, then select **Domain research** under **Research**. Asking in ordinary language works too, such as "suggest some domains for a plant care app." 2. **Say what the domain is for** Describe the product, audience, or theme. Add anything that narrows the result: endings you prefer such as `.com` or `.ai`, words that should influence the ideas, or a country whose local endings you want included. ```text copy /domains a scheduling tool for dental clinics. Prefer .com and .co, keep the name short, and work in ideas around "chair" and "slot". ``` 3. **Read the ideas** Bearly answers with candidate domains. They are ideas, not an availability report — short, obvious domains are usually taken already. Pick the few worth checking. ## Check whether a domain is available Ask Bearly about an exact domain: ```text copy Is chairslot.com available to register? ``` Each check covers one domain and comes back one of three ways: the domain has no registration and is available, the domain is already registered, or the answer was inconclusive. Treat an inconclusive answer as unknown, never as available. Shortlist before you check. A long list of ideas takes a separate lookup for every entry, and if you name several domains in one message, Bearly works through them one at a time. Availability also changes minute to minute. Confirm the domain at the registrar you plan to buy from immediately before you pay. ## Name a product, company, or project Naming a product, company, app, or project is one workflow this supports, and it goes better as a sequence than as a single question. 1. **Give Bearly the brief** Say what the thing does, who it is for, the tone you want, and any hard constraints: length, spelling you will not accept, endings you will consider. 2. **Ask for names, then domains around the survivors** Get a batch of candidate names first. Once a few feel right, ask for domain ideas built around those, including variants that read well as a domain — a short prefix or suffix, a different ending, or a two-word combination. 3. **Shortlist, then check the finalists** Run an availability check on the names you would actually use. 4. **Run the checks a domain cannot cover** See below before you commit to a name. ## What an available domain does not tell you An available domain is not permission to use the name. Check these separately, and get professional advice before you build a business on a name: - **Trademarks** in every country where you operate or sell. - **Company and business registries** where you would register the entity. - **App store names**, if you plan to ship an app. - **Social handles** on the platforms you care about. - **The open web** — an existing product, publication, or company already using the name. Bearly can [search the web](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/web-search-deep-research.md) for existing use of a name, which is useful evidence. It is not a legal clearance, and neither is an available domain. ## If a check does not work | What you see | What to do | | --- | --- | | **Domain research could not use those details. Check the domain or search terms.** | Give one complete domain with no scheme, path, or spaces: `example.com`, not `https://example.com/pricing`. | | **Domain research is temporarily unavailable. Try again later.** | The lookup service did not answer. Wait, then ask again. | | **Domain research could not complete that request. Check the details or try again later.** | Ask again. If it keeps failing, check the spelling of the domain. | | Bearly reports the status as unknown or inconclusive | The registry answer was not conclusive. Ask again in a moment, and confirm at a registrar before acting on it. | | `/domains` does not offer **Domain research** | Check for a Bearly update. On a managed account, ask a team administrator whether the policy allows Domain research. | Managed-team administrators control Domain research from **Teams** → team name → **Policies** → policy name → **Web & Research** → **Domain research**. ## Continue through the documentation - [Documentation index](https://bearly.ai/docs.md): Browse every Bearly guide. - [Previous: Edit an image](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/image-editing.md) - [Next: Find conversations and control memories](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/memory-search.md) - [Related: Run prompts on a schedule with Routines](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/routines.md) - [Related: Search the web, find images, and run Deep Research](https://bearly.ai/docs/features/web-search-deep-research.md)