LAB REPORT / 001

Can AI discover an undervalued .si domain?

Verdict: Works — when AI ranking is paired with registry truth and human review.

We generated 10,000 candidates, verified authoritative registry availability, scored all 8,840 available names with Jev, and reviewed the finalists by hand.

  • 10,000 candidates generated
  • 8,840 available names
  • 1,160 already registered
  • 8,840 Jev-scored names
  • newlab.si ranked #59 / 8,840 in the earlier Jev table
  • Final domain cost: $12.75

Procedure

Generate broadly, verify .si availability with Register.si WHOIS/RDAP, rank with Jev, correct generation bias through human review, and make a real purchase decision.

What we learned

Authoritative registry data beats registrar storefront UX. AI is strong at compressing a huge candidate space, but final taste and brand judgment still benefit from a human.

Failure log

Registrar UI produced false negatives, aggressive bulk checks hit rate limits, and the first candidate generation overfit SI prefixes and suffixes.

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