The Analyse and configure step lets you choose how closely a domain has to resemble your term before RightHub flags it as a finding. You enter just the term itself, without a TLD (e.g. anaqua, not anaqua.com) — RightHub then checks that term against domains across all extensions. Each match option below controls a different kind of match — turning more of them on catches more domains, but also means more findings to review.
Exact Match
What it means:
The term is a 1:1 match to the domain name, regardless of extension. Entering anaqua returns findings like anaqua.com, anaqua.ip, anaqua.ai, and so on across every TLD.
Contains Start / Middle / End
What it means:
Your term appears inside a longer domain string, rather than standing alone:
- Contains start — the domain opens with your term (e.g. anaquasupport.com)
- Contains middle — your term sits inside the string (e.g. theanaquagroup.com)
- Contains end — the domain closes with your term (e.g. buyanaqua.com)
Typos
What it means:
Catches common misspellings of your term — swapped, doubled, or dropped letters (e.g. anaqau.com, annaqua.com, anqua.com).
Distance
What it means:
Distance uses the number of single-character edits (insertions, deletions, substitutions) — to catch domains that are close to an exact match but not identical.
- Distance 1: one character off, e.g. anaquas.com → 1 edit away from anaqua
- Distance 2: up to two characters off
This applies to the whole domain name, the same way Exact match does — it's Exact match with some tolerance built in.
Distance+
What it means:
Distance+ applies that same edit-distance logic, but to substring matching instead of the whole domain — pairing with the Contains options rather than Exact match.
- Distance+ 1: e.g. theannaquaplatform.com → contains "annaqua," which is 1 edit away from anaqua, even though the full domain isn't close to it at all
Use Distance+ when you want to catch a misspelled version of your term buried inside a longer domain, not just a misspelled version of the whole thing.
Quick Way to Think About It
Option | Matches | Tolerance |
Exact match | Whole domain | None |
Contains start/middle/end | Substring | None |
Typos | Whole domain | Common misspelling patterns |
Distance | Whole domain | 1 or 2 edits |
Distance+ | Substring | 1 or 2 edits to a substring |