diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 80a6ca9..994c1ba 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const zip = require('lodash.zip');
 const validate = require('validate-npm-package-name');
 const organizationRegex = require('org-regex')({exact: true});
 const pMap = require('p-map');
+const {isTaken} = require('is-name-taken');
 
 class InvalidNameError extends Error {}
 
@@ -31,9 +32,10 @@ const request = async (name, options) => {
 		throw error;
 	}
 
+	let urlName = name;
 	const isScopedPackage = isScoped(name);
 	if (isScopedPackage) {
-		name = name.replace(/\//g, '%2f');
+		urlName = name.replace(/\//g, '%2f');
 	}
 
 	const authInfo = registryAuthToken(registryUrl, {recursive: true});
@@ -44,9 +46,9 @@ const request = async (name, options) => {
 
 	try {
 		if (isOrganization) {
-			await got.head(npmOrganizationUrl + name.toLowerCase(), {timeout: 10000});
+			await got.head(npmOrganizationUrl + urlName.toLowerCase(), {timeout: 10000});
 		} else {
-			await got.head(registryUrl + name.toLowerCase(), {timeout: 10000, headers});
+			await got.head(registryUrl + urlName.toLowerCase(), {timeout: 10000, headers});
 		}
 
 		return false;
@@ -54,6 +56,11 @@ const request = async (name, options) => {
 		const {statusCode} = error.response;
 
 		if (statusCode === 404) {
+			if (!isOrganization) {
+				const conflict = await isTaken(name.toLowerCase(), {maxAge: 60000});
+				return !conflict;
+			}
+
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11e4cd2..86d7974 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	],
 	"dependencies": {
 		"got": "^10.6.0",
+		"is-name-taken": "^2.0.0",
 		"is-scoped": "^2.1.0",
 		"is-url-superb": "^4.0.0",
 		"lodash.zip": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 9008907..9759038 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ test('returns false when package name is taken', async t => {
 	t.false(await npmName('np', options));
 });
 
+test('returns false when package name is taken, regardless of punctuation', async t => {
+	t.false(await npmName('ch-alk'));
+	t.false(await npmName('recursivereaddir'));
+});
+
 test('returns false when organization name is taken', async t => {
 	t.false(await npmName('@ava'));
 	t.false(await npmName('@ava/'));