Resource List for Finding Domain Names

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by Stubbs • 18 years ago

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A few days ago I posted a question about finding decent, and available domain names, following on from that here is a list of the resources I was offered, from HN & other friends:

* http://www.makewords.com/ * http://dictionary-thesaurus.com/Wordlists.html * http://www.synonym.com * http://www.bustaname.com * http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html * http://www.dotomator.com/

Some were more succesfull than others, I've listed them in order of usefulness to me, ymmv.

paulleviss• 18 years ago

Good Resources

froo2• 18 years ago

Umm, have you thought about the possibility of domains that have, or in the process of expiring?

There are often people that have good domain names that just dont utilise them.

Stubbs4• 18 years ago

The process of trying to get hold of the recently expired domains seems even more frustrating than trying to find a new domain in the first place.

josefresco• 18 years ago

Not with services like www.pool.com, very easy in fact to get one after it drops.

petercooper• 18 years ago

I have personally had success with using GoDaddy.com's auction system (but using the "buy it now" variation, rather than bidding). I've scooped up several domain names with high pageranks for under $20 each this way. Takes some research, but it's doable.

newsmaven• 18 years ago

also nameboy.com

Stubbs4• 18 years ago

Seems to be covered in error messages.

mtw• 18 years ago

bustaname worked great for me

Stubbs4• 18 years ago

Bustaname has worked for me in the past too, but in this case, I was looking for a soccer related domain, and most of the useful domains that contain the word soccer are taken, my domain required a bit of lateral thinking, which is where the wordlists came in.

DXL• 18 years ago

I've used this tool for a while myself, thought I'd share it: http://dxl.yamm2.com/domeintest.php

warwickp• 18 years ago

http://pickydomains.com -> $50 gets you an (almost) endless supply of pretty good domain name suggestions from a large number of experienced domainers. Your $50 is returned if you don't get any suggestions that you select.

Stubbs4• 18 years ago

More than once during my search, I wished there was something like this, even to the point where I made a note to think about it as a project for the future!

froo2• 18 years ago

Sorry this is an older topic, but thought I'd add some more to this list that I've come across recently for the sake of completeness.

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ - does exactly what it says, useful for playing around with word combos.

http://www.tdnam.com/ - expiring domain names and aftermarket, run by Godaddy - can find some good ones on here.

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