Resource List for Finding Domain Names

Posted by Stubbs on Monday July 07, 2008 @07:34AM
from the self-post dept.

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by warwickp on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:49AM (#238634)

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by Stubbs on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:52AM (#238640)

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!

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by froo on Monday August 11, 2008 @03:36PM (#273255)

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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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by froo on Monday July 07, 2008 @08:34AM (#238516)

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by Stubbs on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:30AM (#238552)

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by petercooper on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:42AM (#238626)

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by josefresco on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:57AM (#238568)

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

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by newsmaven on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:15AM (#238541)

also nameboy.com

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by Stubbs on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:31AM (#238553)

Seems to be covered in error messages.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by mtw on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:39AM (#238556)

bustaname worked great for me

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by Stubbs on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:49AM (#238637)

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.

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by DXL on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:47AM (#238630)

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

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Re:Resource List for Finding Domain Names by paulleviss on Monday July 07, 2008 @08:14AM (#238510)

Good Resources

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