{"id":199,"date":"2006-01-05T07:45:39","date_gmt":"2006-01-05T12:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/?p=199"},"modified":"2019-12-22T10:47:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:47:34","slug":"how-to-find-a-great-domain-name-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/2006\/01\/05\/how-to-find-a-great-domain-name-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find a Great Domain Name Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Domains\"
\nA couple months ago I wrote about how to find a great domain name<\/a>. Since then, I’ve found several other tricks, related articles and sites… here they are:<\/p>\n

1. Instant Domain Search<\/a> – This is the site I’ve been using most. Start typing a domain name and as you type it shows you if it’s available or not. No submit button, no waiting, just good quick results. Can’t beat that. There is a similar site called Ajax Whois<\/a> that’s not quite as fast (it requires verification), but adds the functionality of seeing whois results.<\/p>\n

2. Domainers<\/a> – Turns out there are people making a bit of money off buying and selling domains, or buying domains hoping people will land on them and click a link. By a bit of money, I mean millions of dollars<\/em> a year. Business 2.0 has a great article on the subject.<\/p>\n

3. Sedo.com<\/a> – If the domainers article piqued your interest, check out Sedo–a quick place to park your domains to make money off ads or put them up for sale. I’ve parked a<\/a> few<\/a> there<\/a> myself<\/a> until I have time to develop them. If Sedo doesn’t meet your fancy, check out Afternic<\/a>, DomainHop<\/a> or DomainSponsor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4. Looking for a different way to sell your hot new domain? Check out DomainState<\/a> or DNForum<\/a>. The former appears to be less trafficked and free while the latter is not free but is always buzzing.<\/p>\n

5. All existing domains<\/a> – This one is a gem sent from Beau (the guy who made Instant Domain Search<\/a>). Fax in your address get access to a list (available over FTP) of all active .com and .net domain names. Very cool.<\/p>\n

6. 2.99 domains<\/a> – From Yahoo, sign up for them all at once because the offer is good for new customers only, after you’re signed up the price goes up to $9.95. I was able to get 5 domains for 3 bucks a pop. After that offer expires, I’d recommend checking out Namecheap<\/a>. Their domains are 8.88 each and the tools to manage them are outstanding.<\/p>\n

7. A ton of other name finding tools. My last post generated some good ideas in the comments. Here are tools that people recommended:<\/p>\n