Get a great domain name
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but choosing a good domain name that hasn’t already been registered is hard work these days. If the domain you want isn’t already in use by a competitor, then it’s likely to be taken by a domain name speculator - someone who buys up domains in the hope they will resell at a premium price.
But fear not, if you’re struggling to find a domain name, I came across a fantastic service the other day. It’s from a company Picky Domains and essentially they will help you to find a great name for next to nothing. Well OK it’s $50 dollars, but that’s not at all bad. So how does it work I hear you say? Something like this:
1. you register with Picky Domains and deposit your $50 US dollars,
2. you tell them what your site or service does, NOT what the domain name should be,
3. you include a few guidelines, such as it needs to be made up of two words, without slang and with a .com or .com.au etc,
4. Picky Domains uses it’s army of creative people from around the world to generate ideas which are sent to you for consideration,
5. if you like a suggestion you can accept it there and then and you’re free to register it immediately. If nothing you like is suggested then you can get a full refund of the $50 dollars.
Simple and if I may say so, quite brilliant.
What makes this service that little bit special is that if you’re a blogger, the first time you use the service it’s completely free. Now isn’t that just the icing on the cake.
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You are completely right about the difficulty of selecting a good (and registerable) domain name. I’ve spent days of my life just trying to come up with names. Never tried PickyDomains but I’ll have to give it a go. Have you ever seen BustaName.com? Just found them today and they have a cool tool to help come up with good domains.
Wow, that is a great little service and one that I had never heard of. Thanks for the tip!
I’ve never seen BustaName before but having quickly checked it out it looks quite good, if a little simplistic. It is also FREE. Thanks for the lead.
Hey Emily, you’re most welcome!
Let me know how you get on if you decide to use them.
This service may be worthwhile. I’ve been looking for new domains lately and it seems everything is already taken. If they can find something for you it’s well worth the money.
I like the idea of this being free for the first time for bloggers. It seems like it would save a lot of time.
I have had a bad experience with a similar site in the past. They simply pasted a list of domains available from Godaddy’s domain suggestions page.
That’s no good. Would you care to name and shame them?