Finding unregistered domains

[paul79]

i've searched round on the forums here but nothing has quite answered my question so thought i would open it up to all thanks. is there anywhere on the web where you can search for unregistered domain names by general category without having a specific name in mind? For example, if i was wanting to see what NNNNNN.com domains were free still where could i look? I know there is the aftermarkets like namejet but they cost at least $59 to pick up and also as they register you with enom if you are successful so the name is on lock down for 60 days which is not ideal if you are wanting to sell quick

 

[DKN]

ExpiredDomains.Net (Free registration.)

You can find daily drops there.

Or here : https://www.namepros.com/forums/available-domain-names.106/

Some members willing to post available domains list.

But you have to be careful in selecting domains.

 

[Bullock]

so the name is on lock down for 60 days which is not ideal if you are wanting to sell quick

... also new registrations are blocked for the same period.


"Please note that you may not transfer your domain name to a new registrar within the first 60 days after initial registration, or the first 60 days after a transfer."

ICANN's rule!

 

[doubleU]

here's a list of help : http://mashable.com/2013/11/17/domain-name-research-tools/


and : http://www.domainhole.com/generator/index.php#generator_results

 

[Bullock]

For example, if i was wanting to see what NNNNNN.com domains were free still where could i look?

Well, you can use the available tools for search by Registrar providers, for instance

Monster Domains
Whois.com
NameCheap
ecc

You can check out the right extension, too.


P.S.

Sorry, my English isn't (very) good!

 

[aramyus]

It really depends whether or not you want to pay 10$ (only) registration or if you accept to pay more (typically 50 to 100$, and of course sometimes much more).

All expiring domains are watched by domainers and prices are unlikely to stay at 10$ for good names (although you may be lucky).

There are many decent domains that are still available at 10$. Some are never-registered-domains. Others are domains that expired a few weeks or months ago. They are no longer on the spotlight and so, they are unlikely to be pursued by domainers.

Sites such as nameboy.com or 123finder.com let you search domains based on ideas. Typically, they add prefixes or suffixes to a keyword you give and run a search for what's available.

There are no general methods to check what LLLLLL domains are available except check them one at a time. I bought a cheap utility that allows me to check batches of ~100k domains. To explore the 3 billions LLLLLL domains, it would take perhaps 5 years with my utility. Not really practical.

 

[DNVantage]

I bought a cheap utility that allows me to check batches of ~100k domains

@aramyus, What's the utility?

 

[aramyus]

My utility is domainwhoischecker.com I think there are alternatives, but this one does the job

 

[Apple888]

sometimes I have had luck just typing in a term - random and I will get several hits with a conglomeration of nice .com's that have gone abandoned and or available - give it a try.. but use "Google" to do it.. my suggestion

 

[N-A]

For example, if i was wanting to see what NNNNNN.com domains were free still where could i look?

http://djw.net/6n.php

I put that up some time ago when the 6n discussion was going on. It generates an easy copy/paste list of 6n's with only "premium" numbers that can be used in GoDaddy bulk or Uniregistry. From there, register the avails if you like. Each refresh is a new random set; nothing too fancy as I didn't care for much except getting the results myself.

Looks like about 50% of what is generated is taken... but some were able to find nice $1 regs (when coupons worked) from that.

 

[aramyus]

sometimes I have had luck just typing in a term - random and I will get several hits with a conglomeration of nice .com's that have gone abandoned and or available - give it a try.. but use "Google" to do it.. my suggestion

Could you reformulate your process as it's hard to understand ?

 

[Apple888]

Could you reformulate your process as it's hard to understand ?

sure...sometimes I tend to explain in "geek" but here is goes I will try to explain it better...

I simply go to google search - type in a "keyword" something that I am interested in the way of a domain, and it takes patience. You keep searching from page to page until you find a "array" of expired domains and/or domains that are available with the keyword you have put into google, however like mentioned you first search may - may not yield the result at first and must continue with same keyword page after page until you hit "pay dirt" sometimes it takes up to 40 + pages and more until you see results, and sometimes it may not yield results - I have used this method over 11yrs and have been able to find real top level (expired .com's) and even some with existing traffic - one of those domains for instance I scored several years ago was "visacardoffers.com" when I was doing keyword search for "visa" just as an example.. - good luck.

 

[paul79]

thanks to everyone for their input and suggestions , is much appreciated thank you. especially david for that link - just what i was after cheers so will check it out

 

[paul79]

on a side note - if all new reg's are locked down for 60 days should you wait until after that period to put them up sale? i know you can try to sell them earlier and either hope the buyer has the same registrar as you or ask them to create an account but is the done thing? i am new to this and don't want to start annoying people and losing sales before i have even begun lol

 

[nomen]

on a side note - if all new reg's are locked down for 60 days should you wait until after that period to put them up sale? i know you can try to sell them earlier and either hope the buyer has the same registrar as you or ask them to create an account but is the done thing? i am new to this and don't want to start annoying people and losing sales before i have even begun lol

Just put them for sale right away. In general, it takes time (read: long time) for a domain to sell, and if you happen to sell the domain before the 60 day lock lapses, buyer simply waits for the time being if he's not willing to create an account with your registrar.

 

[nomen]

@paul79 If you're not willing to pay for drop catching/expiring auctions, you're best bet for finding good unregistered domains is outside the drop lists. You can stare at the drop lists all day, every day without getting anything worth registering for reg fee (not that it is impossible). Spend the same amount of time "exploiting" keywords and you'll be sure to find more prospect names.

Personally I wouldn't spend a second with domain generators. Their output is absolutely crap.

 

[aramyus]

I simply go to google search - type in a "keyword" something that I am interested in the way of a domain, and it takes patience. You keep searching from page to page until you find a "array" of expired domains and/or domains that are available with the keyword you have put into google, however like mentioned you first search may - may not yield the result at first and must continue with same keyword page after page until you hit "pay dirt" sometimes it takes up to 40 + pages and more until you see results, and sometimes it may not yield results - I have used this method over 11yrs and have been able to find real top level (expired .com's) and even some with existing traffic - one of those domains for instance I scored several years ago was "visacardoffers.com" when I was doing keyword search for "visa" just as an example.. - good luck

If I understand well, you mean that Google serp may contain expired domains typically in position ~400 (say in the top 1000 results). And of course, they are related to the keyword searched

I had never noticed that (but I don't usually check results that far). And it's very easy to automate such a search with scrapebox or similar.

Anyhow, thanks for the tip.

 

[paul79]

thanks nomen - think i am just worrying to much about it ha ha. just didn;t want to annoy someone by selling them a domain and then saying 'oh yeah i didn;t mention but its locked down so you can't actually have it right now'. but as you say the likelihood of me selling that quick is slim so not an issue really. good advice re picking up unreg'd domains thanks too - will do.

 

[Apple888]

If I understand well, you mean that Google serp may contain expired domains typically in position ~400 (say in the top 1000 results). And of course, they are related to the keyword searched

I had never noticed that (but I don't usually check results that far). And it's very easy to automate such a search with scrapebox or similar.

Anyhow, thanks for the tip.

I've not heard of using SEO link software to query searches as such, can you thus explain how that works? I would like to incorporate that while conducting my search.

 

[aramyus]

I've not heard of using SEO link software to query searches as such, can you thus explain how that works? I would like to incorporate that while conducting my search

step1: scrap the top 1000 results from G into a database. I am not 100% sure it can be done with scrapebox, but it's reasonably easy with vbnet and/or msaccess. There may be other scraping utilities I am not familiar with
step2: get the root domain from each result and de-duplicate the domains
step 3: check if each domain is available or not on a whois database

Honestly, I have a hard time to believe that Google lists expired domains in their serp. It may have been true several years ago, but with their new 'anti spam' actions, I am really suspicious.

Anyhow, it's worth trying. I plan to give it a shot when I have some time available