advice How do you get ideas?

[Dmchaka]

Let’s hear your inspiration system

How do you get ideas?

 

[newbie191]

I look at dropped domain lists. They give me lot of ideas.

 

[DrJacoby]

I check the expiry auction lists. They bring a lot of good ideas/domains.

 

[HotKey]

My kids. Fresh perspectives, words.. lead to some research and viable future-ready names.

 

[evil]

Domain auctions can teach a lot about current market value for example on dropcatch

 

[twiki]

reported sales, news, namebio.

 

[zomainhacks]

Traveling and hanging out with people from different cultures are great sources of inspiration too

 

[twiki]

Also, may I say:

You don't need ideas. Ideas will come to you eventually - from any direction.

You need experience.

That comes with time, money, sweat and often hurt in this industry.

Good luck

 

[Grego85]

- Check digital or even regional news outlets related to your niche or broad target areas (our figure out potential new ones). Read articles and comment opinions to gage what is happening now and what may happen in the near future. Brainstorm from there...

- Use Chat GPT or other ai services to ask many questions related to business and ecosystems revolving around digital and online applications to your target niches. Its a great opportunity gather information about companies for targeted outreach, as well as many other aspects of what you should focus on for acquisition or for sales.

- Read forums and other forms of social media to see what is going on and what is trending. What real normal people think about stuff, and how they approach things they want or need to do.

- Do check the drop lists and expired auctions lists and just be patient. Know what keywords you want to target and just wait for opportunities. You don't need to get your new idea inventory all in one day or one week or one month. No need to hand reg too much. If you see a new key word or key phrase pop up in the news or social media, look into it quickly and if it looks promising then hand reg a few pure domains if they are still there.. do not settle! Do not hand reg more than 25% of you new idea inventory. Dont spray and pray, let your mind think and play, but take your time.

 

[bmugford]

I personally find it easier to look at lists of domains and judge those, than to create new ideas out of thin air.

Sometimes a domain on the list will give you ideas.

There can be a major difference between coming up with "cute" brands and valuable domains.

While there is room for creativity, sometimes being too creative is a hinderance when it comes to domain investing IMO.

Brad

 

[dirk]

By staring at my navel.

 

[twiki]

By staring at my navel.

... wormhole that has spawned you? (and everyone else)

Edit: There definitely is some Vulcan logic in that meditation

 

[Corey]

email newletters in my selected Niche...eg LeafWire

Expire name auctions....shortnames.com

Being at the right place at the right time to create fresh registrations

Cheers
Corey

 

[Bob Hawkes]

This is a great thread! Thanks to @Dmchaka for starting it, and for all who have replied. It is a topic I have considered writing about for the NamePros Blog, and perhaps the discussion here will spur me to really research and write it.

For me, there are certain niches that interest me, so for those I am constantly on the lookout for creating names or finding expired/expiring names. More often than not it is not so much the expiring name directly interests me, but rather it gives an idea for a related name.

Reading news, especially tech news, discussions here on NamePros, and from social media all helps suggest ideas.

As I walk around community, or read books, or watch tv, or especially hear commentary, constantly ideas pop into my head, most of which never find a relevant name.

I sporadically enter naming contests at SH. While I have not been successful in making money that way, seeing what people are searching for a name in, and my own efforts in responding, are a source for ideas. A few names I have come from names I proposed but were not selected.

I have tried a service that proposes names based on AI. While most of the names I do not like, that did generate a few ideas I would not have thought of.

I regularly read the new names added to BrandBucket, not to closely mimic any, but often that strikes home with how effective a certain qualifier word would be.

Similarly, the SH statistics shared about things like popular leading and trailing words sometimes generate other ideas.

-Bob

 

[kor]

Trends before become trends.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Let’s hear your inspiration system

How do you get ideas?

I agree with Bob Hawkes comment, "This is a great thread!"

Dmchaka, since you started this thread Saturday @ 3:55am I've had no fewer than a dozen ideas. Many of my friends to include my wife think my brain is ready to explode from all the ideas. Even your post generated the idea for the domain ideas4money(.)com. And while I haven't bought it YET, i may by the time you read this

Songs, Book Titles, News, Sports, NamePros, Vanity License Plates are all places that inspire ideas? Thinking back 70 years ago I named my first dog "Bingo" also, "Bingo was his Name-O" after a song, and I've been naming shit ever since

 

[.X.]

Budget Friendly = NameSpinner

If you have decent capital = Hit the auction houses

Develop for multiple streams of income.

 

[Rantwire]

I listen to a lot of news. It rarely happens, but if I can catch a trendy word live and sense it's going to explode, I try to get the dot com for that trendy word. But this morning Elon Musk hinted that he would be changing "tweet" to "xeet". I know it sounds a bit awkward to pronounce, but then so do other sites. In any case I snagged these names:

xeet.us
xeet.info
xeet.dev
xeet.ai
xeetai.com
xeetbot.com

Let's see what happens.

 

[Bertrell]

Certain slang words and/or phrases that occur with some degree of frequency on social media (and IRL/in-person) usually do it for me.

 

[just-j]

How I came up with this domain!!

Being at the right place at the right time.

Https://www.asstko.com