How do you hunt for domains?

[sooty]

OK, noone will give away their secrets here I know, heck even I won't.

But in rough terms, how do you find your domains (new regs, not drops)?


Do you brainstorm?

Do you scour specific websites for ideas?

Do you have a "system" or "machine" that works for you?


Am interested to hear

 

[irishmat]

using a weegie board (sp?) :hehe:

 

[Epic]

I just think of keywords and check to see if they're available.

Occasionally, I'll use www.domainsbot.com

 

[barefoottech]

One thing I don't do is register any name you have to explain to people the meaning .If name is not self evident what is the point

 

[faisj]

Hi Sooty,

Well one way I described in this thread:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/204881-need-help-aquiring-typo-domains.html

and I could add, i also browse for forums and sedo for other potential
domain names i could buy.

kind regards,

Faisj

 

[weblord]

it's not a secret anymore:
all you need is time, creativity and money of course lol
http://www.domainnamesoup.com/available-domain-names.php
http://wwwhelper.com/cgi-bin/name_maker/namer.cgi

and yeah my favorite:
http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/freeware/dna2.exe

OK, noone will give away their secrets here I know, heck even I won't.

But in rough terms, how do you find your domains (new regs, not drops)?


Do you brainstorm?

Do you scour specific websites for ideas?

Do you have a "system" or "machine" that works for you?


Am interested to hear

 

[Jo]

I think of keywords, listen to the news, radio for the new and upcoming (more lately than ever.) Also a new thing is just typing in any old word I think of (and like) into my browser, and write down if it leads to a parked page, a blank 404 not found page, a hokey personal site or a lean-mean-business-machine. If it leads to a hokey site or 404 I check WHOIS and write down the email addresses to contact later with an offer. These people can't be bothered with a site and may enjoy having cash in hand rather than a domain name or old hokey site that doesn't bring any money. Right now I have only emailed two different ones to enquire about $$ and am saving the ones I really want until I actually have some money in hand to offer.

 

[yandig]

One way I discovered a week or two ago is to find a bulk whois site that shows availablilty for the top extensions. I then enter a list of terms, and have the bulk checker do the work. I found a nice city .org that way.

 

[bidawinner]

shotgun

 

[camille7_7]

I sit at work bored and listen to talk radio and when a word sticks out that is used in everyday language I search the h*ll out of it with any extension and one other keyword I can think of....and when all is lost I try a hyphen on the combinations hoping for a last resort domain…

It got me a sale since starting this 6 months ago (not a big one) but a sale…

Thank you for your time.

 

[peaches017]

Domain Name Analyzer and Notepad are all you need. Oh -- and Wikipedia lists.