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Domain name Woes & some Fantastic prefix/suffix!

August 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Howdy! Everyone i know have had a tough time when they went to register a domain name for their unique and million dollar “Idea”. I personally have spent hours/days/nights to come up with a fantastic domain name. Everytime i thought i had it and would search for it BAM some one had booked it years back.

I have used various tools provided by domain registering websites but never have they come up with a good or close match to what i wanted.

The worst was when .me registration begin within hours anything and everything you can think of was gone!

90% of them are squatters. I doubt i will see any .me website coming up soon. So.me people who would/could really do wonders with that particular domain and would add value to their idea are left high and dry.

But the search goes on 🙂 I still go and look for domains for my ideas and register them. Most of the times i am not lucky and have to come up with innovative ways to add some prefix/suffix and still have a cool domain.

I found this very interesting link “200 Prefixes and Suffixes for Domain Names” do check it up maybe it will ease the time to come up with a fantastic domain.

One piece of advice go and book yourname.com (or any extention available) domains asap before someone else does. I am regretting not registering kunalsheth.com. Sooner or later it will help. If nothing else you can put up your resume or start a blog.

Some tips are available here “12 Rules for Choosing Domain Names“.

Some sites where you can search and register your domain for cheap.

Some cheap hosting companies

Till later

Cheers!

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8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Reeteshinator // Aug 7, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    Ah..that shows how big a place the intenret is! I mean many people with similar ideas.

    Not too long ago I saw that someone had bought reetesh.com..maybe someday I will create a reetesh.net 😛

    I was searching for domains with SQL and Java servlet support and came accross GoDaddy. it looks like a nice place! many big places I know are also hosted on their servers!

    All the best for your search!

  • 2 Kunal // Aug 7, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    Hi Reetesh,
    I would suggest you go and buy it right away. include a .in domain of whatever you are buying 🙂

    My search is never ending… every couple of days i come across an idea and the domain name hunt begins 🙂 but its fun!

  • 3 Reeteshinator // Aug 8, 2008 at 12:11 am

    I dont know.. I mean, How much would just buying the name cost me? I can just link ANY place to that domain right? I.e no need to buy a webspace for the domain.

    Any ideas where I can buy only the names and their price in general?

    and why is there no way to subscribe to comment feed via mail 😕

  • 4 Kunal // Aug 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Hey Reetesh,
    Domain names are pretty cheap… I pay Rs310 for a .com/net/org and Rs 600 roughly for a .in

    Check out http://www.indialinks.com or http://www.godaddy.com

    yeah you can just buy the domain n do absolutely nothing with it 🙂

    Let me know if you need some space to host i will do it for you (for free)

    Ah i will look into the comment feed subscribtion bit 🙂

    Cheers

  • 5 Reeteshinator // Aug 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Wow, thats awesome! Thanx for the offer man 😀 I have been very skeptical about buying a domain for myself since a long time, as I always wondered if I would make good use of it or not.

    And I dont get the whole ad0sense thing.. I only see it as a non-profitable venture 😕

  • 6 Sathya // Aug 16, 2008 at 7:17 am

    You could prolly look at some fancy domain names(like mine -> http://sathyabh.at) 😛 )
    As for Hosting, do have a look at x10 Hosting – my personal blog is on x10 and its just fantastic, plus they have free hosting as well.
    For domain registration, Marcaria (http://marcaria.com) is a great choice too

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  • 8 Annkur // Feb 15, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    The suffix and prefix are good. But how about getting a related keyword instead.

    I was looking for nokiareview or nokiareviews but both were not available. Settled for nokiareviewz which still gives me 2 strong keywords in the domain name.

    (the domain name will give a little boost but without good content nothing online would sail for long…)

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