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 π 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
- Dreamhost (will update more later)
Till later
Cheers!
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 π
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 π
My search is never ending… every couple of days i come across an idea and the domain name hunt begins π 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 π
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 π
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 π
Cheers
5 Reeteshinator // Aug 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Wow, thats awesome! Thanx for the offer man π 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 π
6 Sathya // Aug 16, 2008 at 7:17 am
You could prolly look at some fancy domain names(like mine -> http://sathyabh.at) π )
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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