David's Web Hosting Blog

David Walsh is an editor and music enthusiast that loves everything technological. He maintains his personal blog and admits to be somewhat of a besserwisser - but only sometimes. David is also very much into web related stuff like web development and hosting.

No Available Domain Names


You have probably had the same problems as me – finding an available domain name you like. It really bugs me that I can come up with good idea for a business but I can’t find a domain name matching it. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? I know the basics of what one should think about when picking a domain name, for example match domain name (as already mentioned) with the name of the website, using keywords in the name and so on…

Ok, I understand that there’s millions of websites and that most popular domain names will be taken but come on now, and yes… I know that I sound a bit cranky. However, a while ago did one of my friends tell me that I had to get creative and come up with a domain name that would stick in my visitors mind anyway and do you know what? It worked!! So with this blogpost I simply wanted to calm down any of you that might feel as if it’s an impossible task to come up with a top domain name. Take it easy and start thinking outside the box (I sound so much like Dr. Phil right now…) and I’m sure that you’ll find what you’ve been looking for. Happy hunting! :)



This entry was posted on Monday, September 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am and is filed under Blogroll, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “No Available Domain Names”

Claude Gelinas Says:

September 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Thinking outside the box is fine advice, indeed.

That’s how I scored “staffr.com” for an upcoming project for which, of course, I couldn’t get the generic “staffer-dot-anything” name.

Settling for a .net or anything else just didn’t cut it so I went for the .com but I tweaked the name a bit… and it’s still perfect for my use.

xJohann2027 Says:

September 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

I like this web. Yes,i like it ;) Thanx. Johann2027

Patrick Brunt Says:

September 22nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm

Absolutely. Overcoming the issues specified above are tedious and sometimes require specific skills. I do agree with your first statement and thank your for your very informative post.In all this was an excellent post and I sure am impressed with this blog, i’ll come back again and again to check for updates.Regards,Patrick Brunt,http://www.seov2.com

Per Says:

September 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am

Yeah, those names are cool but are they any good in the search engines? After the latest update, the domain name seems to have more importance for your rankings… :-(

Mark Says:

September 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 am

Thanks for the advice…:)

Leave a Reply