Written on July 11th, 2007 at 05:07 am by Darren Rowse
Finding Domain Names - Bust a Name
I’ve never really been a big domain name collector - but in the last few weeks I’ve enjoyed seeing what names are out there and even picking up a few for a rainy day (for the distant future as I have no time for new ventures at the moment).
I’ve used a couple of tools for finding new domain names over the years - two of my previous favorites have been Domains Bot and Name Boy.
Today LifeHacker linked to a new tool which takes over as my new all time favorite - Bust a Name.
Warning - this tool is not only useful, it’s kind of fun. I just spent an hour on it and bought five domain names!
36 Responses to “Finding Domain Names - Bust a Name”
Susan
July 11th, 2007 5:58 am
I really like this tool! I ended up buying 3 domain names! It’s really helpful because it gives you so many different combinations with the keywords you choose. :)
Jeremy Steele
July 11th, 2007 6:03 am
Darren The Domainer
It’s catchy!
Rhys
July 11th, 2007 6:07 am
“I just spent an hour on it and bought five domain names!”
And for that reason alone, I’m not going to try it. I still wonder why I bought retrogarden.co.uk :S
Rhys
July 11th, 2007 6:08 am
“I just spent an hour on it and bought five domain names!”
And for that reason alone, I’m not going to try it.
Domains are like women though, the good ones are taken, unless you get one from a less developed nation ;)
Jason
July 11th, 2007 6:14 am
Sweet! Awesome tools. Thanks. I usually just use domain.com.
markowe
July 11th, 2007 6:19 am
I warned about this, we are going to run out of domain names one of these days, thanks to this sort of thing!:
http://future-phobia.blogspot.com/2007/06/domain-names-going-going_2591.html
Hmm, let’s give it a try: getfilthyrichofftheinternet.com - get it while it’s hot…!
Greg Butler
July 11th, 2007 6:24 am
That is fantastic. And I thought all the good domain names were gone.
Terra Andersen
July 11th, 2007 6:28 am
I LOVE domains and a TON of them. Selling them can be great fun too. *=)
Terra Andersen
July 11th, 2007 6:29 am
oops, I meant “I have a ton of domains”.
Hamlet Batista
July 11th, 2007 6:31 am
Hi Darren
The problem with these types of tools is that they are limited to using only the keywords that are typed in, therefore, all you get are generic domain names. I believe that brandable names are more memorable, so they usually make better domain names. i.e. “Perrier.com” vs. “BottledWater.com”
Brad
July 11th, 2007 6:32 am
Hey Darren
A little off-topic, but how do you think blogs will evolve over the next 5 years? How about discussion-type blogs, somewhat like reality TV meets blogging? Here’s the prototype I developed:
http://whatdoyouthink.contentgeneration.org/
I’d be interested in your thoughts, as I have other prototypes including quiz, entertainment and fun-type blogs. If any of your site visitors want to use the above prototype, they can download it from my site – totally free.
Brad
1916home.net
July 11th, 2007 6:47 am
I entered in “lily” and clicked suffix “ly” and my domain will be “lilyly.com”
AWESOME! Thanks!!!!
Melissa
July 11th, 2007 7:36 am
I already own over 50 SEO and copywriting names…I can’t buy more. Cool tool though, thanks.
Jim
July 11th, 2007 8:08 am
Very cool programs. I’ve been wanting to find tools to search easily for domains. It’d be awesome if it could search for expiring domains too.
Adam Snider
July 11th, 2007 8:21 am
Pretty cool, although I kind of agree with Hamlet. Still, this might come in handy, as I’ve been trying to brainstorm a domain name for a new venture I’m going to be launching soon.
Russ
July 11th, 2007 8:47 am
That really is an awesome tool. It will definetly come in handy for many weeks to come. Thanks for providing the link darren!
Nathania - Guest-Blogger.com
July 11th, 2007 10:59 am
Thanks for introducing me to my new guilty pleasure.
Even my kids got into it.
Kirrily
July 11th, 2007 12:39 pm
Thanks, Darren! Very timely.
Ramkarthik
July 11th, 2007 3:29 pm
Darren, Great tool. It is very interesting. I played with it for 15 minutes. When I get my domain, I should use this tool. Very good Indeed.
Maureen Green
July 11th, 2007 5:37 pm
Thats a pretty rocking tool! I just used it to buy a few of the domains I had on my mind. I couldn’t get the godaddy registration to work within the site interface, so I used Godaddy code ZINE3 for $2 off each domain I bought. (Same as the $6.95 deal on bustanam) Another cool thing about the tool is it’s pretty SEO savvy about related keywords. Something to think about for all you serp-hounds out there!
Crystal
July 11th, 2007 5:56 pm
I was just thinking about this today. The links definitely helped, thanks
Razvan
July 11th, 2007 6:02 pm
Thanks for the tool. There’s also Name Spinner from domaintools.com but I like this one better..
Gopinath M
July 11th, 2007 6:57 pm
Domain Bot is very cool in the list of sites. Here is another post which gives more information
Cool Sites to check availability of domain names
CatherineL
July 11th, 2007 7:08 pm
Thanks Darren - I already had way too many domains and this tool has made my addiction worse. Any more posts like this and I will no longer blog about you being the boring blogger - you”ll join the John Chow evil blogger category.
Davor Molnar
July 11th, 2007 9:05 pm
Wow really nice tool ;) Few days ago i found another domain tool but it was geared towards WEB2 hype and it was creating funny web2 domain names. i really liked it
David Peyton
July 11th, 2007 10:01 pm
Darren,
What service would you recommend we buy a domain through? I see they list a few.
Perhaps you may be willing to let us know who you buy through?
Thanks!
David
AskaX
July 12th, 2007 12:10 am
cool site I love it….
I buy 1 though.. :p
I’ll play more and buy more.. hehehe…
David Peyton
July 12th, 2007 12:14 am
Just a quick note regarding my previous question… Wikipedia has a helpful list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_ranking_domain_registrars … which feeds from here: http://www.registrarstats.com/
Brennan Ryan
July 12th, 2007 10:48 am
David: I use Cheapdomains.com.au - found them to be very good value and service
Darren: Curse you! Yes a fantastic tool and yes i wasted a half hour on it and yes i bought 6 more names :-)
Summer
July 12th, 2007 12:50 pm
I should not have seen them as I ended up buying a couple. LOL The only thing I didn;t like was the list of places to buy from didn’t list Namecheap.com, which is where I register with. Not a big deal really. Then I figured out that Namecheap doesn’t list their marketplace anywhere but with themselves. So there are some awesome names for sale with them that were listed as taken at Bustaname.
Lowell
July 13th, 2007 2:10 am
Thanks Darren -
Nice new tool. Don’t forget dotcenter.com for finding expired domains.
Lowell
Markus
July 13th, 2007 4:14 am
Where you you buy your domain names? Can you tell me any good site for German costumers?
David Peyton
July 13th, 2007 4:31 am
Thanks for the link, Brennan. Lowell, also take a look at http://www.afternic.com/ for domain names for sale.
Jennie Rosenbaum
July 19th, 2007 7:10 pm
OMG I should have heeded the warning! I found URLs I thought would be long gone. the trick was to only buy 4… and I may be getting a new ISP now too grrr..
in an earlier comment Hamlet said
“The problem with these types of tools is that they are limited to using only the keywords that are typed in, therefore, all you get are generic domain names. I believe that brandable names are more memorable, so they usually make better domain names. i.e. “Perrier.com” vs. “BottledWater.com”
you can type in a name or a brand as a keyword, and even pluralize it. I have jenniesnudes.com and jenniesart.com for example. but for SEO if you can get your favorite keywords or tagline as well then that’s gold. contemporaryfigurative.com was not taken… is now!
Rodrigo
July 19th, 2007 9:46 pm
Great tool. Thanks for sharing!
Urban
August 2nd, 2007 5:07 pm
Way to cool! Exactly what I needed.
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