Top 10 Domain Suggestion Tools: Create a Catchy Domain Name with Ease

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Have you ever spent hours just trying to find a decent available domain name?

Glad I am not alone.

I came up with the list of 10 domain suggestion websites to help you to get that creativity flowing.

None of them is a perfect tool in itself, but combine 2-3 of them together and you should be off to a good start.

Now remember the basics:

1. Short domains are always better.
2. Try to use your main keywords in the name.
3. If .com is not available, don’t bother.
4. A good domain name has few or no alternate ways it can be spelled.

1. Google

This Search-based Keyword Tool provides ideas based on actual Google search queries.

2. DomainsBot

Offers domain suggestions, name spinner, expired and expiring domain name search, for sale domains, whois lookup and registration.

3. DomainTools
Allows wildcard search of current, deleted/expired whois domains and dns tools.

4. NameTumbler
Create huge lists of keyword-rich, generic domain names and check their availability.

5. ShoutDomains
Instantly find available domain names in multiple TLDs. Create your own domain with a word cruncher or word combiner.

6. MakeWords
Random name generator, keyword collections, synonyms, dictionary domains.

7. Name.com
Analyzes what you’re trying to communicate with your domain, locates alternative words and/or phrases to communicate the same meaning and searches for all available domains that can be registered in multiple extensions and languages.

8. AapkaDomain
This is an Indian website that allows you to search for available domains stemming in one keyword. Just plug your keyword and it shows the available domains around that keyword.

9. IWebTool
This tool suggests up to 20 possible domains.

10. SquadHelp
Paid tool, but definitely worth mentioning. Start a Contest! Get Pros to Work
50+ name suggestions within hours. On an average, a $50 contest would give you more than 100 domain name suggestions.

Well, there you go. If you have any more suggestions to add to the list, I’d love to hear from you.

If you like what you’ve read, please post a comment and retweet - it will be much appreciated!

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Scott from JumperooReviews November 2, 2011 at 4:15 pm

I haven’t heard of most of these sites. I tried several and I especially liked Name.com. I tried their UberSearch and it came up with some very good names.

Another thing that I have tried and has worked is to just add an x to the end of your keyword. I have found that it works pretty good if you are not going after a keyword that has too much competition such as Lose Weight.
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Ana Hoffman November 3, 2011 at 5:33 am

I like it too. Thanks for that tip.

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Cristian July 5, 2011 at 1:40 am

Good domain names are definitely getting harder and harder to find, since everything seems to be taken already. I agree that .com is the way to go, however I don’t think that having keywords in the domain name is that important anymore these days. I would rather go for a catchy and brand-able name.
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Ana | Traffic Generation July 5, 2011 at 7:33 am

Personally, I have found that having keywords in my domain name has helped me quite a bit. Be careful that catchy names are easy to spell and remember.
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Marcus Baker April 7, 2011 at 4:41 am

Hi Ana…

Woah… Ok cancel my comment on a subsequent post of yours about the impossibility of finding decent, ‘tick all the boxes’ dot com domains…. I am sure these tools will help a lot. Thank you.

~Marcus
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Ana | Traffic Generation July 5, 2011 at 7:34 am

I wrote it with you in mind, Marcus. :-)
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Matt December 2, 2010 at 1:48 pm

There is also a good one called “DomainNameSoup.com”. It allows you to do all kinds of cool prefixes and suffixes, as well as doing a thesaurus/synonym lookup.

And remember to check the Google Keyword Tool to find the number of searches for the domain name. Consider using a name that gets more searches per month than one that simply sounds catchy.
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Ana Hoffman December 2, 2010 at 10:13 pm

Great advice, Matt - absolutely agreed.

Ana

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debbiedougan March 24, 2010 at 7:05 am

Ana,
Wow, Thanks so much…this is exactly what I had on my to-do list today…find some domain names. So happy to have all these new tools. Thanks for sharing these excellent resources. Have a great day! Debbie

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MeetAna February 12, 2010 at 4:32 pm

Thanks, Joey!

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MeetAna February 12, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Well, when you need them, you know where to find them, Angel! Thanks for stopping by.

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Joey McDermott February 12, 2010 at 12:55 am

Wow Ana, that was some good stuff. I think that was a great way to get people to open their minds to see, that this is very important to think about. Keep up the good work.

Thanks,

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christinemcivor February 11, 2010 at 3:49 pm

I'm right there with Angel….. I haven't heard of a lot of these resources. There is more than enough here to get your creative juices flowing! Thanks for sharing : )

Christine McIvor

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Angel Taylor February 11, 2010 at 2:37 pm

Those are some really cool tools, and I hadn't heard of most of them. So thank you for sharing those with us. I'm sure I'll end up putting them to use at some point :) Creating a good domain name is really important and people really should spend more time on coming up with a good one.

Thanks for the awesome post Ana!
Angel

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MeetAna February 11, 2010 at 10:51 am

Glad you found it useful, Sam!

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Samantha Cook February 10, 2010 at 10:06 am

Ana-
Great information and tools to making a domain name. It is important to get a great domain name, but not to take too much time deciding, with the tools you have given, people will be able to make it a quick decision and move on to the meat!
Thanks for the post…
Sam

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MeetAna February 9, 2010 at 4:07 pm

Right you are, Stephane; I wish I knew back then what I know now - I would've made wiser choices with my domain names.

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Stephane Therrien February 9, 2010 at 12:20 pm

Domain names are important. Something I didn't understand when I first started out online.but I have learned with time.

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