Golden Goose Marketing

When it comes to internet marketing tools, few are more handy than the ones that help you pick your domain name.  A great many of the “good” domains have been taken at this point, so it’s difficult to come up with something that’s keyword-heavy, memorable, easily spelled, and most importantly, AVAILABLE.  The tools below should help you accomplish that.

• Thesaurus: This is the most basic tool in your arsenal, but it’s important.  Suppose you want to make a blog about your obsession with chocolate.  Instead of just giving up when “chocolateobsession.com” is already taken, you can use your thesaurus to come up with alternatives like problem, addiction, need, urge, and so on.  With enough synonyms, you’re bound to find something that you like.
• Dotomator: This site lets you use multiple columns and enter words you’d consider pairing.  In the previous example, you might put words like chocolate, choco, candy, and sweets in the first column.  In the second column, you’d use words like obsession, problem, fanatic, etc.   The site would then try every possible combination and tell you which ones were available for registration.
• Apt Domain: This site is similar to Dotomator, except that it lets you put all the words in the same column.  This is better if you don’t care about the specific order of the words in your domain.
• Expiring Domain List: This is available through a number of registrars, and it simply lets you browse domains that are about to expire.  Often, you’ll find hidden gems that you can snatch up immediately when owners forget about them.

Do you know of any other good domain-finding tools?  Leave your thoughts in the comments!