At the IdeaLab blog, Dan Gillmor writes about the value of finding the right domain name and he points to a couple of free services I hadn’t heard of:
MakeWords
is a "name generator" — essentially, you plug in keywords and it gives
you suggestions. The flexibility is impressive. You can tell it how the
domain name should start or end, and you can get refinements from a
long list of keyword themes, as well as affixes by theme. For example,
I searched on "California" and refined it with a "travel" theme, and
got a list or allegedly available names that included
farescalifornia.com, flightcalifornia.com, getawayscalifornia.com and
tripscalifornia.com.NameBoy
is another generator. In my experience it’s simpler to use, but much
less nuanced. You type in a primary and (optional) secondary word, and
it spits out results.
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I use both of those, but find bustaname.com is even better http://www.bustaname.com/
I use both of those, but find bustaname.com is even better http://www.bustaname.com/