Finding the right domain name is an important step in creating a successful website. Luckily there are tools out there to help you in this process by not only helping you find available domain names, but also helping you in the creative aspect by giving you suggestions. Here are 10 of these tools to help you find that perfect domain name.
Domize
Domize is a ajax powered domain name search engine. Domize will check whether unavailable domain names can be bought on the secondary market or whether they’re soon expiring. Most incredibly, Domize runs these additional checks in next to no time, meaning you’re spending less time waiting for page reloads or starting at spinning icons and more time finding your perfect domain name.
dnScoop
dnScoop.com attempts to estimate a value for an established website or a domain name by using factors such as: links pointing to the domain, popularity of the domain, age of the domain, and pagerank of the domain.
Ajax Whois
Ajax Whois is a comprehensive and easy to use service for finding available domain names and obtaining WHOIS and other information about registered domain names.
Squurl
Squurl is an ajax powered domain finder that makes your searches quick and painless. It also has a handy domain shortening feature.
Domainr
Domainr helps you find domain names beyond the usual .com’s, .net’s, and .org’s.
Domain Tools
Domain Tools gives you a wide range of tools for finding domains such as suggestions, whois lookup, and for sale searches.
DomainsBot
DomainsBot helps you find the right domain name by giving you advanced search features.
Dot-o-mator
Dot-o-mator gives you domain name suggestions based on a keyword that you provide, and allows you to save the suggestions to a scratchboard. There’s even an iPhone app.
Bust a Name
Bust a Name is a tool to help you find domains and manage them. It combines linguistic data with a unique interface to let you quickly search through thousands of domains and see which are available.
Nameboy
NameBoy generates domain names based on the keywords you enter, and you can register or back-order them.