I know I’ve run into problems trying to find a domain name in the past, and if you have your own website, you may have had this problem as well.  After brainstorming and coming up with a name, you go to check if it’s available and of course it’s not. Then it’s back to the drawing board to try and find another name. If you’re having problems finding a domain name, try using Bust A Name. Bust A Name helps solve your problem of picking a domain name, and one that’s available.

The whole process is revolved around the keywords that you enter. I wanted to put the service to the test, so I entered a few random words. Once I entered my words, it combined them to offer me available domains.  They also offered alternative words that I could use that were similar to the words that I had entered.

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Once you select the domain that you like, you can purchase it. They offer a few different places that you can choose from, along with what the price will be. For example, if I chose conceptgoat.com, I could purchase it from GoDaddy for $6.95 or from Omnis for $7.95.

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Options

There are a few customization options that will give you additional possible domain names.  For example, you could switch to searching for .net or. org domains. You could also add a suffix or prefix like “ly,” “ster,” “let,” or “i,” “e,” or “my.” And if you’re wanting to drop the last vowel like Flickr, or Zooomr, that’s an option too.

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The only downside as Webware points out is that if you want a name that is already taken, it won’t tell you who owns it or when it expires.

For those of you who have struggled to find a domain name, you’ll wish you knew of this tool before!

Visit Bust A Name to find your domain name.

 

  1. Hey, I added the whois if it’s taken feature today, and will try improving it some tomorrw.

    Thanks,
    Ryan

  2. This would have been nice when I was brainstorming for the domain name I just got. However, I had the great CyberNet forum people to thank for helping with mine. :)

  3. Awesome job Ryan…I will definitely be using this service when I’m picking up my next domain name!

    OldManDeath wrote:
    This would have been nice when I was brainstorming for the domain name I just got. However, I had the great CyberNet forum people to thank for helping with mine. :)

    Aweee, isn’t that nice of you. :)

  4. You know OldManDeath, as I was writing about this I was thinking of you and how you were just trying to figure out a name for your new site. I was just a few days late :)