For a New Website
Finding a domain for a new website can be something of a challenge, considering the fact that you’re selecting a name to use for years to come. Yes, you can always change domain names later, but the process usually disrupts your traffic to the site and confuses search engines.
It’s best to start with a bit of brainstorming. Grab a few blank sheets of paper, a thesaurus (or browser opened to Thesaurus.com), and have a little patience.
Jot down what your website will be about, in a paragraph or two. Next, boil down this description into a maximum of 2 sentences. Don’t worry about covering all the details; just make sure you’re addressing the essentials of what your website will be about.
Now, take your short description and underline all the “key” words that describe your future website. Let’s take a specific (fictional) example:-
“Our website will be the leading source of information on weaving and knitting, providing knitting patterns and design ideas, an introduction to weaving, a guide to selecting and caring for looms, and a store for people to buy wool, yarn and books.”
Now try to come up with a domain name that either addresses the one fundamental concept of the site or that marries two or more key concepts in a single name.
In our example, the following domain names may be possibilities: weavingandknitting.com, knittingandweaving.com, knittingpatterns.com, knittingworld.com, weavingworld.com etc.
Once you’ve drawn up a short-list of possible domain names, start searching for available names using the iGoldrush domain search tool.
In the above example, “weavingandknitting.com” and “knittingandweaving.com” were both available as of December 2000. But we can do better than that!
“knitandweave.com” and “weaveandknit.com” are both available, and while neither has the instant impact of an “amazon.com” or “internet.com”, both will be acceptable to our target audience – in fact, at the low prices today’s domain Registrars are charging, it would be worthwhile picking up both names!
If you’re having difficulty coming up with useful domain name combinations from your keywords, try a single keyword and add prefixes or suffixes, such as “the”. Not all prefixes and suffixes are appropriate in all situations. Instead, use your judgment when deciding which to add.



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