Internet marketers buy and manage a lot of domains. Its just the nature of our business. It’s not uncommon for us to split test 5-10 domains per campaign and with the number of campaigns we test, the domains can really pile up. So finding the quick, easy, and effective domain tools is a key part of business. Here are my 2 favorite time and money saving domain tools:
Domain Picking:
About 6 months ago, a friend on Twitter told me about Domize. I now use it exclusively to pick domains and think its one of the best tools I have ever seen. You type the domain you are checking and the domains instantly show up on the right side. Blue they are available, red they are taken. The speed at which you can find a new domain is incredible.
In addition to that, you can use special functions in to append your search like [verb], [phonetic], or [ending]. These functions will automatically add the words into your domain search. If you are stumped you can even use [like:word] which will show synonyms you might not have thought of. I have a lists of special operators that I use to find domains for campaigns and it usually takes me about 1 minutes to find a great name. Such a powerful tool.
Domain Registrar:
Hands down the best registar out there is Namecheap. I really can’t overstate how much better I find Namecheap than any other registrar out there. The interface, ability to make changes, speed, the pricing, the no annoying upselling, the bulk discount all make it the best in my opinion.
The pricing is flat out better than everyone else, and once you get 50 domains in your account you get a permanent discount on everything. Be careful when comparing pricing, you may get a good price the first year some places but when you go to renew you are hit with $16 fees the second year including whois protection. Not with Namecheap. Whois protection can be purchased seperately in bundle packs ($2.88 per domain), then applied to renewed domains. So its roughly $10 a year, including whois protection for all the renewed years after the first. Once you get your bulk discount its even cheaper. Plus they always run a monthly coupon for new .com discounts.
I am such a fan of both of these services, I wish they had affiliate programs.
Hey Chad,
I always used instantdomainsearch.com, but Dominize is actually much better! Thanks for sharing it with us!
And I agree, NameCheap is the best registrar out there. It’s extremly IM-friendly.
Another great one that I always use is DomainsBot. Here’s an example search for ‘Google’ that shows it in action:
http://www.domainsbot.com/results.aspx?tr=1&q=google
I second NameCheap as well – in the process of moving all my domains over to them.
~David
Thanks Chad for the post, you gave me some very valuable info on where to host my domains and which ones are cheaper thank you.
Keep the post coming!!!!
i still like http://www.bustaname.com for domain name brainstorming. it’s the best i’ve seen for finding keyword synonyms for domains and letting you know what’s available.
Hi, I help with marketing with NameCheap and am the voice behind the Twitter contests. If you ever have any issues or suggestions, feel free to email me at michelle(at)michellesblog.net. I will most certainly pass them to the major decision makers. NameCheap has some interesting things coming out in the near future, so stay tuned.
Thank you for choosing NameCheap. We are glad you are happy with the service you have been provided.
I’m surprise this is the first time I’ve heard of Domize, such a cool site. Bookmarked and I’m using it from now on for my domain search. Thanks for sharing it!
Yeah I love Namecheap as well, I love everything about them except maybe for some downtime on their site from time to time…
Nice post. I use http://domaintyper.com It’s much faster and more convenient for me. It supports custom TDLs too, and secure connection. Try it out.
I think that domize is an amazing tool, I cannot believe I have not seen it before. I really like the speed and also how easy it is to use makes choosing a domain loads easier.
Never heard of Domize before, pretty cool. I might have to start using it, I have been using http://www.pcnames.com/ for awhile.
We always looking for something than before and Domize is very smart.
Thanks
What about domain TASTING? Have you guys experienced domize or other services stealing your names?
I’ve noticed go daddy is notoriously known for domain tasting.
I always used DomainsBot, maybe I can also try domize next time. What I realize is Domize using https and got authenticated by Godaddy.
I always used local domain registrar and will change to Namecheap because namecheap support google ads for domain also got many features compare to my local domain registrar
I really like this Domize tool that you have linked to, I tried doing some searches on it, and it seemed really fast too. As soon as I typed in the word I was looking for it showed the stats on it in less than a second. This is certainly alot better than doing the searches that I was doing using the Godaddy search engine, which seemed to take forever!
Till then,
Jean
Whoa this Domize website is pure awesomeness! I just started doing a few searches of my own on it, with a few domain ideas I had and I am super impressed with the way the results show up so fast! Being that I am a techy guy, I wonder how they do it so fast, hehe.
I used instantdomainsearch and godaddy for domain search but Domize is really nice site for domain search. Thanks.