Finding and Buying a Domain Name
With the latest sale of Dating.com for $1.75 million and Slots.com for $5.5 million, I was reminded of the subject of buying domain names.
Here are our “secret” tools we use when looking for and buying domains:
The first tool to use is “whois”. Using “whois”, you can see if a domain is taken, and if so, the contact information to the person that owns it.
The second group of tools is for coming up with a unique domain name that doesn’t yet exist. Once you find a name you like, you can use whois to see if it is available.
http://www.nameboy.com
http://www.bustaname.com
The last group is how to buy domains that people are selling. Finding domains this way are more expensive than buying one for $10 at Godaddy or Network Solutions, but with it, you get the benefits of having a “seasoned” domain which gives you some added marketing benefit. You can sometimes find reasonably priced domains people are selling here:
