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My Domain Name is Already Taken
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By Tim Priebe
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Let's face it. Many of the simple, easy to remember domain nameshave already been taken. So what do you do if you have a productor business name that you want a domain for, and it's alreadytaken? There are several different options.
Many domain name registrars will also suggest alternative namesif your domain name is taken. Go Daddy is one of thoseregistrars. Those names are generally not imaginative, and mayor may not work for your business. The suggestions consist ofadding the following words to the front and/or end of the domainname you requested: online, home, site, web, live, best, new,my, the, official.
I have run into some cases where that worked fine. My personalweb page is www.thepriebes.com. In that case, my wife and Iended up liking that option even more than our original choice.Another example is this very blog. I originally tried forwww.GetASite.com. (Terrible design work on that site, by theway.) As it was taken, the domain name www.GetASiteOnline.comwas suggested.
Of course, you can try your own variations of this. Onepossibility is to tack the name of your city on the end. Twoexamples include an Arcade in Oklahoma City(www.cactusjacksokc.com) and a non-profit organization thatprovides free clothing to needy children(www.urspecialedmond.org). Another is to use some word thatworks well with your industry. I was designing a site for acomic book called Haven, and haven.com was taken. We ended upgoing with www.havencomic.com.
You might also simply change the domain to something more uniqueabout your company. If PetStore.com is taken, you can try forVisitOurPets.com, or something like that. The key is imagination.
If you absolutely must have a specific domain name, remember tocheck some of the less used domains extensions. (Remember, anextension is the .com or .org, etc.) Some to check include .us,.biz, .info, .ws, .name, .tv. A complete list of top-leveldomains is available at the Internet Assigned Numbers Authoritywebsite. However, not all domain registrars sell all thedomains.
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