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How to Find the Perfect Domain Name

March 6, 2015 By Vicky Leave a Comment

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Fridays With Vicky 8

 

I have had a lot of fun bringing this site back to life. At this point I feel very strongly about helping others to achieve what I have achieved as far as working from home. Now this is of course not for everybody.

Some might want to create a website just for fun. Some of you might want a side business but some of you want to make a career change. I know what it`s like to work from home, and that is what I enjoy sharing on this site. How you can take charge of your own time.

For a couple of reasons, I decided to move this site to a new domain. The site itself will not change. The content and direction going forward will be the same.

This domain mommakesmoney.net was an old domain that I had in my domain collection.

 

I`m kind of a domain hoarder.

 

After some thought and tips from my WA friends I decided to go ahead and move the site.

 

The 2 main reasons to change the domain were;

  1. I wanted a .com
  2. I wanted my site to focus on helpful tips, inspiration and so on, not money. Sure I will talk about monetization but that is not the main focus of this site. There for I don`t want money in the domain or title.

 

This is what I was looking for;

 

  • .com domain
  • Something brandable
  • Something easy to remember

 

I had no idea what domain to go with.

 

After a lot of brainstorming I felt stuck. So I looked at 3 different places for more ideas.

 

3 Places for Domain Ideas

 

Google – I typed in different possible keywords, into Google, that I wanted to include in the domain. I looked at the domain names that were listed under the organic listings to get some ideas.

 

Flippa – This is a great place to get domain ideas. It`s not only what`s selling but you see different angles on domain names. It could be an interesting start or end to a word for example.

 

WA – This is my to go place for a lot of online things. I posted a question and asked them to brainstorm with me, and they did. I got around 40 suggestions right away. Plus it`s more fun to brainstorm together with people, that do the same thing, than to do it alone.

 

After getting some more ideas, I narrowed it down to a few different directions to look into further.

 

  • Freedom
  • Take online charge
  • Working from home
  • Websites
  • The purpose of the site
  • Short but brandable names
  • My name

 

I had tons of ideas, but a lot of the .com where taken so I needed a little help to create unique .com ideas.

 

I took use of a few domain generator tools.

 

5 Tools for the Perfect Domain Search

 

These are all tools that can help you find a good domain name. They will help adding something before or after a wanted keyword you want to include. They can also put a unique spin on a specific word. So say for example that you want to include “website” in your domain, then these tools come up with alternatives like

  • Superwebsite.com
  • Websiteking.com

 

NameMesh

Lean Domain Search

Bust Name

Panabee

Impossibility

 

 

After using these tools I narrowed it down to a few domains. The hard part was to pick one…

 

But here it is welcome to …

 

itsVicky.com

Inspire – Teach – Share 

 

I`m excited to get a new logo and some marketing material created for the site.

 

I would love to hear your tips on picking a new name for your site. Please leave a comment below.

 

Have a productive day and a great week!

See you next Friday,

 

Vicky

 Next week`s post – How to Move a Site from One Domain to Another 

P.S Thought I would let you in on some good and bad going on in my online business…

Worst Online Happening This Week: More taxes, ugghhh

Best Online Happening This Week: Finally decided on a new domain name for the site.

 

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