Domain Tools

Domain Names from Internet Keywords - Use a source like the Overture keyword selector, Google Keyword Selector (free) or use a software like Good Keywords (freeware) to generate keyword phrases based on your topic of interest. Merge the keyword phrases to create domain names. You can use a software like KeywordPad to do this easily.

Domain Names from Coined Words - Coin your own words. Useful if you are looking to build a brand. You can create new words from existing words by merging them together in innovative ways or changing the way it is spelled. You can even borrow words from other languages. Another option is to create random but pronounceable letter combinations.

Domain Name Ideas from magazine/newspaper headlines - Look through magazines in a related industry for good domain name ideas. For example, if you are interested in a business related domain, check a business magazine and if it is an interior related domain name, lookup an Interior design magazine, etc. Look at the headlines and key sentences. Do you see some keywords? Interesting headlines? Can you use them as a domain name? Here are some interesting headlines found in some magazines.

Do you often work with large lists of domain names trying to find if there are any good names buried in there? Domain Name Filter is a Windows software that allows you to extract good domain names from large lists. There is nothing special about this software, but it is the kind of tool you really would love to have around. Domain Name Filter is not a whois lookup software. In fact, it doesn't need or use your internet connection because it really is not meant for that purpose. There are other software tools for finding available domains or managing your domains.You need this software if you work with large lists of domain names. For example, most of the expired domain lists are huge with reasonably good names sprinkled among large number of useless names.

Pick out domain names that contain specific keywords at the start, end or in the middle.
Filter domain names based on the length (domains longer than 5 characters, shorter than 35 characters, etc.)
Pick out domain names that do not contain specific letters or digits. Useful when you don't like domains that contain a dash or alphabets like x, q, etc.
Extract domain names from lists of URLs by removing http://, www, html file names, etc.
Change or remove domain name extensions in a large list of domain names with a single click.
Add domain name extensions like .COM, .INFO etc to a large list of words with a single click.
Extract domain names that do not contain repeated letters or digits (eg: zzsleep.com, aaweb.com, etc).
Domain Name Filter can process very large domain name lists with little CPU overhead.
It is Free! There are no registrations, no nag screens, no advertisements and no payments.

Domain Name Analyzer is an award winning and free Windows and Mac OS X software for finding the best domain name for your product or business.

A large number of people refer to Domain Name Analyzer as the best software for searching domain names.

Domain Name Analyzer is completely free. There are no nag screens, no advertisements, no registrations and no payments.

Create Domain Names

From keywords... the program has a set of good keywords or you can specify your own.
Directly type in all the names you want to try in one go...
Import names from a text file: Convert all the words in an article or story to domain names. Great for getting domain names related to a specific subject!

Cleanup The Domain List
It is always a good idea to first remove the obviously unwanted names. Domain Name Analyzer has a clean and nice interface to do this very easily. You can even perform Trademark Lookup (using the US Trademark and Patents website) on a domain name with a single click and eliminate names that are trademarked.

Perform Domain Name Search
Start checking for available domain names with a single click!

Register Domain Names
Domain Name Analyzer has a button that can be configured to point to your favorite registrar.

More Advanced Features
Domain Name Analyzer also allows you to Save Results for Future Use and then open it any time. You can export selected names to an Access Database, Text or HTML file. Take print outs, Copy names to clipboard. You can also check the payment status at Network Solutions with a single click.

Expiry Date (in most cases the expiration date displayed is the date the registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring registrar. You should consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to view the registrar's reported date of expiration). Use Domain Name Analyzer Professional or Watch My Domains Professional for obtaining the actual registrar-registrant expiry date.
Created Date and Last Updated Date
Status (Active, Registrar-Hold, etc.) A list of all domain status codes is available.
Registrar Name In some cases (eg: Info domains) this could be a registrar code.
Authoritative whois server for the domain is normally operated by the registrar. For Com and Net domains a second whois lookup to the authoritative whois server is required for finding the actual ownership data. Domain Status Reported doesn't do this. You will need to use some of the other software tools for this.

Find the owner of an IP or Domain using Whois View

WhoisView is a Windows software for finding the owner of an IP block or domain name. A command line version is also available (only for Windows).

The main feature of WhoisView is its simplicity. Type in a host name or IP address and it will retrieve the ownership information by digging through various authoritative whois servers. WhoisView will find information all other similar tools are unable to or don't bother to locate.

There are no complicated options. You may specify additional whois server for country code domains if required. The software may be minimized to system tray.

WhoisView may be used to find information like:

Who owns a domain name
Who owns a specified IP address block
Who is the web hosting provider for a website
Who provides the DNS, Email handling, etc for a domain

If you are using a software that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine you need DAO 3.6 installed in your system. In most cases DAO 3.6 will be already present in your system. DAO stands for Data Access Objects and is normally part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft also allows DAO to be installed separately through redistribution pack.

Update (Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine). There is an updated Version of Microsoft Jet 4.0. Please see the Microsoft knowledge base article on the Jet 4.0 Database Engine.

Run the latest version of Mdac_typ.exe (download it here) to install the Microsoft Data Access components. Most components required to use DAO are included in the MDAC redistributable setup file Mdac_typ.exe. For example, all the DLLs that comprise Jet 4.0 are included.

Now download dao360.zip and unzip it into a temporary directory. Create a directory with the name DAO under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared and copy Dao360.dll to this directory. In addition, Dao360.dll must be registered as a COM DLL. This can be done by typing the following into the start > run box.

Domain Tools

Ideas for Finding and Registering Good Domain Names