I like this thread!
I'm new at this domaining and made a decision to go for the enduser market rather than resellers. At first I was disheartened because all the good pronounceble words seem to have gone. However, I've been brainstorming this past few days and these are what I came up with. Many are not good for type-in traffic or search results but they are brandable and have good potential for the right buyer.
I was intrigued by Fabulous.com (obviously typeins weren't important to them) so went for similar words - naturally they'd all gone. I got creative here and remembered that old song that contracted "it's wonderful, it's marvellous...." in a way many people actually pronounce it. Unfortunately
sWonderful.com was taken, but I got
sMarvellous.com,
sAwfulNice.com and
sParadise.co.uk. I was on a roll then and bagged
sImpossible.co.uk which I figured would be excellent for some type of 'positive thinking' business ala The Secret.
More mundane ones I came up with in the last couple of days a few of which might reach $1000 if marketed properly:
GroovyGizmos.com
HotWidgets.co.uk
LayLadyLay.co.uk (porn or lingerie?)
PremiumBoats.co.uk
VacantPlots.co.uk (could be general land, or burial plots)
MisterOpportunity.co.uk (biz opp seller?)
LastFarewell.co.uk (funerals, memorials?)
OnTheRazz (On The Razzle was taken but it's often shortened anyway, so has meaning. Suitable for some sort of site about entertainment, theatre etc)
MissYoo.co.uk (site like Friends Reunited?)
DeeplyJuicy.com (big fruit producer like Del Monte?)
I got a few by using anagram sites. For instance: anagram in Spanish is apparently anagrama - an anagram of which is
amar gana - which means "Love Wins". Both of those words were taken, but I was able to get
amargana.com which might be suitable for a big spanish dating site. If you look at the sales lists, spanish and german terms have been selling for big bucks.
Last night I picked up
MyNoseJob.co.uk and apparently people do search for various terms with 'nose job' in.
I was also looking at phonetic spellings and
choonful.com resulted. Nearly got the double L but decided it was more natural with just the one. Of course I tried the obvious ones like MyChoons first. They were taken alas. Still, that's a good catchy name for a ringtone, mp3 or any music type business and it's one word which is even better.
I like slang phrases too but they'll likely only do well in UK market for these:
InsureYourWheels.com (I'm building a site for car/motorcycle insurance)
InsureYourGaff.com (home insurance)
Heh if anyone knows a rich lawyer called Nick I have
NickTheBrief.com Total indulgence that one, I was just getting inspired, and it was the name of a racehorse I liked. I'll probaby hang onto that for a few years and who knows. Someone just paid big bucks for MichaelOniell, so guess you just have to wait for the right buyer.
I could be wrong but I think my best ones will be these 2:
hoars.co.uk I was just looking for something short and snappy in the porn industry as good names are in short supply there. Phonetically it sounds identical and it's not offensive, but only afterwards did I find that many people do think it's spelt like that so it'll get some typeins!
But my 'prize' is
PawnIT.co.uk. Loads of searches for pawn and pawn shops/brokers, and it's getting to be a very big business. Pity I couldn't get the dot com as the overture results were way higher. Pawning will expand further when the predicted recession gets here. I think this is a much better name than just
pawn - the latter sounds too much like 'porn'. I have big hopes for this one, and it came to me from when the word pawn appeared in an anagram phrase. I now try various words with IT after, or find words to put before them.
Came up with others that are 'keyword' related but they are boring .biz and .orgs and while they might possibly stretch to $1000 it'll likely only be on developed sites. I think good catchy names are more important for businesses and they are getting harder to find. But it's not impossible with a bit of brainstorming. The problem then becomes marketing them!
Lots of domainers would think my names crap because of lack of searchability, but then 'atomica.com' and 'hoo.com' didn't appear to find that a handicap to big sales prices.
