Upon, trying to determine what you want your name to be you need to do some brainstorming. This is the fun part! Brainstorming should never be skipped when trying to determine your domain name. Brainstorming or 'joint idealization' is a specific technique developed by Alex Osborn, the adverting guru.

4 Steps of Brainstorming

  • 1. Criticism is withheld until after the session.
  • 2. 'Free-wheel.' The 'farther out' the idea, the better
  • 3. Produce ideas in quantity. The more ideas, the greater the chance some will be usable.
  • 4. 'Hitchhike' combine and improve upon other ideas.
Here are some suggestions to help get your creative juices flowing

Phonetic equivalents. Easy (easi, ez, e z, eezee, etc.)
Other Likely Endings. Track (raq, trak, trax.)
Single and Plural. Cougar (Cougars)
Phonetic. smart locks Smartloc (smart lox, smart loq, smart locs.)
Double and Sing Consonants. Fox (Foxx)
Translations of Foreign Words. Abogado (Attorney)

Also, make sure you go through dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. These are excellent tools and will help your creative juices to flow like a river. You can not skip this step. You will pay for it if you choose the first thing that comes to your head. In fact, the first thing that comes to your head is usually the worst.



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alpha1 Premium
I wish I would have seen this info BEFORE I got my domain name! Yikes!
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Revod Premium
Hello Garen,
Great ideas and insight. I will keep a watch for the second potential installment.

Rob
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Enkhee04 Premium
Hello Garen,
Great ideas and insight. I will keep a watch for the second potential installment.

Rob
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ellyngeorge Premium
Hi Garen,

Yes, more info is always welcome. Hubby and I are tearing our hair out coming up with a name that grabs us (and is available)!

Ellyn George
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Hi Garen,

Yes, more info is always welcome. Hubby and I are tearing our hair out coming up with a name that grabs us (and is available)!

Ellyn George
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