It’s been a while since I’ve been on the search for domain names, but then today I remembered that I had an idea years ago. I was thinking that it should be possible to develop a online service that monitors the currently available domains and then sends you an email as soon as they’re available. After googling I found Domain Watcher. However, they charge “£9.99 (approx. $19 USD or EUR15) to monitor the domain of interest for 12 months.” I think this should be a free service from the domain registrar.
After googling some more I found an application called Domain Name Pro. This is indeed a very neat application. What I find interesting is that you may add a few word combinations, and the application comes up with lots of alterntives (using a thesaurus). This application could also be useful if you are looking for a suitable name for your product or company.
I still think that this service should be available online, with the possibility of subscribing to feeds and notification. If such a (free) service doesn’t exist already, I guess it soon will. It will probably take advantage of the popular AJAX development technique.
UPDATE: I found a freeware version of the application. It’s however a lot simpler, but it has no restrictions.
UPDATE 2: Domainnameshop offers a free monitoring of your domain. Subscribe for monitoring of domains and get an email notification when it’s available. Thanks to Håvard this tips.
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