About

 

our goal:

Our goal is to create a place where people can get away from the silly, stupid, long and worthless domain names. This is where you will find special names, distinct names, creative names, valuable names, marketable names, and short names.

This is also a place where people can find many companies to choose from if they are looking to register a new name. Not just one company. Many

We want to be as helpful as possible. Yes, we are also showing you advertising and hope you click through. Yes, we would like to make a little money to pay for hosting but our goal is to offer you information and help to guide you though to getting that name you've been wanting.

our view:

We noticed that the other sites have gotten too big and bloated with names and became hard to find good names. Their databases are too big to look through. You have to spend an hour going through thousands of junk names to get to one decent one. So we decided to make a different kind of place for names. A place where only the good and special names can be listed and found. This is all about quality; not quantity.

We also noticed that many people are sitting on thousands of domain names (if not hundreds of thousands) and they are doing nothing with these names. Why not get some of these people and their names with others who can build on them. Let's do something. Build a website to make money, make people laugh, make a difference, or just to sell it later on. One great website built on a great name is better than having hundreds of domain names and doing absolutely nothing with them.

our history:

Distinct Names was started in 1999 in New York City as a domain name business. It began as an idea to have a better place to list, see, and buy good names. In February 2001 Distinct Names.com became an integral part of DomainRunner and the 543 Network.

 

 

 

Your free advice/tip for the week:
How important is it to have a great name representing you or your business? Very. You don't want a dull name representing what you think or believe is your very exciting business. You don't want a name that is too long (thebluedognewyorkcityundergroundbasscitybluesband.com). Wow. That was a very long and very bad name.

And endings. Always try for a .com first. If .com is not available try in this order: .net - .us - .tv - .org - .info - etc..... If you are in a business that has something to do with TV, video, or film, you may want to try .tv if .com is not available. If you are doing something that is related to the United States or your business is in the U.S. OR if you are patriotic, you may want to try .us if .com is not available. If you are in Europe, a .euro would be a good 2nd choice. If your web site (domain name) is for mobile or PDA's (iphone, cell phone, etc...), than a .mobi would be a good 2nd choice.

One thing should remain in your head at all times; .com is the most recognized ending for domain names. So you really want to try for that ending first. And the other thing is really simple, do not settle for names with dahses - in them. Unless you are doing a "Cash Parking" arrangment with your domain name (go to "help section for explanationof "Cash Parking"), then you really want something without dashes. Why? People can't remember dahses too well when you see them outside, in the street, or in passing. Think of this. You run into a friend who has thirty seconds to say hello. So you say, "Hey, tell as many people you know that I finally got my web site up and the address is John-Smith-Guitars.com." Your friend replies back, "Great. So that's JohnSmithGuitars.com?" YOu say, "No there's a dash in between the words." Your friend replies, "OK. John-SMithGuitars.com?" "No there's two dahses," you say. The he asks if it's a dash that sits on the bottom of the line or the one in the middle. Trust me. I have seen, heard, and have been a part of some of the dumbest and silliest conversations in the world regarding web sites and domain names.

Keep it simple (Under fifteen characters is good). Keep it strong (make it your name or a name that implies or describes you). Try to stay with .com and do not use dashes. If you need help coming up with a domain name, try the "Smart Search" option here.

We take all the best names listed hereat DistinctNames.com and also list them on Domain Runner.