Every Good .com Is Taken. Now What?
That’s what it feels like, anyway. You come up with a perfect domain name, check availability, and someone registered it in 2009 and parked an ad page on it. Repeat fifteen times and you’re ready to throw your laptop.
The Domain Name Generator helps by doing the creative work of combining keywords, coining compound words, and suggesting alternatives across TLDs you might not have considered. Enter your business name or some keywords, pick your preferred extensions (.com, .io, .app, .co, .dev), and get a list of brandable domain ideas in seconds.
Important caveat: the tool generates suggestions only. It doesn’t check live availability. You’ll need to verify your favorites on a registrar like Namecheap or Porkbun before you get attached. But the creative brainstorming phase? This speeds it up dramatically.
What It Does
- Produces creative name variations — compound words, portmanteaus, keyword blends
- Suggests domains across multiple TLDs, not just .com
- Incorporates your specific keywords naturally into the suggestions
- Focuses on brandable names that work as actual company identities, not keyword-stuffed URLs
- Multiple suggestions per run, unlimited runs
How to Use It
- Enter your business or project name
- Add keywords that describe your niche (optional but helps a lot)
- Select which domain extensions you’re interested in
- Click “Generate Domains” and browse
For a project management tool with keywords “task” and “team,” you might see suggestions like taskflow.io, teamstack.app, mytaskboard.com, and teampulse.co.
Picking the Right Domain
Shorter domains win. Every extra character is another chance for someone to mistype the URL or forget it. Hyphens and numbers cause confusion when you say the domain out loud — “is that a dash or… do I spell out the number?” Skip them.
If .com is truly unavailable (and it often is), alternative TLDs aren’t the consolation prize they used to be. .io has become standard for tech products. .app and .dev are well-recognized. .co works for startups. Just make sure your audience won’t assume the .com version is the real site.
Think about whether the domain works as a brand, not just a URL. “bestprojectmanagementtools.com” might be SEO-friendly, but nobody’s putting that on a business card.
Practical Scenarios
- Launch prep — secure a domain before competitors snag it, even if your product is months from shipping
- Side projects, portfolios, and blogs deserve proper domains too
- Product microsites or campaign landing pages that need their own URLs
- Rebranding situations where the old domain no longer fits
- Exploring domain ideas just to see what’s available in your space
The Business Name Generator handles the company name itself if you haven’t settled on that yet. The App Name Generator focuses on application-specific naming.
Straight Talk
Does it actually check if the domain is available?
No. It generates creative ideas. Check availability separately on Namecheap, Porkbun, GoDaddy, or Google Domains. This is a brainstorming tool, not a registrar.
.com or something else?
.com is still king for trust and recognition. But if your perfect .com costs $10,000 from a domain squatter, a .io or .app domain at $12/year is the pragmatic choice. Match the TLD to your audience’s expectations.
What about country-specific domains?
The generator focuses on generic TLDs. For .uk, .de, .ca, and similar, take the generated name ideas and check country-specific registrars.
Cost to use?
Free, no account required, unlimited generations.