I’ve been trying to find a good domain name to call my own. Hosting off of dyndns.org is okay and all, but you can’t really be taken seriously until you’ve got your own domain name. I used to hold ryankennedy.net, but I wasn’t really making use of it so I let it lapse.
So lately I’ve been trying to come up with domain ideas for things I identify with. Unfortunately, there are a ton of good domain names already taken, many by people who are not utilizing their full potential.
I’m kind of a procrastinator, so I was trying to use the snooze button as a theme. I figured the catch phrase for the site could be, “why do now what can be put off 9 more minutes”. snoozebutton.com is already taken and is hosting a “Guide to Modern Culture”. snoozebar.com is taken by someone who was evidently aiming to make the most useless website ever. So I figured, why not try ninemoreminutes.com. Nope, that was evidently taken by someone who wanted you to know yourself.
Once I get past the waste of domain names, I think about domain names that nobody else could possibly even think of. Things I think are only figments of my demented mind. For instance, who else in the world would think of dainbramage.com? Of course, even if it were available, how on earth am I doing to explain how to find my web site? “You spell that HOW?!?”
I’ve developed some guidelines for my domain search, they are as follows:
- It must be witty.
- It must easily convert from speech to text (people have to be able to spell it).
- It can’t be long. I’m guessing about a 15 character maximum.
- It, obviously, has to be available.
- I prefer that it be a “.com” domain, but I’ll settle for a “.net” or a “.org” if the name’s good enough.
- It should be something I can identify with. “prettypurses.com” won’t do.
ninemoreminutes.com is taken by somebody who hasn’t gotten around to doing anything more with the site so far (me). But thanks for at least taking a look.
It is somewhat fitting to have a procrastination-themed domain name and to not have done anything with it yet.
hi,
i had bigger things in mind for snoozebar.com when i first got it. i have to agree, it has become a very useless site. where you may be a procrastinator, i am a non-finisher. actually i do use the domain as an ftp server for storing and addressing files too large for email attachments. alot more is going on behind that useless index.html.
did you ever find a domain of your own?
happy hunting
I think I posted this originally before I settled on unclehulka.com. So yes, I did eventually find one. I’m not totally happy with it, because it’s obscure. But at least one person has started calling me “Uncle Hulka” (even put it on the envelope of the Christmas card he sent me), so it’s reached the point of no return. unclehulka.com it is.