Appending "get" to the front seems a popular alternative. getdropbox.com, getballpark.com, getclicky.com, etc. It is pretty easy to remember (I pulled three off the top of my head just now without thinking hard, and I don't use any of those services).
Except about 80% of the time I send mail to someone at dropbox, I send it to whoever@dropbox.com first.
There are always good names available. You don't need to stick get on the front, or use a .net name, or pull a del.icio.us. Just fire up instantdomainsearch and find another name.
Valid point. Now that you mention it, I have tried to email people at the .com when I needed the .net, and I have also mailed people at noun.com when I needed verbnoun.com.
And, I have been surprised to find that if I keep banging away at it, I do eventually find a good name. I was looking for a name for a new site to host some Flash brain games I've been working on, and it only took about 20 minutes of searching to find a domain I loved. I had to make up a word, but there aint no harm in that, I reckon, as long as it isn't too long or too hard to spell.
I have a domain with "get" in front of it and I think it's a great domain. However it's an ecommerce site where the goal of the user is literally to get the product offered. For web services it's not a good idea.
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Appending "get" to the front seems a popular alternative. getdropbox.com, getballpark.com, getclicky.com, etc. It is pretty easy to remember (I pulled three off the top of my head just now without thinking hard, and I don't use any of those services).
Except about 80% of the time I send mail to someone at dropbox, I send it to whoever@dropbox.com first.
There are always good names available. You don't need to stick get on the front, or use a .net name, or pull a del.icio.us. Just fire up instantdomainsearch and find another name.
Valid point. Now that you mention it, I have tried to email people at the .com when I needed the .net, and I have also mailed people at noun.com when I needed verbnoun.com.
And, I have been surprised to find that if I keep banging away at it, I do eventually find a good name. I was looking for a name for a new site to host some Flash brain games I've been working on, and it only took about 20 minutes of searching to find a domain I loved. I had to make up a word, but there aint no harm in that, I reckon, as long as it isn't too long or too hard to spell.
I have a domain with "get" in front of it and I think it's a great domain. However it's an ecommerce site where the goal of the user is literally to get the product offered. For web services it's not a good idea.