A Guide To Domaining
Lets face it Domaining is big business, they trade hands daily ranging from a few cents to millions of dollars, many people have become very rich by buying and selling domains.
So where do you get started? It’s easy picking domain names and waiting for the cash to roll in.. or is it?
In this article we have collected a great list of Domain Name resources which will assist you and help you gain more experience in the domain niche, it might not make you a millionaire, but knowledge has its value too.

Domain Search Tools
Sometimes people drop domains with some significant value or that are brandable, these tools can help you pick up some of these gems.
Xona.com – Domain hacks search
Stuckdomains.com – Expired Domains and domain inspiration
Justdropped.com – Dropped and expiring domain name tool
Domainsbot.com – Domain name search engine
Squurl.com – Fast domain name search tool
Domain Name Suggestion Tools
Finding that perfect domain name can sometimes be a difficult task, alot of great domains have already been registered, so if you have trouble finding a domain name, one of these tools will surely help.
Makewords.com – Domain name generator
Nameboy.com – Domain name generator
Dotomator.com – domain name suggestions
Domaintools.com – Domain name suggestions
Wordoid.com – Domain suggestion tool
Domain Information Tools
When purchasing domain names its always a good idea to check them out, backlinks, pagrank and age etc…
These tools cover the information you need to discover before putting in a bid.
Dnsstuff.com – Many tools including WHOIS lookup, Reverse DNS lookup and Traceroute
Myipneighbors.com – Find what sites are on your IP
Dnscoop.com – Tools for PR, backlinks and WHOIS
Seorush.com – Find PR, Traffic Ranks and feedback on how to improve
Domain Name Forums
Communities can be a fantastic tool for any domainer, by speaking with people from your niche you can pick up value tips and tricks of the trade.
Dnforum.com
Acorndomains.co.uk (mostly UK names)
Namepros.com
Dotsauce.com
Domainstate.com
Domain Name Magazines/Blogs
Keeping up to date with the latest domaining news can be beneficial in many respects, below are some of the top sites with the worlds latest domain news.
Dotsauce.com
Dnjournal.com
Ricklatona.com
Domaining.com
Dailydomainer.com
Domainnamenews.com
Domain Name Marketplaces
Below is a short list of some domain name marketplaces where you can buy and sell domain names, this isn’t a full list by any means, but they are popular outlets where you may enjoy some success.
Sedo.com
Sitepoint.com
Dotsauce.com
Namepros.com
Forums.digitalpoint.com
Domainers On Twitter
Rick Latona – http://twitter.com/ccTLDS
Chef Patrick – http://twitter.com/ChefPatrick
Sha’rius – http://twitter.com/r9v
Dotsauce – http://twitter.com/DotSauce
Ron James (Namepros) - http://twitter.com/domainbuyer
Bido - http://twitter.com/bidodotcom
Domain Name Wire - http://twitter.com/DomainNameWire
GoDrops - http://twitter.com/godrops
Buy Domains – http://twitter.com/BuyDomains
ebusinessnames - http://twitter.com/ebusinessnames
DNMarket - http://twitter.com/DNMarket



















October 2, 2009
A useful round up of the basics and some great links. Thanks for an interesting read.