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Ask YC: Can you help me pick a good domain name?
I'm just posting this here in case anyone comes up with a brilliant domain name :)
I am launching a small startup this month, called
ONE application platform
Essentially it is an application platform like facebook, but for productivity apps like task lists, bug trackers, contact managers, calendar, etc.
My current domain name is: http://unobeta.com http://unobeta.com - not very exciting
- ivankirigin 19y agoYou might have to change the platform name to match the url. Note that .ne is Niger. Is o.ne available? I can't read the registration site: http://www.intnet.ne/ http://www.intnet.ne/
- jgrahamc 19y agoAccording to the web site if you want to do this you need to call Mr Salaou (72 29 98) or email him: salaou@intnet.ne. From the other information on the site I get the feeling that the answer is going to be 'no'.
- bmaier 19y agoplatformuno.com unoplatform.com theoneplatform.com all seem to be available
- robmnl 19y agoyeah I thought about using uno since more is available - though I prefer 'one' a bit more.
- ivrokv 19y agoMost companies which are household brands now ( Google, Facebook, Microsoft) etc. were unknown and did not sound sexy at first. The name becomes glamorous when the company actually has cool products, not the other way around. So don't sweat, pick something pronounceable and easy to spell.
- robmnl 19y agoMakes sense, thanks.
- mrtron 19y agoTry a clever play on misspelled words. wonapp wonapt tough name to find a domain for
- robmnl 19y agoyep, kinda hard
- kmt 19y agoI would choose something like 1appp.com (as in "1 APPlication Platform") if I were you. It's sexier. And it's available.
- robmnl 19y agonice to type, not sure I'd like to use it everyday. hard to come up with a name for this.
- kyro 19y agoUnity, oneness, singular, and harmony in Swahili is 'umoja.' I looked to see if it was available, and it was taken, no surprise. However, youmoja.com is not taken.
- robmnl 19y agoThat's kind of nice, just not to crazy about the word umoja. But nice technique to find a good name.
- tocomment 19y agoPerhaps this Random Phonetic Name Generator would help? http://utilitymill.com/utility/Random_Phonetic_Name_Generator/ http://utilitymill.com/utility/Random_Phonetic_Name_Generato...
- zach 19y agoIt's called ONE, it's an application platform. Okay then, so I suggest runonone.com (and don't forget runon1.com). By the way, I enjoy coming up with domain names, so if any other News.YCer wants help with a name, just email me.
- robmnl 19y agothat's a nice one, I'll consider that, thanks. :)
- kirubakaran 19y agopr0dpr0n.com (available) http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Productivity_pr0n http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Productivity_pr0n
- robmnl 19y agoThanks everyone for your help, keep it coming.
- jhrobert 19y agoOnelyp http://onelyp.com http://onelyp.com -- The one and only plaform Available. 6 letters. http://virteal.com/CreativeDomainNames http://virteal.com/CreativeDomainNames
- tocomment 19y agoHow about the Oneders? Like wonders but spelled with a One. (Sorry that's from some movie, couldn't resist.)
- rsa 19y agooneappy.com
- ALee 19y agoGo here: http://www.thenameinspector.com/10-name-types/ http://www.thenameinspector.com/10-name-types/ Choose one of the name types and figure out what you want. Remember, if you're making a calendar product, DO NOT call is icalendar or something like that, choose a name that you can build because your product(s) will change. Believe me, we've made that mistake.
- downer 19y agoWhy not switch languages -- unplatform.com (Seems to be expired) unap.com also might be available. Or KeanuAP.com, because Neo is The One.