retroblog.net

it’s tough coming up with a good catchy domain name that hasn’t already been registered. especially for the top tier extensions like .com and .net. I got lucky about a year ago when I found my current domain- retroblog.net available. it had been registered to someone else before but apparently the person had no use for the domain name and let it expire. and as a matter of fact, grabbing an expired domain name is probably your best bet in getting a solid top tier domain name. the trick is to snag the name before anyone else does. there’s a tool offered by Network Solutions that can help in monitoring domain names of interest. it’s a domain name RSS Feed that can be customized for keywords that you’re interested in. for instance, if I wanted to monitor for expired domain names that have the word “retro” in it, I can create a custom feed over at the Network Solutions that I can then subscribe to and watch for any new names to pop up. the tool is very versatile in which I can specify the extensions to look for, the maximum character length in the name and if the keyword is to be positioned at the beginning or the end of the domain name. the Network Solutions RSS feed makes things a lot easier than having to perform domain name searches every day.

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