Pre-branded domain names for startups

#1

Post by ollie » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 9:40 AM UTC

Pre-branded domain names for startups
stylate.com

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

#2

Post by arkitaip » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:09 AM UTC

This could be an interesting tool - along with Unbouce, LaunchRock or KickoffLabs - when doing MVP web sites.

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

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Post by heyadayo » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:19 AM UTC

I like this a lot.

Sometimes you can spend 3-20 hours trying to figure out a name, domain, and branding. I'd pay a couple hundred bucks to skip that step. I wish this existed all those previous times I was stuck grinding on names!

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

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Post by MattBearman » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:24 AM UTC

I'm just impressed to see a decent sounding, 5 letter .com domain for $250 (Vueta) - tempted to snap that one up myself.

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

#5

Post by e1ven » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:25 AM UTC

This is a really great idea. One of the things which young startups often spend too much time on is picking a perfect name + brand. This is a great way to get started.

You can always iterate later if necessary, but this gives you something to use NOW, and put the discussion away and get back to real work.

Also, I love the layout. Very straightforward. I currently subscribe to the http://justdropped.com/ mailing list which has daily domain names that he buys as they expire.. I could see something similar for your site, but with logos attached.

Also, a NewsLetter would be a great way for me to keep up with the (weekly?) new designs you add to the store.

Keep it up!

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

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Post by yuvadam » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:25 AM UTC

Most of these domains are names of types you can easily find using tools like nametoolkit, and purchase for $10.

Nonetheless, this is a superb idea, which can become easily profitable.

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

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Post by Hrundi » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:29 AM UTC

There are some lovely domains in here. Very cheap in comparison to their worth! It sucks that when this post becomes more popular, most of them (if not all) will be taken.

Serves me right for having worked almost 4 years for a very large mobile games developer here in Argentina and having seen 40% of my paycheck being eaten away by inflation in the last few years.

I simply can't afford these domains, I would have loved to have them turned into full blown sites, just for fun!

Congratulations to the people that purchase them... please treat them nice :)

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

#8

Post by dramaticus3 » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:31 AM UTC

WineCoffer sounds like Wank Offer

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

#9

Post by nanijoe » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:33 AM UTC

e1ven wrote: post #5

This is a really great idea. One of the things which young startups often spend too much time on is picking a perfect name + brand. This is a great way to get started. You can always iterate later if necessary, but this gives you something to use NOW, and put the discussion away and get back to real work. Also, I love the layout. Very straightforward. I currently subscribe to the http://justdropped.com/ mailing list…

If you need something to use right away and just get back to work, you can just head over to nameboy.com (or one of countless such sites), find a name thats not taken, then register it. There..thats 30 minutes to save you over $200

Re: Pre-branded domain names for startups

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Post by acabal » Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 10:36 AM UTC

Looks like a great idea, very clever, but I'm not sure about the pricing. I would love to use something like this as a small developer, but $250 is a bit much for a domain and a logo given my small-time budget. On the other hand, companies with a larger budget would probably just have something like this done in-house. So I guess I'd ask: who do you see being the target market here?