How it works
Describe what you’re building, pick a style and, if you like, a few words you want the name to echo. An AI model (Claude Haiku 5.5 from Anthropic, with Meta Llama 3.3 70B on Cloudflare Workers AI as a backup) comes up with about 48 names, each with a line on why it fits. We filter out anything that’s too long, has odd characters, reads like a phrase or is a spelling variant of another idea (Snipit and Snippit), and turn each name into the .com it would use.
Most short .com names were registered years ago, so before you see anything we check every candidate against the registry itself: one request per name to Verisign’s public RDAP service, the official lookup for .com registrations. A record means the domain is registered, no record means it isn’t right now. You get the 12 best names with an unregistered .com first. We store nothing, and we don’t check other TLDs, social handles or trademarks.
What makes a name work
- The radio test. Say it to someone once. Can they type it into a browser without asking how it’s spelled? Dropped vowels and swapped letters fail this.
- Short and distinct. One or two words, easy to say. Distinct from competitors so people don’t confuse you in search.
- Room to grow. A descriptive name helps early SEO and clarity, but it can box you in if the product changes. An invented name is easier to trademark and own in search, but needs a clear tagline next to it.
- Searchable. Search the name. If page one is full of a big brand or a common word, it will take longer to rank for your own name.
After you pick one
Register the domain, then do a trademark search where you’ll sell. Write a one-line tagline with the AI tagline generator, make a favicon, and check an existing domain’s history with the domain age checker if you’re buying one second-hand. Not sure the idea is ready for a name? Run it through the idea validator first.