It is live: startup names that still have an available .com (free)
Quick launch post. Startup Name Generator is live and free.
The one thing it does differently: it only shows you names where the .com is still available. No more falling for a name and then losing it at the domain check.
Demo, 20 seconds: https://startupnamegenerator.com/demo.mp4
How it works:
- Type a keyword or two
- It generates names and filters down to the ones with an available .com
- An optional Name Check runs a name against USPTO and EUIPO so you can spot obvious conflicts early (one free check a month)
The generator stays free. I am building the rest in public and will post numbers and changes here as they ship.
If you try it, I would genuinely like feedback: what felt useful, what was missing, and what you were searching for. That is what I will build next.
One thing I found myself wondering:
Has anyone ever been excited that a name had an available .com...
and then lost interest in the name itself a few minutes later?
I'm asking because availability feels like an incredibly powerful filter, but I'm not sure it's always the thing people are ultimately trying to optimize for.
Curious what you've seen so far.
Good question, and I think you are right: availability is a filter, not the goal.
The goal is still a name you actually like. What I kept running into was the reverse order. I would fall for a name first, then lose it at the domain check, and that let-down killed the momentum. So I flipped it: generate names worth liking, then only surface the ones where the .com is still open. You choose from names you can act on, instead of grieving the ones you cannot.
You are right that availability on its own is weak. A free .com for a name nobody likes is worthless, which is exactly why it sits after the generation step, not in front of it. It is also why I added the Name Check: once a name clears the like-it and own-it bars, the next real question is whether it collides with an existing trademark.
The public launch is brand new, so I do not have real usage data yet. But the exact behavior you describe, excited about the domain then cooling on the name minutes later, is the failure mode I am watching for. If you have seen it play out, I would genuinely like to hear how. It might change what I filter on next.
That's actually the part I'd be most interested in exploring further.
The way you're describing it assumes the ordering matters more than the individual filters themselves.
I'm not sure I'd take that for granted.
I've got a few thoughts on that, but it's probably more than I'd try to unpack properly in a thread.
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