Some innovative approaches to finding good domain names.
There are a bunch of brand name and domain name generators on the web. Every once in a while, one comes along with a unique twist that makes it worth a look.
That’s the case with Appellita, a new service that soft launched in last August. It was created by San Antonio entrepreneur Daisy Egeolu.
Appellita, like basically all name generators, has a system that adds prefixes and suffixes to keywords to find domains. But it goes beyond that.
Two tools are offered free: Name Suggestion Engine and Name Deconstructor.
Name Suggestion Engine is very similar to most name finders.
Name Deconstructor picks apart keywords to find good substitutes. It finds words within your words, including ones in non-English languages. This is great for brainstorming.
Additional tools are available for a monthly subscription fee.
Name Ideation Lab builds on the Name Suggestion Engine to give you more flexibility. For example, you can pick rhyming words and even chose how much of the word to rhyme with. You can also have it plug in substitute words.
The Brand Name Generator asks for a few inputs and then creates a number of branded terms. First, you choose if the name is for a product or service. Then you pick a type of name, such as Edgy, Elegant or Cute, followed by a type of service such as education, fitness or business. After entering a sentence that describes your product or business, you get a list of available domain names that might work as a brand.
Choosing Edgy, Business and “Software for completing your tax returns,” I got results such as TaxLect.com, TaxFinish.com, and Taxlingual.com.
Appellita uses Natural Language Processing in the background.
There are a bunch of free naming tools on the market. Appellita includes some interesting innovations that make both its free and paid versions worth trying.
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Nick says
I tried it, every name they suggested was taken, until I clicked on the “random” button. Then it suggested I name my company yojvuq and eddoyu. Site needs some major work.
Joseph Peterson says
Sounds similar to algorithms I’ve written. Mine, however, are proprietary.
John says
Ironically, I find “Appellita” to be a very goofy unappealing brand. However, I’ll bet not many people know it would relate to the real word “appellation.” My advice to them is find a more appealing appellation, otherwise they might wind up like Cuil if anyone remembers.
John says
And you have me awaiting moderation now because… 🙂
Andrew Allemann says
Ask WordPress. It put you in moderation. I don’t decide what goes in moderation.
John says
That’s bizarre. I would have thought it was just a matter of whitelisting an email address and/or ip after approving any post.
Andrew Allemann says
Nope. WP’s service Akismet doesn’t have a whitelisting. I can whitelist an email address from local spam filtration, but not Akismet. Believe me, it’s a constant source of frustration. Given the volume of spam, I can’t get rid of Akismet though.
Brandicle says
Appellita is funny – sounds like a baby meal or something else 😉 the results are a bit arbitrarily. I still prefer some of Namerobot’s tools which allow to search for more customized name proposals. Love the ‘merger’!