This one is a tough step. Requires a lot of creativity, smart hacks and surprisingly dozens of patience. You can quickly come up with funny, catchy, smart or good sounding names right? So do I. The problem is that most of these domain names you just came up with are already taken!

I have been thinking for around 2 months for my new blog name and then suddenly inspiration hit me with Despreneur, then I checked if .com domain name was free and I registered it instantly.

But how to make this task easier? Usually I try to merge two words, look for Latin or Spanish translations or simply add trending prefixes, suffixes and endings like the, get, ly, ify, app etc.

Here are a few useful resources I have used for coming up with a blog name:

Before naming your startup, read this.

10 Tips On How To Come Up With A Good (Domain)Name…

For smart domain hacks like tom.as or del.icio.us use Domai.nr.

I personally use GoDaddy for all of my domains, they usually have nice discounts and are pretty easy to manage. Once I have used Name, they are pretty good too, I just prefer using one service for all of my domains. GO.CO is very popular among startups, you can get a cheap .co domain and some perks too.