Joel Ohman contacted me regarding his new domaining tools website, Domain Superstar and I thought it might be worth checking out the tools he is providing to domainers. I should say up front that I am not getting paid to make this post nor did I sign up for the affiliate program. Domain Superstar is a joint effort from both Joel and John G. and has really just made its debut.
Type-in traffic finder
The type-in traffic finder uses the Google AdWords keyword tool to find potential domain names and then checks to see if they are registered for any keyword you enter. Domain names that are not registered are highlighted in green. It is certainly nice to have 2 in 1 tools like this which saves you copying potential domain names from the AdWords tool to a registrar.
The catch for me is that this is a well picked over list by domainers and the chance of finding a great name is relatively low unless you are in a niche that is not exploited yet. I do like the idea though of taking the results of one search and seeding it for a new search to find more peripheral domain names. There are possibilities here for those that think a little outside the box.
Dropped domains tool
Almost every domainer has a favorite way of catching dropping domains but the tools on this website give you another alternative. The tools certainly seems to work very nicely and quickly. A few searches will show you the rubbish people register as domains but sifting through this can yield some valuable domains from time to time.
User Dashboard
Perhaps the feature I liked the most was the user dashboard. Being able to quickly move between tools is very helpful and I didn’t have to jump from one website to another or to/from Excel. The real potential of this website, in my opinion, could be this integration of tools.
As a side note for all developers: if you provide a phone number and street address on your website, it can add to the professional image of a website offering services. This increases the level of trust and increases the number of sign-ups for the services you provide.
So check out Domain Superstar and let me know what you think. I am sure Joel would welcome any feedback through his website also.
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It’s a nice debut and a very useful tools/service indeed.. I look forward to improvements and more features as well.
It has it’s place on the web.
“Bandwidth Limit Exceeded”
Hmm… seems he got to much publicity as the site returns “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded”
Will check tomorrow
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Sorry for the inconvenience. We were right in the middle of moving to a different server with HostGator and unfortunately didn’t get the correct bandwidth allotment set up on the new server in time.
The site is now up and ready to rock and roll. We also just released new website development tutorial videos and website development services (with a 25% discount for premium members). You can read the details on the blow post “Do-it-Yourself” Website Development vs. Custom Website Development.
We also have a new dictionary domain tool that is currently in Beta and available to all members to try out (both free and premium). We hope to release a new tool every month.
Thanks for the review Barry and for the helpful tip. I am adding our phone number and address to the site about us page in a much more prominent spot right now!
Nice tool thanks. By the way are you a member at the geodomaining forum? There’s some pretty nice and insightful discussions going on there –
http://www.geodomainer.com/forum
I downloaded your geo spreadsheet – thanks it was useful. I also have list of the 3,000+ counties out there. If you are interested in networking and receiving it as a csv file, feel free to email me.
Thanks for the comments.
I am not a strong geodomainer. I do acquire some geolocalized domain names from time to time but only where it fits my overall strategy.
Thanks for the offer. I actually use a limited list of countries that fit with the terms I am interested in rather than using a complete list of all countries. This saves me time when I know that I would never use those other country names.