A couple of days ago I was domain shopping for a couple of projects I’ve been planning for a while now. Lucky me, I found two great domains available for a normal registration price (about 10$). They were not only great for what I needed but also as domain names by themselves. I tried to purchase them right away using my credit card. The card didn’t work (turns out the issuing bank had technical difficulties for days); my cable connection died (severe thunder storm, damaged infrastructure city-wide); DSL connection died a couple of hours later (same problem as cable); dial-up was simply unusable (dead slow). Finally, two days later, everything started working, I went back, and what do you know? Both domains have been purchased the day before. Bummer! It’s like the cyber gods have all turned against me on this one. Now I have to start looking for new domain names that will do the job, but that won’t be easy, the two I missed were perfect.

My point… when a good domain name comes up have a contingency plan in place - borrow, travel, beg, do whatever it takes to grab it right away. Also, if your idea hangs on something as simple and as unsure as a domain name, then you should probably rethink the whole thing. If the meaning and significance goes only as deep as the domain name, you will probably be in trouble. Grabbing the perfect domain name is just a start, what follows is the real thing. If your idea has substance, the domain name itself may not be all that significant in the end.

Well, back to the drawing board. Gotta go research keywords and come up with a couple of good domain name choices.

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