Finding a good, memorable dot com domain name is virtually a difficult task. It is due to the fact that most of the short, keyword-domain names have been taken, not to mention if you want to further build the domain name and makes it as a worldwide brand.

Although there are several marketplaces purposely for domain names, such as DNForum, or you went to eBay, you might end up buying several domain names and you wouldn’t know which domain name is the right one and starting to build something on it. In fact, buying a good domain name could spend you endless time in evaluating the domain name, go through the domain appraisal, and etc processes, but if you willing to pay a hefty premium for domain name, you now have a new option by visiting this newly launched site called BrandBucket.

On BrandBucket, there are all types of top-level domain names currently offered by them, ranging from below $500 to over 5K and above. For the domain names you like, you can first favorite them and then send all to your email before further buying decision to be made. Perhaps you want to recommend any one of the domain names to your friends, you also allowed to use BrandBucket’s system to send the domain description to your friend’s email address. Besides, I think what you might like on the site is the “Resource” page, there are free tools and several designers’ contacts so that after you bought the domain name from them, you know where to get the top designers for your startup.

Domainr is a new domain search engine that went live in last month. If you’re the type of person that always frustrated with the unavailability of the domain names you preferred, then you might find this Domainr very useful. Visit this domain search engine, you will find the simple interface for checking the availability of domain names other than the ubiquitous dot coms and dot nets, as most of these dot com and dot net domain names have been used or parked by others. As stated on the landing page, “There’s a whole world of domains out there—hundreds at the top-level and even more beyond—Domainr helps you explore them all.”

As you type in the search box, Domainr will search and then showing a list of domain names other than the top-level. For example, I searched for the “tag” domain name, it automatically showed that the “t.ag” domain name might be available at this moment with the highlighted green color. If the domain is taken, blue color will be appeared, while brown color indicates the domain’s availability is unknown. Click the Register button Domainr will link you to Go Daddy to purchase the domain and Domainr presumably makes the affiliate revenue if you complete the buy.

At first glance, the search results rendered might be seemed as all the childish names. However, in reality, it’s true that it’s really hard for us to find an unique domain name that isn’t registered by someone else nowadays, and it’s even harder for us to buy the short domain name that’s still available. Thus, Domainr will be the place for us to hunt the non-top-level domain names.