How the domain name generator works

You write one sentence about what you are building. AI turns that sentence into brandable name candidates. Every candidate is then checked live against the domain registries, at the moment you search. Names whose domains are open come back with a brand kit already attached: a font pairing, a colour palette and a generated logo. The whole loop takes under a minute and does not require an account.

What happens during a search?

Four steps, in order, with no cached availability lists anywhere in the chain. Names are invented, then verified against the registry that actually holds the record.

1. You describe. One sentence about what you are building. No keyword gymnastics. Plain language works best.
2. AI names it. Short, pronounceable candidates tuned for brandability: invented words, evocative words, tight compounds. No digits, no hyphens.
3. Registries answer. Each name is checked live against the registry for every extension you picked. No cached lists, no “premium” bait.
4. You get a brand. Every open domain comes back already branded: free fonts, a working palette, and a logo drawn for that specific name.

You can run the whole thing on the generator on the homepage, or start from a category on the name idea pages.

Which domain extensions are checked?

Eight: .com, .net, .org, .io, .ai, .app, .dev and .xyz. You can select up to three per search, and Deep Search checks all eight while hunting for nine strong open domains on the ones you picked. Results are ranked by extension, with .com first, so a strong open domain never sits below a weak one. .com is checked by default, because it is still the extension most people type when they guess at a URL.

What is in a brand kit?

Every available domain gets a kit containing four things: a font pairing, a colour palette, a generated logo symbol, and a downloadable SVG. All of it is free for commercial use with no attribution required.

• Fonts. Google Fonts faces under libre licences (OFL or Apache) and Fontshare faces under the ITF Free Font License. Both permit commercial use, so a kit can go straight onto a real site without a licence purchase.
• Palette. Colours are generated with a contrast check enforced against the WCAG ratio, so text set on the palette background stays legible rather than merely looking good in a preview tile.
• Logo. A symbol is drawn for the specific name, then locked up with the wordmark. It is a starting point for a designer, not a substitute for one.
• Downloads. SVG files, so the mark scales without loss. Downloads and saved shortlists need a free account, which also raises the daily limit from one search to two.

Why some names come back taken

Most short, pronounceable English words in .com were registered years ago, so a proportion of any batch will already be held. That is expected. AI proposes, the registries decide, and the search keeps generating until enough domains are open.

A taken result is still information. It tells you the name reads well enough that someone else registered it. If a batch comes back mostly taken, a more specific description usually helps more than a longer one: there is more distinctive material to work from, and the results drift away from the common vocabulary that is already gone. Availability also says nothing about trademarks, which are a separate check you should make before committing.

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