The new tools are:

1. Long-Tail Tool

2. Available Domain Names Tool

These are very powerful tools. Nothing like this has previously been made available to the public, at least not that I know of. Using these tools, it is again possible to find valuable domains available for registration.

Let me explain. There are thousands of good, available domain names still out there in the .com namespace. It is not true that recent hand regs don’t have a market. There are thousands of good generic 2- and 3-word dotcom domain names out there still waiting to be registered. Sure, about 99.9% of really good generics have been registered. That still leaves the 0.1%, which in this case means thousands of names. I have two offers waiting right now for a couple of very recent hand regs of mine, both offers are close to $500. I’m not going to accept them, though.

New markets emerge, new products are launched, new brandable names are needed, and the market value of generic domain names keeps going up. Those that were worth the reg fee 5 years ago are now worth hundreds if not thousands. 3-word generic domains are gaining popularity and value. There is nothing like a perfectly descriptive domain name to boost a business. Look at Bill’s site, AvailableDomainNames.com – that’s a great 3-worder if there ever was one. It’s long, but it doesn’t matter – it’s easy to remember, because it describes the service perfectly.

I don’t like to see people registering made-up domain names, silly word combinations with no meaning. I believe in the power of generic domain names. I just sold a two-word generic, OfficePartitions.com, for $7.5k on SEDO. Almost every time I get a nice offer for a domain name of mine, the name in question is a true generic keyword domain.

That’s why I developed two tools for my own use, and these tools I’ve now made part of Estibot Pro. Let me explain the workings of the tools.

1. The Available Domain Names Tool

This one is simple. Just enter your keyword and the tool will churn out domain names that have search popularity, in other words, generic keyword domain names. It will show both registered and available ones, because by seeing the registered ones, you start getting an idea of what kind of domains are desirable. The tool will show in green color the available ones. The tool selects potentially good domain names by analyzing Overture, Wordtracker, PPC Ad profile, Max Advertiser bid, and so on. The rest is up to you.

The tool prints out the domain name, some fundamental stats, the keywords, and registration options. Click on the keyword to perform what I think is the first and most important step of domain name research: Check the Google Adtest Search. This will, at a glance, tell you how popular the term is (the number of Google results) and also how popular the term is with advertisers (the number and type of PPC Ads appearing, and the quality of the advertisers). At the bottom of the results output you have two text boxes, the first has the available domain names in text format, and the second one has the corresponding search terms. Use these to perform additional research before you register, for instance, I always run the list of names through the Fast Bulk appraisal tool to get a quick idea of relative value.

PS. For best results, I recommend narrowing down your searches: Instead of searching for “cars”, search for “used cars”, “sports cars”, “car sales”, or go through the alphabet: search for “car a”, “car b”, and so on.

2. The Long Tail of Search Tool

In my humble opinion this is the hottest domaining tool out there today. It’s my personal favorite, and it really empowers the individual domainer to find good domain names, and to learn about the finer aspects of search popularity.

For this tool, you enter the keyword or search term you wish to research, and also enter the number of long-tail results to mine, up to 10,000.

The script will producekeyword data for your given search term and up to 10,000 related search terms virtually in an instant.

This is a wonderful tool for finding available domain names. The tool will show in bold text the domain names that it thinks may have special potential. It will also highlight in red some significant numbers related to the domain name.

When you see an interesting domain name, just click on the “Check” link on the left. The tool will check and report whether that domain name is available or not. Then, just click on the domain name to add it to your “notes” text box on the top. Once you’re finished with the page, you can copy-paste the domain names from the text box to your personal files, or other tools such as the Fast Bulk Appraisal tool for further research. Or just straight to your favorite Bulk Registration tool – you could always taste the domains for traffic for the duration of the grace period. Click on the keywords again to check the Google Adtest page. Study the numbers to get a feel of the potential value of the domain name in question.

This tool is so good even I find it hard to go to sleep once I start using it. It’s fascinating to find new domain names with PPC Ad bids up to $30, and most of all, this tool is great for learning about great keyword niches – every time I use it I discover niches I didn’t know existed, and more often than not, I find a domain or two worth registering in those niches.

Enjoy!