We're at the bottom of the .com barrel, and the .net and .org barrels must be getting pretty low too. Every word in the dictionary has been sold to somebody who might, someday, want to put a .com after it. Most two-word combos (such as hunkerdown.com) are gone too.
So now your only two strategic naming choices are anonymous or strange. Or both. Hey, why not create a front company with a camouflage name like "Symnetix.com" while you develop your real business: an NT replacement service called " Bizfloss.com." (And if you do that, remember who your friends are when you file for that IPO.)
To save you a bit of work, we went through the familiar whois routine to scope out the possibilities. They're mighty slim. Let's say you're in the bug zapper business and want "bzzt.com." Well, Allan Henning of Stockton, California has grabbed that one. How about dropping a z? Nope: "bzt.com" belongs to Hovinga Holding in the Netherlands. How about adding a z? Woops: "bzzzt.com" is gone to the Mikluhomaklai Sensation Corp. in Omsk, Siberia. (Hey, in Omsk, bzzzt means love.) Okay, how about one more z? Voila! You're in luck. Now prepare to spend the rest of your business life saying "that's bzzzzt.com with four Zs."
To make your work a bit easier here are a few barrel scrapings, all worth about what you're paying for them: