Startups
stackdraft.com
For founders sketching their first product.
Makr Journal · Domains
101 domain name ideas for your next project.
Short, ownable, and ready to claim — names for startups, portfolios, blogs, shops, and studios, plus the rules that make a name last past year one.
The Name Registry
Names by category — filter to find yours
Tap a category to filter, tap the bookmark on a name to save your shortlist. All names are two or three syllables with one obvious spelling.
Showing 36 of 36 names
Startups
loopline.io
Short, punchy, engineering-flavored.
Startups
pilotkite.co
Two syllables that sound like motion.
Startups
basecampkit.com
Tools and templates for remote teams.
Startups
brightfield.co
Land, growth, and climate startups.
Startups
signalpine.io
For data or analytics products.
Portfolio
heyitsmaya.com
First-name branding for creatives.
Portfolio
jordansays.me
Personal brand with a voice.
Portfolio
studioeli.co
Designer portfolio shorthand.
Portfolio
workbyana.com
Portfolio convention that reads instantly.
Portfolio
draftsof.com
Writer's archive that implies work in progress.
Portfolio
lensesofleo.me
Photography portfolio, personal and direct.
Blog
wordswest.com
Editorial blog with a direction.
Blog
notebooknorth.com
Journaling about life up north.
Blog
fieldnotesapp.co
For a field-guide style newsletter.
Blog
readream.com
Book blog, dreamy and short.
Blog
theslowpage.com
Long-form writing without the noise.
Blog
cityandcypress.com
Lifestyle blog with a place and a plant.
Shop
goodgoods.shop
Curation storefront, playful and sticky.
Shop
tinywares.com
For makers selling small goods.
Shop
lumenlane.co
Lighting and home décor store.
Shop
trailpost.com
Outdoor gear with a route-finder vibe.
Shop
papertrail.shop
Stationery and prints storefront.
Shop
saltandamber.com
Candles and bath goods, memorable rhythm.
Tech
nimbustack.dev
Cloud tools that feel weightless.
Tech
apishell.dev
For developer tools and SDKs.
Tech
keystrokelabs.io
Typing, writing, and input tech.
Tech
bytebeam.dev
IoT and edge-computing product.
Tech
vectorverve.ai
AI tooling with personality.
Tech
codecadence.dev
For developer-education products.
Creative
inkandorchard.com
Illustration studio with a soft edge.
Creative
studiohollow.co
Design studio, warm and minimal.
Creative
bymoonlight.com
Night-themed art prints and zines.
Creative
paperlantern.co
Events and editorial design.
Creative
quietclay.com
Ceramics and craft, tactile and calm.
Creative
figmentforge.com
For a 3D or concept-art portfolio.
Before you buy
The four rules of a good domain name
Anyone can register a clever name. The names that survive do four things consistently — check your shortlist against all four.
Say it once, say it right
If you have to spell it twice over the phone, it's too long. Two or three syllables, one obvious spelling, no hyphens, no numbers.
Make it ownable
Before you fall in love, check the social handles. A great domain you can't claim on Instagram or GitHub is a great domain for someone else.
Let the suffix work
.com is trust, .io is tech, .co is modern, .me is personal, .dev is developer-facing. Pick the one that signals what your site actually is.
Plan for the name to age
A niche name is cute at year one and confining at year five. Favor the name that still fits when your scope doubles.
From idea to owned
Claim your name in three steps
1
Check availability
Run your shortlist through a registrar. The right domain is usually waiting — the wrong one is a single-keystroke typo away.
2
Buy the right suffix
Prefer .com when you can. If it's taken, a clean .co or .me beats a hyphenated .com every single time.
3
Connect it to your site
Point the domain at your static site and publish. With makr you connect it in the dashboard — no DNS heroics required.
FAQ
Quick answers
Search it at any registrar — Namecheap, Porkbun, or Cloudflare. If your first choice is gone, check a different suffix or add a short, meaningful word. A clean .co or .me beats a hyphenated .com.
Prefer .com when it's affordable and available — it's still the trust default. Otherwise .co, .io, .me, and .dev are all solid, with meanings people have learned. Never let a confusing extension weaken an otherwise great name.
Most names cost $10–15 a year for a .com. That's the entire hosting bill for a static site — which is the point. Your name and your site should both be cheap to own and fully under your control.
No, but it helps. Build and preview on a free subdomain first, then connect your custom domain when you're ready to go public. The content stays the same — only the URL gets fancier.
Yes. Domains transfer between registrars in a few days with a code from your current provider. Just keep renewal on auto-pay and you won't lose it in the meantime.
The domain is your address — the site builder is what lives there. You can buy a domain anywhere and point it at any builder. The best setup pairs your own domain with a static-first builder that loads instantly and never gets hacked through a plugin.