When starting a new site which you don’t know how much traffic to expect, it can be hard to guess how much you should pay for things – especially when they have a minimum monthly charge to them.

The beautiful thing about a good domain name is that every domain name is unique and can be a sustainable competitive advantage even for the “little guy”.
But beware, I do put a word of caution out into the community that there are a lot of registrars that when you type in the name to see if it is taken, they immediately register it for themselves (if you don’t). This is a disgusting practice and from what I understand http://www.rnrstuff.net does NOT do this. That is why I use them to do the first uploads. Cheaper than almost all the big time sites but honest thus this far.

The domain business is still “finding its way” so be careful out there.

I imagine that you could establish volume for the pre-registered folks and then go to the domain sellers and say if you want this traffic I need some affiliate money. However there does seems to be slicker equivalents out there to your offering.

If the button sin’t there then I’m goign to go elsewhere. Indeed it should have “buy with…” and then a series of buttons for different domain sellers so I can go to one I’ve used before.

Scratch that … [nips off to create Domain Dove]

Best of luck with domainpigeon.com, I like it so far. :)

I loved the points about substance over design, narrowing (and defining) your audience, and determining how you measure success.

Good luck with Domain Pigeon and thanks for posting this!