Domain Name Contest
Last week I asked the question of whether or not I should move Whitespace and I received a lot of great responses. The comments started to turn into domain name suggestion type of contest so I figured why not make a full-fledged contest out of it. I’m still uncertain if I am moving this site to another domain, but if I do so I need to do it with a cool domain name so I am opening it up to the world.
The one gotcha is that the domain has to be available at the time of your comment. If someone snaps it up between your comment and whenever, then that’s fine, but it makes no sense to start spouting out domains that are already taken.
I’ll run this contest till tomorrow night and then post the top 10 domains on Friday so everyone can vote. For a prize I will include you in the text ad rotation on Whitespace till the end of the year (as long as it’s a decent type of ad).
And full feeds should be back in place.
Related reading:
Here is my suggestion: 10thrule.com
By John Dawson on February 1, 2006 2:14 pm
fffnbsp.com
By Mark Newhouse on February 1, 2006 2:16 pm
fffnbsp.com
By Joshua Mace on February 1, 2006 2:19 pm
Mark - You beat me to it…
By Joshua Mace on February 1, 2006 2:21 pm
Hahaha, Mark Newhouse, that’s great.
By chris rhee on February 1, 2006 2:21 pm
unblackspace.com
antiblackspace.com
caucasianspace.com
chocolateceo.com
thechocolateceo.com
(disclaimer: any racial undertones are completely intended)
By Lance E. Leonard on February 1, 2006 2:24 pm
Mark won already, but I’ll throw out a couple:
espacioblanco.com
percent20.ws
9whitespaces.com
255cubed.com
scrivsondesign.com
By Christian Montoya on February 1, 2006 2:37 pm
whitespaceship.com
whitespacesuite.com
contiguousspace.com
fffspace.com
scrivs-the-whitespace-character.com
By Marc Kohlbrugge on February 1, 2006 2:45 pm
my earlier “whitespacesuite.com”, should be “whitespacesuit.com”
whitespace-monkey.com
whitespace-monkeys.com
whitespacemonkey.com
whitespacemonkeys.com
whitespacey.com
whitespacelab.com
whitespaceexplorer.com
whitespaceexplorationalliance.com
whitespace-in-your-face.com
whitespace-vacuum-epitaxy-center.com
By Marc Kohlbrugge on February 1, 2006 2:53 pm
I now see some (at least one) of my suggested names has already been suggested in the “Should I Move Whitespace?”-post. Sorry for that.
By Marc Kohlbrugge on February 1, 2006 2:58 pm
understateddesign.com
whitecapdesign.com
distilledcode.com
destillcode.com
designopinion.com
scrivseye.com
correcteddesign.com
designcorrections.com
problematicdesign.com
problemdesign.com
thinkbeforedesign.com
validatedvoid.com
By David on February 1, 2006 3:01 pm
simpleydone.com
…oh wait, it’s taken, never mind
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But seriously.
By Mark on February 1, 2006 3:03 pm
spaziobianco.com
yeoldedesignblogge.com
beingscrivs.com
By TypeGorilla on February 1, 2006 3:04 pm
Here are a few more I have thought up.
understandwhitespace.com
whitespaceeye.com
whitespace101.com
whitespacerules.com
whiterules.com
guiofdesign.com
lookofdesign.com
improvedthoughts.com
paddedwhiteroom.com
gradientdeath.com
By David on February 1, 2006 3:11 pm
v1agra-bl4ck-c0ck.com
By Mike Rundle on February 1, 2006 3:16 pm
9scrivs.com
This is a good excuse for playing with ajax whois tools like http://www.ajaxwhois.com/
By Eddie Sowden on February 1, 2006 3:17 pm
not9rules.com
whitespacewastaken.com
milkspace.com
domaincontestwinner.com
By Lance E. Leonard on February 1, 2006 3:24 pm
Crap, someone already has comwastaken.com
whitespace.comwastaken.com would be cool too
By Lance E. Leonard on February 1, 2006 3:26 pm
scrivspace.com
white-space.net
scrivswhitespace.com
scrivs.com
whitespaced.net
1whitespace.com
By Peter on February 1, 2006 3:27 pm
blankslate.us
By Mark on February 1, 2006 3:35 pm
Some more domain ideas for you. Trying to get away from the “white” idea.
nevermarquee.com
neverunderstated.com
redesigndestiny.com
redesignthoughts.com
breakunderstanding.com
smallbreak.com
By David on February 1, 2006 3:41 pm
scrivspace.com
scrivsrules.com
witspace.com (wit = dutch for white)
By Kyle Posey on February 1, 2006 3:46 pm
And whats the deal with crazyegg? All i see is “test” when I go there. I want to see the page that is improving the web one page at a time.
By Kyle Posey on February 1, 2006 3:49 pm
You should dust off paulscrivens.com.
By Matthew Oliphant on February 1, 2006 4:17 pm
GetPaulHere.com
ReadingPaul.com
Scrivs.info
GetScrivsHere.com
IHaveSeenTheWhite.com
WordsOnWhite.com
VittUtrymme.com - That’s Whitespace in swedish ;)
By Jaan on February 1, 2006 4:18 pm
emptinessaroundtext.com
vacuous-element.com
By J Sheehy on February 1, 2006 4:26 pm
userules.com
useablerules.com
usabilityruler.com
use9rules.com
using9rules.com
usabilityrules.net
usabilityrules.us
rulesability.com
designability.us
usedesignability.com
By Lindsay on February 1, 2006 4:35 pm
tannedspace.com
By Dave on February 1, 2006 4:57 pm
WhyItSpace.com
By Vincent on February 1, 2006 5:23 pm
I’d have to say that fffnbsp.com is a bit esoteric, but downright on point for web geeks…
By Dave Simon on February 1, 2006 5:25 pm
Whats the bet someones gone and registered fffnbsp.com :P
By Jamsi on February 1, 2006 5:45 pm
whitespace.ws
Bam. Contest over.
By Mike D. on February 1, 2006 6:14 pm
it’s available…i think
By dano on February 1, 2006 7:06 pm
whooops…
http://www.whytspace.com
By dano on February 1, 2006 7:07 pm
I second simpl(e)y done….get that site back up man.
or, find the jamoke with whitespace.com and get it from them. Coming January 1st my ass.
but as this site isn’t really about design anymore, it’s more of a personal blog, you should maybe make the domain a bit more personal.
how about…
afrostylings.com
Look14AndMakeMoney.com
9rulesCEO.com
you know, something that lets us know it’s you…
By Jeff L on February 1, 2006 7:38 pm
http://www.mikes-easiest-project.com
By Christian Montoya on February 1, 2006 7:58 pm
Good contest and a lot of good entries so far. Here’s a few more:
hexf.com
fhex.com
whtspc.com
Cheers!
By Joe Lencioni on February 1, 2006 10:01 pm
Oh, here’s another one:
wizardof9rules.com
By Joe Lencioni on February 1, 2006 10:03 pm
255255255nbsp.com ( screw hex codes.)
By Ian Williamson on February 1, 2006 10:41 pm
Or even better:
rgb255255255andnbspcolin.com
By Ian Williamson on February 1, 2006 10:43 pm
soccerspace.com
scrivs.ali.ci.ous.com
number2paul.com (you know who #1 is :-D )
By Paul Stamatiou on February 1, 2006 10:44 pm
- lifewithscrivs.com
- the9rulesceo.com
- inscrivshead.com
- usedtohaveafro.com
- theanticeo.com
I’m out. :p
By Bryan Veloso on February 1, 2006 10:48 pm
Haha you had it comming with this contest.
thesimplewhitespace.com
thewhitespace.com
whitespaceville.com
everybodyloveswhitespace.com
whitespaceinthecity.com
whitespacegalactica.com
whitespacegyver.com
whitespaceandhutch.com
i could go on…so i will this is fun.
whitespacetowers.com
whitespacebrother.com
whitespacetrek.com
whitespaceinthemiddle.com
ok i’m tired now.
.10 points for person who guesses all (they aren’t that hard really).
By Tomaj on February 2, 2006 5:12 am
http://www.htmlmilkyway.com
It’s crap but it has a meaning I guess.
Otherwise I like Mike Rundles suggestion. Haha!
By Steven Hambleton on February 2, 2006 6:03 am
theotherwhitespace.com
By Mike Ward on February 2, 2006 6:37 am
bleechedout.com
bleechey.com
bleechewhite.com
bleechespace.com
oorrr
scrivspace.com
By tomo on February 2, 2006 7:26 am
sory for repeating myself. I just noticed, bleechespace and bleechewhite don’t make much sense. :)
bleechwhite.com would be it.
another idea, scrivsplace.com
By tomo on February 2, 2006 7:29 am
whitesthenewblack.com
whoneedspadding.com (referring to the very tiny amount of padding or marginal space between the two columns and between the ads)
9rulesnerd.com
pwnedbyrundle.com
scrivswuzhere.com
all I can really think of, blah
By Zeerus on February 2, 2006 8:12 am
this-sitename-was-the-winner-in-a-contest.com
By Vincent on February 2, 2006 9:08 am
wh-te-sp-ce.com
By Luc on February 2, 2006 10:50 am
whitespa.cc
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Also, you might want to let Colin or Rundle know that typing in the 9r/whi… address takes one to the 9r index instead of here.
By Mark on February 2, 2006 10:56 am
don’t you just hate it when something gets in your head and you just start focusing on it..?
More suggestions to add to my first one;
greatwhitespace.com
thegreatwhitespace.com
and finally
ecapsetihw.com
but I still like theotherwhitespace.com
By Mike Ward on February 2, 2006 11:25 am
white–space.com
By Jarrod on February 2, 2006 12:00 pm
@ #3 and 4: Sorry Joshua…
To jump on TypeGorrilla’s idea (#13):
beingpaulscrivens.com
By Mark Newhouse on February 2, 2006 12:12 pm
and how about:
colorfreespace.com
colorlessspace.com
colorfreezone.com
Scrivs, pick your ten so I can go on to something else ;)
By Mike Ward on February 2, 2006 12:32 pm
Just 9whitespaces.com would be nice :)
By Chris R. on February 2, 2006 6:43 pm
whitelove.com
By mee on February 2, 2006 7:22 pm
whitespaceblog.com
By Brandon on February 2, 2006 8:41 pm
What about white-spaces.com?
By meashman on February 2, 2006 10:42 pm
myownwebsitewithboozeandhookers.com
infactforgetthewebsite.com
scrivsplayswow.com
oneyearlaterstilllevel45.com :-)
sayhellotofrofro.com
nope, no serious entries.
By JC on February 3, 2006 9:20 am
horizontaldance.com
By Jeff on February 3, 2006 11:48 am
Not to be pedantic or anything, but
rgb255255255ampersandnbspsemicolon.com
is what I think #40 was going for…
And it’s even available. :-)
By Mark Newhouse on February 3, 2006 4:19 pm
I’d say .. “ScrivSpace.com”
although, it was said here first in 19, 22 & 46
but, I mentioned it last week
http://9rules.com/whitespace/should_i_move_whitespace.php#6122
(if it’s eligible)
By HART (1-800-HART) on February 3, 2006 4:51 pm
*nudge* Update? Its 7pm Friday night for us here running on EST. :) Which means there are only a few hours left to vote on a poll that does not exist…
By David on February 3, 2006 7:16 pm
I’m crushed. I just discovered I’ve been misquoting futurama. But I’m sure bender would agree that booze and hookers are every bit as good as hookers and blackjack. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter.
“Forget your stupid theme park! I’m gonna make my own! With hookers! And blackjack! In fact, forget the theme park!” –Bender, Futurama
Now the question is, will scrivs’ spam filter kick this in the nuts because I said blackjack.
By JC on February 6, 2006 11:08 am
BTW, I happen to like chocolateceo. That’d be a great name for a website… just not whitespace. Maybe a forum for promoting entrepreneurship. Or, like, a place for Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Rick Lenny, John Franklyn Mars and John M. Sunderland to duke it out. :D
By JC on February 6, 2006 11:17 am
Why do you want to move the domain?
By Kevin on February 26, 2006 6:14 pm
It would have been a good idea to EMAIL your ideas. Now a bunch of those domains (like fffnbsp.com) have been registered by those evil domain snatchers.
By Jay on February 27, 2006 3:05 pm