Pay someone to pick a domain???

Interesting concept I guess... What's to stop you buying the domain elsewhere (cheaper) once they've told you what it is?

Quote: What's to stop you buying the domain elsewhere (cheaper) once they've told you what it is?

I bet they register it before they disclose it, it's < 10 bucks to buy a domain, and you can always resell them for the purchase price, if the buyer doesn't want them.

I think it's a good idea. I always have trouble finding good domain names. Definitely keep us updated Tim.

It's really very cheap. Good for you. Keep us informed.

I believe Matt is correct. I read an article on them on another site (no clue where), and I think that's they indicated that the company buys one when they suggest it. But the official site doesn't say one way or another.

The email I got automatically after paying said that they would respond within 24 hours, or that I could take the initiative and email them with any specific requirements I had. Even though I did email them immediately, they responded with a couple more questions in less than 12 hours.

So far, I'm impressed with their speedy response time.

keep us posted with your progress...

For some reason, I thought it would just be them emailing me for the month or so, and me just responding if I liked one.

It's slightly more organic than that. They ask for feedback and such so they know if the direction they're going is correct.

They've actually given some great suggestions so far, but ones that don't really fit the direction I'm trying to go with the site. So their organic approach makes sense, and seems to have been necessary in my case.

I almost forgot about this thread! Here's an update...

I finally have a domain name for this project. The pickydomains.com people emailed me more or less daily for a couple weeks. However, I ended up being extremely picky. While they were still sending me suggestions, I found one on my own that I like.

The good news is that this service would probably work great for clients of mine. As such, I got them to agree to let me use their service for a client instead of refunding the $50.

I will tentatively recommend them for now, but will be (hopefully) posting an update when I use the service for a client.

But it has lapsed not so much time from the moment of signing up. We'll see what will be in a couple of months.

I should add that we had been "done" for quite some time, I just forgot to post again. We actually finished the whole deal up on February 20. And I believe that for a typical client of mine, the suggestions they gave would have probably been enough to pick a domain.

I found various articles for them in blogs. I can't say i'm impressed with them and i think they try to present a different face from what they are. (17 domainers help them and each one try to be lucky to get $25?)

Hmm, that's pretty much the impression I got before hiring them. Not really sure how they're trying to present a different face than one they are, but that's just from my personal experience.

timjpriebe;214472 wrote: Okay, I just read about pickydomains.com, a relatively new site where you pay $50 and describe the site you want a domain for. They come up with domain names that aren't already registered, and email them to you throughout a 30 day period. If you don't like any of them, they refund your money.

I just signed up for it to test it out. I'll keep you guys updated if you're interested.

http;//www.pickydomain.com is really provide a good service ,but I don not think it is cheap enough.
register on http://www.plusregister.com only needs $8.95 per year.there are all kinds of reliable domain names in it.To be honest,I think that website is better.